Collaborate Disseminate
The staggering sum of US $75 million has reportedly been paid to a ransomware gang in what is believed to be the largest known ransom payment made by a cyber attack victim since records began.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading $75 million record-breaking ransom paid to cybercriminals, say researchers
On Friday posts were published on the internet containing what appeared to be the personal information of Israeli Olympic athletes.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Israeli athletes doxed at Olympic Games by Zeus hacking group
Hackers have released internal documents stolen from one of America’s largest IT services providers, which counts various US government agencies, including the Department of Defense, amongst its customers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Secu… Continue reading Hacking gang leaks documents stolen from Pentagon IT provider
The US Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a dog-like robot that it says has been adapted to jam the connectivity of smart home devices.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Robot dog trained to jam wireless devices during police raids
A cybercrime group has gained notoriety for attacking VMware ESXi servers since February 2024.
Learn more about the SEXi / APT Inc ransomware in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading SEXi / APT Inc ransomware – what you need to know
British police have arrested a 17-year-old boy believed to be linked to a cybercriminal gang that launched devastating ransomware attacks last year on MGM Resorts and other companies.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading British teen arrested in connection with MGM Resorts ransomware attack
It has been revealed that earlier this month a website which offered a DDoS-for-hire service was taken offline by law enforcement, but only after they collected data about its criminal customers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading DDoS-for-hire site DigitalStress taken down by police, suspected owner arrested
A new strain of the HardBit ransomware has emerged in the wild, which contains a protection mechanism in an attempt to prevent analysis from security researchers.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading HardBit ransomware – what you need to know
A group of hacktivists claims to have breached the IT systems of Disney, and stolen a gigantic 1.1 terabytes worth of data from the entertainment giant’s internal Slack messaging channels.
The hacking group, which calls itself NullBulge, posted on a… Continue reading Disney hacked? NullBulge claims to have stolen 1.1 TB of data from internal Slack channels
The US Justice Department, working in coordination with Canadian and Dutch authorities, has seized two domain names which it claims were being used by Russian-backed hackers to spread disinformation on social media.
Read more in my article on the Ho… Continue reading Exposed! The AI-enhanced social media bot farm that pumped out Kremlin propaganda on Twitter