$100M Botnet Scheme Lands Cybercriminal 8 Years in Jail

Aleksandr Brovko faces jail time after stealing $100 million worth of personal identifiable information (PII) and financial data over the course of more than 10 years. Continue reading $100M Botnet Scheme Lands Cybercriminal 8 Years in Jail

Microsoft Kills 18 Azure Accounts Tied to Nation-State Attacks

An APT group has started heavily relying on cloud services like Azure Active Directory and OneDrive, as well as open-source tools, to obfuscate its attacks. Continue reading Microsoft Kills 18 Azure Accounts Tied to Nation-State Attacks

Microsoft Kills 18 Azure Accounts Tied to Nation-State Attacks

An APT group has started heavily relying on cloud services like Azure Active Directory and OneDrive, as well as open-source tools, to obfuscate its attacks. Continue reading Microsoft Kills 18 Azure Accounts Tied to Nation-State Attacks

The Curious Case of SunCrypt

Toward the end of August, the gang behind the SunCrypt ransomware strain announced they had joined the Maze cartel of ransomware operators, which currently boasts Maze, LockBit and Ragnar Locker. After that announcement, reports began emerging of the … Continue reading The Curious Case of SunCrypt

Hacker Steals $7.5 Million from Maryland Non-Profit by Compromising Employee’s Personal Computer

A hacker stole $7.5 million from the endowment funds of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, a non-profit from Maryland in the US. Such security incidents perfectly illustrate the dangers of working from home, as the hacker compromised the pers… Continue reading Hacker Steals $7.5 Million from Maryland Non-Profit by Compromising Employee’s Personal Computer

Data Breach at Roper St. Francis Hospital Affects 6,000 Patients

Roper St. Francis Hospital (RSFH) has reported that 6,000 patients are directly affected by a data breach that allowed attackers to steal their medical records and other personal information. Healthcare private data is one of the most valuable commodit… Continue reading Data Breach at Roper St. Francis Hospital Affects 6,000 Patients

A SonicWall cloud bug exposed corporate networks to hackers

A newly discovered bug in a cloud system used to manage SonicWall firewalls could have allowed hackers to break into thousands of corporate networks. Enterprise firewalls and virtual private network appliances are vital gatekeepers tasked with protecting corporate networks from hackers and cyberattacks while still letting in employees working from home during the pandemic. Even […] Continue reading A SonicWall cloud bug exposed corporate networks to hackers