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Hacker pleads guilty to SIM swap attack on US SEC X account
Today, an Alabama man pleaded guilty to hijacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) account on X in a January 2024 SIM swapping attack. This comes after the defendant, 25-year-old Eric Council Jr., first pleaded not guilty to hacking the account and enabling his co-conspirators to make a fake announcement that Bitcoin ETFs were approved. “Today the SEC grants approval to…
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Cisco dispels Kraken data breach claims, insists stolen data came from old attack
Cisco has pushed back on claims it has been breached in a new ransomware attack after a threat actor exposed sensitive information allegedly stolen from the firm’s internal network. The Kraken ransomware group posted the information, which according to reporting by Cyber Press contained credentials linked to Cisco’s Windows Active Directory environment, to its dark web leak site. This data…
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Australians Hit With One Cyber Attack Every Second in 2024
A cyber attack hit an Australian user every second in 2024, marking a staggering twelvefold increase from the previous year. This surge contributed to a global cybersecurity crisis, where 5.6 billion accounts were compromised worldwide, equating to 176 breaches per second, according to Surfshark. The global total represents a nearly eightfold surge from 2023 when only 23 accounts were compromised…
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Cyber Attack Severity Rating System Established in U.K.
A new rating system in the U.K. will classify the severity of cyberattacks on a scale from one to five, aiming to provide businesses and policymakers with more precise insights into the impact of cyber threats. The Cyber Monitoring Centre, an independent nonprofit organisation of industry experts, will assess incidents in real time and publish results for free. The system…
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Massive brute force attack uses 2.8 million IPs to target VPN devices
A large-scale brute force password attack using almost 2.8 million IP addresses is underway, attempting to guess the credentials for a wide range of networking devices, including those from Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti, and SonicWall. A brute force attack is when threat actors attempt to repeatedly log into an account or device using many usernames and passwords until the correct combination…
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Engineering firm IMI hit with cyber attack just days after Smiths Group incident
Birmingham-based engineering firm IMI has revealed that it has been hit by a cyber attack. The FTSE-100 firm said the incident involved unauthorised access to its systems, but gave no further details. “As soon as IMI became aware of the unauthorised access, the company engaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate and contain the incident. In parallel, the company is taking…
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Ransomware gang claims recent cyber attack on Harrison County Board of Education
West Virginia’s Harrison County Board of Education has been added to the data leak site of ransomware gang SafePay. It alleges to have stolen 26 GB of data. This comes after the Board of Education said it suffered a “cybersecurity incident” on January 18, 2025, which led to school closures. Its statement, issued on January 23, says: “On Saturday, January…
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Abandoned S3 buckets could have caused a catastrophic supply chain attack – and all at a cost of just $400
Abandoned cloud storage buckets were ripe to be taken over by cyber criminals and used to conduct a supply chain attack that would have dwarfed the 2020 SolarWinds incident, according to new research. A report from watchTowr Labs demonstrated how attackers could potentially exploit unused cloud storage buckets to gain access to sensitive networks of national governments, militaries, and major…
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Cyber attack delayed cancer treatment at NHS hospital
An NHS hospital has admitted its cancer treatment wait times increased in the wake of a cyber attack that took down its systems at the end of last year — and it will take many months to recover. Last November, NHS hospitals and health centers that make up Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust in Merseyside were hit by a major…
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Tata Technologies hit by ransomware attack
Major Indian tech firm Tata Technologies has confirmed it suffered a ransomware attack that forced it to take a number of its IT systems offline. A subsidiary of major automobile manufacturer Tata Motors, Tata Technologies provides engineering and digital services to a range of manufacturers in the automotive, aerospace, and industrial machinery industries. In an official statement provided to the…
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