Cyber Security Headlines: Barracuda backdoors, undocumented iPhone hardware, NYT sues OpenAI December 28, 2023 Threat actors install backdoor on Barracuda appliances The company revealed that Chinese-linked threat actors exploited a zero-day vulnerability in its Email Security Gateway appliances. This resulted in deployed backdoors on a “limited number” of devices. The attacks used a code execution […]

Cyber Security Headlines: First American cyberattack, Iran APT campaign, ransomware victims spike December 26, 2023 First American suffers cyberattack California-based First American, which provides title insurance and settlement services for real estate companies and mortgage providers, confirmed the cyberattack on Thursday. As of this recording its website remains inaccessible, and the company is using a […]

FBI disrupts BlackCat, International operation nabs thousands, Sony data leak December 24, 2023 FBI disrupts BlackCat ransomware network On Tuesday, the US Justice Department announced that it has seized websites of the second most prolific ransomware-as-a-service operation, BlackCat, also called ALPHV or Noberus. The DoJ said the FBI has provided a decryptor to dozens of […]

 HCL investigates ransomware, Agent Tesla returns, JavaScript bank malware December 22, 2023 Indian tech company HCL investigating ransomware attack The attack was reported to regulators on Wednesday and is being described as occurring in “an isolated cloud environment for one of its projects.” HCL Technologies is one of the largest tech companies in the world. […]