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American Water shuts down online services after cyberattack
American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, was forced to shut down some of its systems after a Thursday cyberattack. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), American Water said it has already hired third-party cybersecurity experts to help contain and assess the incident’s impact. It […]
AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretapping platform
Multiple U.S. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, have been breached by a Chinese hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon, the Wall Street Journal reports. The purpose of the attack appears to be for intelligence collection as the hackers might have had access to systems used by the U.S. federal government for court-authorized […]
Qualcomm patches high-severity zero-day exploited in attacks
Qualcomm has released security patches for a zero-day vulnerability in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) service that impacts dozens of chipsets. The security flaw (CVE-2024-43047) was reported by Google Project Zero’s Seth Jenkins and Amnesty International Security Lab’s Conghui Wang, and it is caused by a use-after-free weakness that can lead to memory corruption when […]
Ukrainian pleads guilty to operating Raccoon Stealer malware
Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Raccoon Stealer malware cybercrime operation. Sokolovsky and his conspirators distributed Raccoon Stealer under a MaaS (malware-as-a-service) model, allowing threat actors to rent it for $75 per week or $200 monthly. The malware steals a wide range of information from infected devices, including stored browser credentials and […]
LEGO’s website hacked to push cryptocurrency scam
On Friday night, cryptocurrency scammers briefly hacked the LEGO website to promote a fake Lego token that could be purchased with Ethereum. During the breach, the hacker replaced the main banner for the official LEGO website with an image showing crypto tokens branded with the “LEGO” logo and text stating, “Our new LEGO Coin is […]
UK nuclear site Sellafield fined $440,000 for cybersecurity shortfalls
Nuclear waste processing facility Sellafield has been fined £332,500 ($440k) by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for failing to adhere to cybersecurity standards and putting sensitive nuclear information at risk over four years, from 2019 to 2023. According to the ONR announcement, Sellafield failed to follow its own approved cybersecurity protocols by leaving multiple […]
Outlast game development delayed after Red Barrels cyberattack
Canadian video game developer Red Barrels is warning that the development of its Outlast games will likely be delayed after the company suffered a cyberattack impacting its internal IT systems and data. Although the statement emphasizes that the attack has not affected player data, the production timeline has been impacted. “The Red Barrels team regrets […]
Google removes Kaspersky’s antivirus software from Play Store
Over the weekend, Google removed Kaspersky’s Android security apps from the Google Play store and disabled the Russian company’s developer accounts. Users have been reporting over the last week that Kaspersky’s products (including Kaspersky Endpoint Security and VPN & Antivirus by Kaspersky) are no longer available on Google Play in the United States and other world regions. Kaspersky confirmed the issue on the company’s official forums on […]
Russia arrests US-sanctioned Cryptex founder, 95 other linked suspects
Russian law enforcement detained almost 100 suspects linked to the Cryptex cryptocurrency exchange, the UAPS anonymous payment service, and 33 other online services and platforms used to make illegal payments and sell stolen credentials. Following 148 raids, 96 individuals were arrested and charged with organizing and participating in a criminal organization, unlawful access to computer […]
Highline Public Schools confirms ransomware behind shutdown
On Thursday, K-12 school district Highline Public Schools confirmed that a ransomware attack forced it to shut down all schools in early September. Highline Public Schools has over 2,000 staff members and offers programs ranging from early childhood education to college preparation. It serves over 17,500 students across 34 schools in the Burien, Des Moines, […]