An alleged Russian-speaking group of cybercriminals is reportedly compromising and targeting several major companies that use Fortinet Firewalls and VPNs through previously known passwords.
The tech giant warned of a security flaw that a cybercrime gang said it’s exploiting as part of a mass-hacking campaign. Google said it notified more than 100 organizations that had potentially vulnerable servers.
The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.
IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s, which a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering up.
Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to law firms’ offices, where the criminals have stolen data using USB drives or remote access tools.
A new hacking campaign is trying to trick Signal users to give up their secret recovery key, which can be used to access online backups containing past messages.
A new Kickstarter project called Hacknect hides a Wi-Fi-enabled hacking and automation platform inside what appears to be an ordinary USB cable.