This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
New Mexico sues Google for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from children. Google is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from students with an age of less than 13 years. Pierluigi Paganini.
Documents leaked from Russian IT contractor NTC Vulkan show it was likely involved in the development of offensive tools. The documents demonstrate that it also developed hacking tools for the Russia-linked APT group Sandworm. The documents include details for three projects named Scan, Amesit, and Krystal-2B.
Document scanning is an efficient, secure way to keep track of and store files over time. When you digitize documents it saves you physical space, provides an easy way to collaborate and share, and gives you the ability to search and edit documents.
Pakistan-Linked APT Group Using Spear-Phishing to Plant Info Stealer Malware A suspected Pakistan espionage threat actor that relies on phishing emails is expanding to the education sector after years of focusing on the Indian military and government.
“Subsequently, and using up to three different pseudonyms, he attacked international bodies and government-type organisations by accessing databases with personal information of employees and clients, as well as internal documents that were subsequently sold or freely published on forums.” ” concludes the statement.
The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 6,8 TB of documents, including International HR data, international personal data. Its products focus on fundraising, website management, CRM, analytics, financial management, ticketing, and education administration.
Documents and personal details of residents of the small Swiss town Rolle, on the shores of Lake Geneva, were stolen in a ransomware attack. The threat actors compromised some administrative servers and exfiltrated sensitive documents. The threat actors compromised some administrative servers and exfiltrated sensitive documents.
Will you make sure to help me out of my unfortunate situation, receive the money and send me some to purchase my travel documents and start a new life? Education improves awareness” is his slogan. Under the following conditions: “ Do you accept my proposal to offer a quarter of the money as compensation for your help?
This campaign was carried out by threat actors impersonating an educational accreditation council to hit users in the United States. The attackers used decoy documents apparently coming from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), a US association representing social work education. ” continues the analysis.
After further investigation, we have concluded that these documents belonged to people injured or deceased in traffic accidents. Document included in every court case, showing personal information about the victim. Document showing victims salary before the accident as well as expected future salary prior to the accident.
As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. An example of spam email content Clicking the malicious link obviously leads to downloading a weaponized document. The exfiltrated data is published on a dedicated Cuba DLS (Data Leak Site).
GossiTheDog @SOSIntel @UK_Daniel_Card @LisaForteUK pic.twitter.com/L7A3XNNxU7 — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) November 29, 2023 The group published images of stolen documents as proof of the hack. King Edward VII’s Hospital in London has been breached by Rhysida Ransomware. “Unique files are presented to your attention!
pic.twitter.com/6uHMDcNhTC — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) December 26, 2023 The group published images of stolen documents as proof of the hack. The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors.
After the first contact via instant messaging channels, further documents are then requested and a quote is provided. Education improves awareness” is his slogan. He is also the author of the book “La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione”.
The company refused to pay the ransom and the ransomware gang threatened to leak the alleged stolen documents, including project data, clients’ and partners’ info, and NDAs. The Akira ransomware gang claimed to have breached Nissan Australia and to have stolen around 100GB of files from the carmaker giant.
Ghostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems’ PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. ” wrote the expert that added that his PoC was created only for educational purposes and cannot be used for law violation or personal gain.
Threat actors accessed part of academic work and encrypted it, but due to the importance of the documents, the university decided to pay a portion of the ransom, approximately $1.14 We are continuing our investigation, but we do not currently believe patient medical records were exposed,”. million, to decrypt it. the statement concludes.
The attackers stole documents from the NWO and demanded a ransom to avoid leaking them online, but the research council refused to pay. That is why DoppelPaymer started on 24 February to leak internal NWO documents from the past years on the dark web.” ” reads an update published by the company.
Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform. Data on Detection of Malicious Documents in Gmail are impressive. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ISS reveals malware attack impacted parts of the IT environment.
The researchers analyzed PDF documents and email files (. The document included confidential information such as names and contact details of the travellers , alongside the journey details (future dated) and reasons for travel. The files also included medical and legal documents. ” concludes the company.
.” During the last campaign, the hackers targeted multiple sectors including Government, financial, energy, food industry, healthcare, education, IT, and legal institutions. The first stage leverages a lure Microsoft Word document (e.g. “Certified documents.docx”) delivered inside a ZIP file.
The document shows the results of polling decision-makers in the cybersecurity and risk management sectors to get their expert opinions on things like the changing threat landscape, corporate decision-making about cybersecurity and other pertinent topics. One tip that education brands should follow is to create a prioritized list of risks.
The popular university admission platform Leverage EDU leaked almost 240,000 sensitive files, including students’ passports, financial documents, certificates, and exam results. It claims to have a network of over 650 educational institutions worldwide and 80 million users over the last year. Graduation certificate.
Its mission is to improve the lives of people worldwide through research, clinical care and education. The ransomware group initially claimed to have exfiltrated 533.1GB of data from the company and published thumbnails of some alleged stolen documents. Who is Hunters International?
The SEABORGIUM group primarily focuses operations on defense and intelligence consulting companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), think tanks, and higher education. After the credentials are captured, the victim is redirected to a website or document to avoid raising suspicion.
Most of the compromised websites are e-commerce sites, but crooks also offered access to websites of organizations in healthcare, legal, education and insurance industries and belonging to government agencies. According to the experts, most of the compromised servers are from U.S., Russian, or German hosting services. .”
It was something focused primarily on paper documents. It was something focused on archiving the document rather than on the extraction of data from the document. For many years, information “capture” - or the way we collect information into a useable/manageable format, was somewhat of an afterthought.
According to the security firm, the group is financially motivated, its cyberespionage campaign hit high value targets such as government and educational institutions, religious movements, pro-democracy and human rights organisations in Hong Kong, Covid-19 research organisations, gambling and cryptocurrency companies, and the media. .
SentinelOne documented a series of attacks aimed at government, education, and telecom entities in Southeast Asia and Australia carried out by a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking APT tracked as Aoqin Dragon. The APT primary focus on cyberespionage against targets in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam.
The groups targeted organizations in the business services, financial, health, retail/consumer, aero-military, engineering and manufacturing, government, education, transportation, and utilities industries. In some attacks, the threat actors used weaponized Excel documents as a downloader.
” Experts pointed out that the RAT can be also delivered by opening a malicious document (solution.doc) by pressing on “enable content.”. Any victim infected with this malicious payload can be attacked via the Telegram bot, which connects the user’s device back to the attacker’s C&C via Telegram.” ” concludes the report.
Microsoft Office Documents. Microsoft Office Documents. PEframe is an open source tool to perform static analysis of malware executables and malicious MS Office documents. olevba is a script to parse OLE and OpenXML files such as MS Office documents (e.g. Some files are more used in attacks. Compressed files. Pdf-parser.
42,000 of them contained the sensitive data of job seekers, namely: Full names Dates of birth Occupation history Home addresses Phone numbers Email addresses According to the researchers, most of these files were employment authorization documents, driving licenses, resumes, filled job application forms, diploma certificates and transcripts.
The feature is available for Windows Enterprise E3 and E5 licenses, but Windows Education (A3) or Windows Front Line Worker (F3) licenses are not covered. ” Microsoft also published a FAQ page and documentation that provide additional information on how Windows Autopatch. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.
The clinic operates with a mission to deliver culturally sensitive healthcare, emphasizing education, prevention, and advocacy regardless of patients’ ability to pay. The clinic provides a range of services including primary care, dental care, and mental health support.
The crooks were able to falsify official documents of the victims and use them to trick telephone store employees into providing them a duplicate of SIM cards. The FBI recommends mobile carriers take the following precautions: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping.
Ticketmaster confirms data breach impacting 560 million customers Critical Apache Log4j2 flaw still threatens global finance Crooks stole more than $300M worth of Bitcoin from the exchange DMM Bitcoin ShinyHunters is selling data of 30 million Santander customers Over 600,000 SOHO routers were destroyed by Chalubo malware in 72 hours LilacSquid APT (..)
In at least one compromise, the APT actor laterally traversed an SLTT victim network and accessed documents related to sensitive network configurations and passwords, standard operating procedures (SOP), IT instructions, such as requesting password resets, vendors and purchasing information. printing access badges.
The document aims at offering insights on current incident response (IR) trends and providing recommendations about the development of IR capabilities in the health sector. An attack against a hospital can lead to physical damages and put the lives of patients at risk. ” concludes the report. ” [link].
Samsung employees have shared internal documents, including meeting notes and source code, with the popular chatbot service ChatGPT. Samsung employees have unwittingly leaked top secret data by providing them to the popular chatbot service ChatGPT.
Organizations are addressing zero-day vulnerabilities more quickly, says Google CISA, FBI, NSA warn of the increased globalized threat of ransomware Croatian phone carrier A1 Hrvatska discloses data breach FritzFrog P2P Botnet is back and targets Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors CISA adds 15 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (..)
In 2018, the cyberespionage group targeted once again Vietnam running a spear-phishing campaign that uses weaponized documents featuring Vietnamese-language lures and themes. Since 2017, the group was observed launching attacks using RTF lure documents with political content related to Vietnam.
In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” . “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts.
Researcher Says Database Containing Nearly 50,000 Documents Appears Secure Now Nearly 50,000 documents containing personal information of special education students who live in New York City and attend public school there were recently found exposed on the internet in an unsecured database.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 55,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content