Divya reports: Spanish authorities have successfully apprehended a sophisticated cybercriminal who allegedly stole sensitive data from major financial institutions, educational organizations, and private companies across the country. The arrest represents a significant victory in the ongoing battle against cybercrime targeting Spanish citizens and businesses. A collaborative effort between the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police) and Spain’s…
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Hackers Allegedly Breach Nokia’s Internal Network
Divya reports: A cybercriminal group has allegedly infiltrated Nokia’s internal network through a vulnerable third-party contractor, potentially exposing sensitive information belonging to more than 94,500 employees in what security experts are calling one of the most extensive corporate data breaches affecting the telecommunications giant in recent years. The threat actor, identifying as Tsar0Byte, made claims about the…
Scattered Spider is running a VMware ESXi hacking spree
Bill Toulas reports: Scattered Spider hackers have been aggressively targeting virtualized environments by attacking VMware ESXi hypervisors at U.S. companies in the retail, airline, transportation, and insurance sectors. According to the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GITG), the attackers keep employing their usual tactics that do not include vulnerability exploits but rely on perfectly executed social engineering…
The safe place for women to talk wasn’t so safe: hackers leak 13,000 user photos and IDs from the Tea app
Kevin Collier and Angela Yang report: Hackers have breached the Tea app, which recently went viral as a place for women to safely talk about men, and tens of thousands of women’s selfies and photo IDs have now seemingly been leaked online. A spokesperson confirmed the hack Friday afternoon. The company estimates that 72,000 images, including…
Au: Qantas hackers gave airline 72-hour deadline
David Hollingworth reports: A collective claiming to be behind Qantas’ recent cyber hack sent the airline nine pages of data it had apparently stolen from customers and then demanded a reply within 72 hours. The threat was revealed in documents that the Flying Kangaroo submitted to court to obtain an injunction, which has, for the first…
U.S. nuclear and health agencies hit in Microsoft SharePoint breach
Ellen Nakashima, Joseph Menn and Carolyn Y. Johnson report: The National Institutes of Health and the federal agency responsible for securing the nation’s nuclear weapons were among the victims in a global breach of Microsoft server software over the weekend, according to officials at the agencies. The incident at NIH, which has not been previously reported, involved…