This post has been updated to include a statement from Lovense, which appears in its entirety below the original post. Zack Whittaker reports: A security researcher says sex toy maker Lovense has failed to fully fix two security flaws that expose the private email addresses of its users and allow the takeover of any user’s…
Hackers wipe out Rs 384 crore from Bengaluru cryptocurrency firm Neblio Technologies; firm says inside job
Express News Service reports: Bengaluru-based Neblio Technologies Private Limited, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinDCX, said it has lost Rs 384 crore due to hacking, in one of the biggest cyber crimes reported in the country. In a police complaint on July 22, Hardeep Singh, Vice-President, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Neblio Technologies,…
Intelligence cyberattack on Crimea. Documents confirming abduction of children from Ukraine found
Porokhnia Yana reports: Intelligence has obtained further evidence of Russian abduction of Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate. Cyber experts obtained this information as part of a large-scale cyber operation against the servers of the so-called “government of Crimea”. These resources contained documentation confirming the…
Seminole County Schools recovers money taken by hackers
Nick Papantonis reports: Seminole County Schools has recovered $1.3 million that was taken in a phishing scam several years ago, a district spokeswoman said. The hackers impersonated a vendor and emailed the finance department, requesting the district to update its banking details to direct payments to a new account. The December 2023 incident was reported to authorities…
Minnesota National Guard deployed; St. Paul declares state of emergency in response to cyberattack
Samantha Fischer reports: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued an executive order to activate the National Guard Tuesday after the city of St. Paul became the target of a cyberattack. According to the governor’s office, the order took effect immediately. “We are committed to working alongside the City of Saint Paul to restore cybersecurity as quickly as possible,”…
Scattered Spider Hijacks VMware ESXi to Deploy Ransomware on Critical U.S. Infrastructure
Ravie Lakshmanan reports: The notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is targeting VMware ESXi hypervisors in attacks targeting retail, airline, and transportation sectors in North America. “The group’s core tactics have remained consistent and do not rely on software exploits. Instead, they use a proven playbook centered on phone calls to an IT help desk,” Google’s…