Customer Care Giant TTEC Hit By Ransomware
TTEC, a company used by some of the world's largest brands to help manage customer support and sales online and over the phone, is dealing with disruptions from a network security incident resulting...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, September 2021 Edition
Microsoft today pushed software updates to plug dozens of security holes in Windows and related products, including a vulnerability that is already being exploited in active attacks. Also, Apple...
Apple patches against alleged NSO Group zero-click exploit used on activists
Apple released a patch Monday against two security vulnerabilities, one of which the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group has exploited, according to researchers. The...
Meris Botnet Flexes Muscles With 22 Million RPS DDoS Attack
A series of record-breaking RPS-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks observed over the past month are the result of a new, powerful botnet flexing its muscles to prove its...
Stolen Credentials Led to Data Theft at United Nations
A threat actor used stolen credentials from a United Nations employee to breach parts of the UN's network in April and steal critical data, a spokesman for the intergovernmental organization...
New Zealand DDoS wave targets banks, post offices, weather forecasters and more
Banks and post offices in New Zealand have been hit by a cyber offensive, according to reports, consisting of sustained DDoS attacks against a number of critical...
Howard University canceled classes and shut down campus WiFi after a ransomware attack
Officials at Howard University in Washington, DC, canceled classes Tuesday and limited instruction for Wednesday after its systems were hit by a ransomware...
Germany Accuses Russia of Election Meddling Through Cyber-Attacks
Germany has accused Russia of attempting to influence its upcoming general election through a wave of cyber-attacks. The German Foreign Ministry said it had "reliable information"...
FBI Warns Food and Agriculture Firms of Ransomware Threat
The FBI has issued a new alert warning companies in the food and agricultural sector that they are increasingly at risk of ransomware as their corporate attack surface expands. The...
Fired NY credit union employee nukes 21GB of data in revenge
Juliana Barile, the former employee of a New York credit union, pleaded guilty to accessing the financial institution's computer systems without authorization and destroying over 21...
