Akamai Mitigates Record 809 MPPS DDoS Attack
Akamai on Thursday revealed that it mitigated a second record-setting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack since the beginning of June, one that peaked at 809 MPPS (million packets per second)....
Sodinokibi Ransomware Now Scans Networks For PoS Systems
Cybercriminals behind recent Sodinokibi ransomware attacks are now upping their ante and scanning their victims' networks for credit card or point of sale (PoS) software. Researchers...
Hackers use Google Analytics to steal credit cards, bypass CSP
Hackers are using Google's servers and the Google Analytics platform to steal credit card information submitted by customers of online stores. A new method to bypass Content Security...
Australia blames a state actor for major disruptions. China is already denying it.
Government agencies and private companies in Australia are experiencing a "sophisticated" cyberattack carried out by a nation-state, according to Prime Minister...
Michigan man accused in 2014 hack of medical center, sale of data on 65,000 people
Federal agents have arrested a 29-year-old Michigan man for allegedly hacking into a medical center in 2014, stealing data on more than 65,000 people and then...
IT giant Cognizant confirms data breach after ransomware attack
In a series of data breach notifications, IT services giant Cognizant has stated that unencrypted data was most likely accessed and stolen during an April Maze Ransomware attack....
Multiple "CIA failures" led to theft of agency's top-secret hacking tools
In early 2017, WikiLeaks began publishing details of top-secret CIA hacking tools that researchers soon confirmed were part of a large tranche of confidential documents...
'Vendetta' hackers are posing as Taiwan's CDC in data-theft campaign
A mysterious hacking group has been posing as Taiwan's top infection-disease official in an attempt to steal sensitive data from Taiwanese users, researchers said Monday. The...
Knoxville Ransomware Attack Leads to IT Network Shutdown
The city of Knoxville, Tenn. is reeling from a ransomware attack that knocked the city's network offline and prevented police officers from responding to non-life-threatening traffic...
Fortune 500 insurance firm Genworth discloses data breach
Fortune 500 insurance holding company Genworth Financial disclosed a data breach after an unauthorized party gained access to insurance agents' online accounts using compromised login...
