Russian affiliated hackers take down EU Parliament website
KillNet hackers took down the website of the European parliament’s website on Wednesday, just hours after the legislative body declared Russia a terrorist state. The outage was caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which works by redirecting large amounts of internet traffic to specific servers in a relatively simple attempt by hacktivists […]
Attackers are using decommissioned Boa web server on energy grids
Microsoft is warning organizations about the risks associated with the decommissioned Boa web server, which was apparently exploited by threat actors in an operation targeting the energy sector. Despite the software’s retirement in 2005, Microsoft researchers discovered a vulnerable open-source component in the Boa web server, which is still widely used in a variety of […]
Volkswagen set to stop running Twitter Ads
Following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, Volkswagen has announced that its brands will no longer engage in paid advertising on Twitter until further notice. “We are closely monitoring the situation and will decide about next steps depending on its evolvement,” Volkswagen said in a statement earlier to echo similar remarks from other firms, including Ford […]
Foxconn apologizes after staff protests
Foxconn, Apple’s major supplier, has admitted that a technical error occurred in its payment systems when hiring new recruits at a COVID-affected iPhone factory in China, and has apologized to workers after its massive iPhone manufacturing complex in central China was rocked by violent protests over pay and conditions. “At present, the park is continuing […]
Russian cybercrime groups stole passwords across 111 countries
According to Group IB, at least 34 distinct Russian-speaking cybercrime groups targeting Amazon, PayPal, and Steam with info-stealing malware under the stealer-as-a-service model like Raccoon and Redline have collectively stolen 50,350,000 account passwords. They also stole bank account details, cryptocurrency wallet data, and other sensitive information from victims from over 896,000 individual infections in 111 […]
