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FBI investigates
The US security company KnowBe4 has revealed on its blog that it unknowingly hired a North Korean hacker. Company founder and CEO Stu Sjouwerman describes the incident as a “lesson”.
Biggest-ever leak of digital pirates
The Cybernews research team discovered an unprotected database containing the data of almost 10 million users.
The database belongs to an attacker called Z-lib, which operates a malicious clone of Z-Library.
Old or new leak?
A hacker calling himself “Emo” claims to have stolen sensitive data from the popular project management tool Trello.
Password free
Passwords are an inseparable part of everyday computing – at least that’s how it used to be.
Sp1d3rHunters
The threat actor Sp1d3rHunters is already leaking more data, as shown by darknet analyses from Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence.
As North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and partners gather for a historic summit, it is important to take stock of one of its most pressing challenges—the cyber threat.
Who is to blame?
Almost 180,000 Shopify customer records appeared on a well-known hacker forum, but the e-commerce provider denies any responsibility for the security breach.
APT Group Cozy Bear
The German software provider TeamViewer claims to have been the victim of a cyberattack. On Wednesday, TeamViewer’s security team detected an “anomaly” in the internal IT environment, TecDax announced on its website.
Increase in cases of fraud
According to the Flashpoint 2024 Global Threat Intelligence Report, hackers stole an almost unbelievable amount of information in 2023 alone: 17 billion pieces of personal data were compromised. This is four times more than in the previous year and affects millions of people.
IT security researchers also threatened and harassed
In the extortion campaign against Snowflake customers, cybercriminals are demanding ransom payments of between 300,000 and 5 million US dollars from up to 10 companies. This is reported by security experts investigating the attacks.