Music giant Yamaha’s Canadian division has experienced a compromise on two different fronts, both related to ransomware. In an attack which…
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Estée Lauder targeted by Cl0p and BlackCat ransomware groups
Estée Lauder is currently at the heart of a compromise storm, revealing a major security issue via a Security Exchange Commission…
Threatening rogue finance apps removed from the Apple Store
Multiple apps have been removed from the App Store in India after a large helping of unethical behaviour was aimed at…
Ransomware attackers email bemused students as leverage for a payout
The University of Manchester has fallen victim to a ransomware gang, who are currently applying an interesting twist to their attack….
Black Cat ransomware group wants $4.5m from Reddit or will leak stolen files
The ramifications of a Reddit breach which occurred back in February are now being felt, with the attackers threatening to leak…
Warning: Victims’ faces placed on explicit images in sextortion scam
The FBI has issued a warning about criminals digitally manipulating people’s faces on to pornographic images—known as deepfaking—and then using those images to…
Leaked Babuk ransomware builder code lives on as RA Group
The bones of long gone ransomware group Babuk continue to rattle in the breeze, in the form of reused code. Researchers…
Arrested: Fearmongering data thieves who victimized thousands of businesses
The Dutch police have announced the arrest of three more suspects in one of the biggest data extortion cases to date….
Reddit users crowdsourcing explicit images and identities
The BBC is warned of a large photograph trading ring which operated on popular group forum site Reddit. These warnings are in…
REvil ransomware’s calling, and it’s not good news
The REvil ransomware (AKA Sodinokibi, which operates as a Ransomware as a Service) is adopting some outreach techniques after initial compromise,…