Tag: hacking
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FBI takes down BreachForums portal used for Salesforce extortion
The FBI has seized last night all domains for the BreachForums hacking forum operated by the ShinyHunters group mostly as a portal for leaking corporate data stolen in attacks from ransomware and extortion gangs. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-takes-down-breachforums-portal-used-for-salesforce-extortion/
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‘Dozens’ of organizations had data stolen in Oracle-linked hacks
The mass-hacks targeting Oracle E-Business customers is the latest hacking campaign by Clop, an extortion group known for abusing security flaws in enterprise products to steal large amounts of sensitive data. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/dozens-of-organizations-had-data-stolen-in-oracle-linked-hacks/
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Pro-Russian hacking group snared by Forescout Vedere Labs honeypot
Forescout Vedere Labs published a report exposing how a pro-Russian hacktivist group was duped into thinking they had hacked a European water facility, unaware their target was in fact a carefully crafted honeypot. This “hack” provided Forescout researchers the rare opportunity to see first-hand how these groups look for and exploit weaknesses in critical infrastructure. The…
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RondoDox botnet targets 56 n-day flaws in worldwide attacks
A new large-scale botnet called RondoDox is targeting 56 vulnerabilities in more than 30 distinct devices, including flaws first disclosed during Pwn2Own hacking competitions. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rondodox-botnet-targets-56-n-day-flaws-in-worldwide-attacks/
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How your mouse could eavesdrop on you and rat you out
Mic-E-Mouse can roar by literally vibe hacking speech First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/mouse_microphone_security/
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How your mouse could eavesdrop on you and rat you out
Mic-E-Mouse can roar by literally vibe hacking speech First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/mouse_microphone_security/
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Data-Leak Sites Surge to Record Levels Amid Scattered Spider RaaS and LockBit 5.0 Rise
Ransomware threats reached a tipping point in Q3 2025 as data-leak sites surged to a record 81 active platforms, driven by major developments across the ecosystem. English-speaking hacking collective Scattered Spider teased its first ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering, “ShinySp1d3r RaaS,” while long-standing operator LockBit returned with “LockBit 5.0,” explicitly authorizing affiliates to target critical infrastructure. A…
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Data-Leak Sites Surge to Record Levels Amid Scattered Spider RaaS and LockBit 5.0 Rise
Ransomware threats reached a tipping point in Q3 2025 as data-leak sites surged to a record 81 active platforms, driven by major developments across the ecosystem. English-speaking hacking collective Scattered Spider teased its first ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering, “ShinySp1d3r RaaS,” while long-standing operator LockBit returned with “LockBit 5.0,” explicitly authorizing affiliates to target critical infrastructure. A…
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Salesforce refuses to submit to extortion demands linked to hacking campaigns
The company said it is aware of recent claims, but will not negotiate or pay a ransom. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/salesforce-refuses-extortion-demands-hacking/802355/
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Salesforce refuses to submit to extortion demands linked to hacking campaigns
The company said it is aware of recent claims, but will not negotiate or pay a ransom. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/salesforce-refuses-extortion-demands-hacking/802355/
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Salesforce refuses to submit to extortion demands linked to hacking campaigns
The company said it is aware of recent claims, but will not negotiate or pay a ransom. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/salesforce-refuses-extortion-demands-hacking/802355/
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Salesforce data breach: what you need to know
The Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters hacking group claims to have accessed data from around 40 customers of Salesforce, the cloud-based customer relationship management service, stealing almost one billion records. First seen on fortra.com Jump to article: www.fortra.com/blog/salesforce-data-breach-what-need-know
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The Cyber Express Joins c0c0n 2025 as the Official Media Partner for the 17th Edition
The Cyber Express is proud to announce that it is the official media partner for c0c0n 2025, India’s longest-running cybersecurity and hacking conference. Now in its 17th edition, c0c0n will return to Kochi from October 711, 2025, with an expanded agenda that promises to bring together some of the sharpest minds in cybersecurity”, from government…
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The Cyber Express Joins c0c0n 2025 as the Official Media Partner for the 17th Edition
The Cyber Express is proud to announce that it is the official media partner for c0c0n 2025, India’s longest-running cybersecurity and hacking conference. Now in its 17th edition, c0c0n will return to Kochi from October 711, 2025, with an expanded agenda that promises to bring together some of the sharpest minds in cybersecurity”, from government…
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Autonomous AI hacking and the future of cybersecurity
Tags: ai, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, framework, hacking, offense, open-source, programming, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-management, saas, software, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe AI-assisted evolution of cyberdefense: AI technologies can benefit defenders as well. We don’t know how the different technologies of cyber-offense and cyber-defense will be amenable to AI enhancement, but we can extrapolate a possible series of overlapping developments.Phrase One: The Transformation of the Vulnerability Researcher. AI-based hacking benefits defenders as well as attackers. In…
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Autonomous AI hacking and the future of cybersecurity
Tags: ai, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, framework, hacking, offense, open-source, programming, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-management, saas, software, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe AI-assisted evolution of cyberdefense: AI technologies can benefit defenders as well. We don’t know how the different technologies of cyber-offense and cyber-defense will be amenable to AI enhancement, but we can extrapolate a possible series of overlapping developments.Phrase One: The Transformation of the Vulnerability Researcher. AI-based hacking benefits defenders as well as attackers. In…
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Cybererpresser nutzen kritische Lücke in Goanywhere
Die Hacking-Kampagne läuft seit fast zwei Monaten. Eine Gruppe namens Strom-1175 schleust die Ransomware Medusa ein. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/microsoft-cybererpresser-nutzen-kritische-luecke-in-goanywhere-2510-200923.html
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Zeroday Cloud hacking contest offers $4.5 million in bounties
A new hacking competition called Zeroday Cloud, focused on open-source cloud and AI tools, announced a total prize pool of $4.5 million in bug bounties for researchers that submit exploits for various targets. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zeroday-cloud-hacking-contest-offers-45-million-in-bounties/
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Hacking contest kerfuffle over copied rules pits Wiz against ZDI
‘Seems like you should at least run that through ChatGPT to reword it’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/05/zdi_wiz_hacking_contest_kerfuffle/
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New “Cavalry Werewolf” Attack Hits Russian Agencies with FoalShell and StallionRAT
A threat actor that’s known to share overlaps with a hacking group called YoroTrooper has been observed targeting the Russian public sector with malware families such as FoalShell and StallionRAT.Cybersecurity vendor BI.ZONE is tracking the activity under the moniker Cavalry Werewolf. It’s also assessed to have commonalities with clusters tracked as SturgeonPhisher, Silent Lynx, Comrade…
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Oracle Extortion Case: $50M Demand From ‘Notorious’ Hacking Group
After breaching the security of Oracle’s E-Business Suite, a well-known group of hackers is actively trying to extort execs for millions of dollars. The post Oracle Extortion Case: $50M Demand From ‘Notorious’ Hacking Group appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-oracle-e-business-suite-breach-ransom-extortion-clop/
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Oracle Extortion Case: $50M Demand From ‘Notorious’ Hacking Group
After breaching the security of Oracle’s E-Business Suite, a well-known group of hackers is actively trying to extort execs for millions of dollars. The post Oracle Extortion Case: $50M Demand From ‘Notorious’ Hacking Group appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-oracle-e-business-suite-breach-ransom-extortion-clop/
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Hospital Chain to Pay $7.6M to Settle Breach Litigation
Hospital Sisters Health System’s 2023 Hack Affected Nearly 900,000 People. A network of 13 Catholic hospitals, community health centers and clinics in the Midwest will pay $7.6 million and implement improvements to its data security practices to settle consolidated class action litigation filed in the aftermath of a 2023 hacking incident affecting nearly 900,000 people.…
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Kido nursery hackers say they have deleted stolen data
Experts say attempting to extort children lost Radiant group credibility in hacking world, which made it take actionCybercriminals who stole pictures and the private information of <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/kido-nursery-hackers-radiant-threaten-publish-children-profiles”>thousands of nursery children have deleted the data.A gang calling themselves Radiant have removed details of children at the UK-based Kido nursery chain from a website it had…
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Russia, Chinese Hacking Buffets Europe
ENISA: Nation-State Hacking ‘Steadily Intensified’ Over 12-Month Period. Nearly every member government of the European Union experienced a cyberattack from a nation-state hacker in the 12 months ending in July, primarily from Russian and Chinese threat actors who steadily intensified hacking, says the European cyber agency. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/russia-chinese-hacking-buffets-europe-a-29616
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Harrods Data Breach Explained
On Friday, September 2627, 2025 (UK time), Harrods warned that a third-party provider suffered an intrusion that exposed some online customers’ basic personal details (names and contact information). Harrods says its own systems weren’t breached, payment data and passwords weren’t taken, and the incident is separate from hacking activity it faced earlier this year. Authorities……