Latest News: Cybersecurity

The UK's national law enforcement agency responsible for managing criminal record information, the Criminal Records Office (ACRO), has confirmed that a cyber security incident has been the cause of its online portal issues since March 21st. After delaying issuing a comment on the matter, ACRO

The FBI, in cooperation with international law enforcement agencies, have successfully seized Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace, in an operation dubbed "Operation Cookie Monster". The operation took place on April 4th, involving law enforcement agencies from the United States,

Twitter has recently taken steps to remove leaked source code for its platform. It is now searching for the person behind the account that uploaded it, along with anyone who downloaded a copy, to pursue possible legal action. The leaked code was posted on Github, and it’s thought to have remained

The security team at Guardio Labs has discovered a malicious ChatGPT extension for Google Chrome on the Chrome Web Store. The extension is a copy of the legitimate “ChatGPT for Google” add-on, which offers ChatGPT integration on search results. However, the malicious version includes additional

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known by his handle “Pompompurin”, made his initial court appearance today on a criminal charge related to the creation and administration of the notorious “BreachForums” dark web site. BreachForums hosted the stolen databases of almost 1,000 companies and websites,

Google's Project Zero, a team dedicated to studying and reporting vulnerabilities, has identified 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung's Exynos chipsets used in various Android devices, including mobile devices, wearables, and vehicles. Four of the most severe vulnerabilities detected allow

The latest Cybersecurity Advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) highlights the looming threat of the Royal ransomware targeting critical infrastructure. A new variant of Royal ransomware has affected organizations in

The White House released a reformed National Cyber Strategy on March 2nd to combat the rise in cyberattacks ravaging health, federal, and private infrastructure across the United States. The cyberspace defense plan aims to pin the responsibility of online protection on private companies rather than

The City of Oakland, California, has declared a state of emergency after a ransomware attack hit its computer systems. The attack was discovered on February 8, but the emergency was only brought into effect several days after the cyberattack was confirmed. The local government has not revealed the

The notorious hacktivist group Killnet, known for its close ties with the Russian government, has launched a cyber offensive against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A full-blown distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack disrupted several NATO communication channels that were being