Cybersecurity News

GootLoader Hackers Targeting Employees of Law and Accounting Firms
Operators of the GootLoader campaign are setting their sights on employees of accounting and law firms as part of a fresh onslaught of widespread cyberattacks to deploy malware on infected systems, an indication that the adversary is expanding its focus to other high-value targets. “GootLoader is a stealthy initial access

Hackers Steal $200 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency Tokens from BitMart Exchange
Cryptocurrency trading platform BitMart has disclosed a “large-scale security breach” that it blamed on a stolen private key, resulting in the theft of more than $150 million in various cryptocurrencies. The breach is said to have impacted two of its hot wallets on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain and the Binance

GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes Over 1 Million WordPress Customers’ Data
Web hosting giant GoDaddy on Monday disclosed a data breach that resulted in the unauthorized access of data belonging to a total of 1.2 million active and inactive customers, making it the third security incident to come to light since 2018. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the

El Salvador journalists and activists hacked with spyware, report says
Dozens of journalists and activists in El Salvador have had their phones hacked with the spyware Pegasus, which has been used by governments to monitor critics and dissidents, a report says. Researchers said most of those targeted work at the El Faro news outlet, which has reported on alleged secret

PM security breach: SC flags war of words, names probe team head
Sayint that the “blame game” and “war of words” between the Centre and Punjab government may “impair the need of a robust mechanism to respond at such a critical juncture”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed its former judge, Justice Indu Malhotra, to head a five-member committee to probe the security breach during Prime

Norwegian Media Company Amedia Suffered a Serious Cyber Attack That Left Newspapers Unprinted
Norwegian media company Amedia suffered a cyber attack that shut down its computer systems, preventing the company from printing newspapers. According to the company, the incident also affected its advertising and subscription systems, preventing advertisers from ordering new ads and subscribers from enrolling or canceling their subscriptions. Amedia Executive Vice President of Technology Pål Nedregotten said the incident forced it