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State-sponsored hackers affiliated with North Korea have been behind a slew of attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges over the past three years, new evidence has revealed. Attributing the attack with “medium-high” likelihood to the Lazarus Group (aka APT38 or Hidden Cobra), researchers from Israeli cybersecurity firm ClearSky said the campaign, dubbed “CryptoCore,” targeted crypto exchanges in…

Hackers with suspected ties to Iran are actively targeting academia, government agencies, and tourism entities in the Middle East and neighboring regions as part of an espionage campaign aimed at data theft. Dubbed “Earth Vetala” by Trend Micro, the latest finding expands on previous research published by Anomali last month, which found evidence of malicious…

Taiwanese motherboard maker Gigabyte has been hit by the RansomEXX ransomware gang, who threaten to publish 112GB of stolen data unless a ransom is paid. Gigabyte is best known for its motherboards, but also manufactures other computer components and hardware, such as graphics cards, data center servers, laptops, and monitors. The attack occurred late Tuesday…

This article has been indexed from E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News   The hacker behind the biggest cryptocurrency heist of all time has finally handed access to the final tranche of stolen funds.  Poly Network, a platform in the decentralized finance or “DeFi” area, was hacked last month, with…

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Hackers Accessed System Containing PII Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • July 20, 2021     Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, a Boston-based law firm that serves Fortune 500 firms, including Apple and Pfizer, is continuing its investigation of a ransomware attack in…

Application Security , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Dell Issues Security Advisory to Address Flaws Rashmi Ramesh • June 28, 2021     Researchers at security firm Eclypsium report that they have identified four vulnerabilities that could affect 30 million users of computer technology company Dell’s laptops, desktops and tablets. See Also: Live…