WazirX Suffers Security Breach, Rs 1965 crore of funds moved

India’s largest crypto exchange, WazirX, has been hacked, resulting in the transfer of cryptocurrencies worth over ₹1,900 crore to an anonymous wallet. Republic Business has reached out to WazirX for confirmation of the total loss, but the exchange has yet to respond. The hacker swapped Tether (USDT), Pepe tokens, and GALA into Ether. Blockchain data…

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Shadowroot Ransomware Lures Turkish Victims via Phishing Attacks

The ransomware is rudimentary with basic functionalities, likely having been created by an inexperienced developer — but it’s effective at locking up files and sucking up memory capacity.   A ransomware strain coined “ShadowRoot” has been found targeting Turkish businesses through phishing attacks. The phishing emails contain a PDF attachment disguised as an invoice with embedded…

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SAP AI Core Vulnerabilities Expose Customer Data to Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered security shortcomings in SAP AI Core cloud-based platform for creating and deploying predictive artificial intelligence (AI) workflows that could be exploited to get hold of access tokens and customer data. The five vulnerabilities have been collectively dubbed SAPwned by cloud security firm Wiz. “The vulnerabilities we found could have allowed attackers to access customers’ data…

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