The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has busted an international fraud network by arresting three accused in a Rs 5.40 crore scam. On Tuesday, the officials said that TGSCB arrested three people who were involved in supplying bank account details to cyber fraudsters and were further facilitating the withdrawal of funds. The Telangana Cyber Security…
North Korean hackers have conducted a global cyber espionage campaign in efforts to steal classified military secrets to support Pyongyang’s banned nuclear weapons programme, the United States, Britain and South Korea said in a joint advisory on Thursday. The hackers, dubbed Anadriel or APT45 by cybersecurity researchers, are believed to be part of North Korea’s…
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…
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…
Passwords Leaked: A file with around 10 billion (1,000 crore) passwords was leaked via an online hacking forum, according to a report by Semafor. The compilation, which included old and new password breaches, was posted online on July 4, and is the largest such leak yet, it added. The report noted the risk of credential-stuffing attacks being…
Cisco has issued a security advisory regarding a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, dubbed “regreSSHion,” that affects multiple products. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-6387, was disclosed by the Qualys Threat Research Unit on July 1, 2024. It impacts the OpenSSH server (sshd) in glibc-based Linux systems and has the potential to allow unauthenticated attackers…
Hackers add more devices to the network of slave digital devices, which would do what hackers want them to do. These networks, called botnets, launch large-scale cyberattacks, including the dreaded Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS). Now Dark web peers are selling botnets at throw-away prices ranging from $99 on the Dark Web, according to cybersecurity…
Shockwaves from the Russian government’s hack of Microsoft’s corporate infrastructure continue to spread with news that the software giant is notifying surprised customers that their emails were also stolen by the Midnight Blizzard hackers. According to published reports, Redmond’s incident response team is providing a secure portal for customers to view specifics of emails stolen…
Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a sophisticated attack campaign by the Water Sigbin (aka 8220 Gang) threat actor that exploited vulnerabilities in the Oracle WebLogic Server, notably CVE-2017-3506 and CVE-2023-21839, to deploy the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on compromised systems. The attack begins with the threat actor exploiting the WebLogic vulnerabilities to execute a malicious PowerShell script on the victim…
Companies in the market for cybersecurity professionals could face a new method of attack, made harder to spot because of artificial intelligence: Hackers posing as job applicants. As cyber threats targeting U.S. companies multiply, some security leaders have increased scrutiny during hiring to weed out bad actors—or simply applicants with over-embellished resumes. Globally, the cyber…
