UK’s consumer protection organization Which? has warned of an ongoing Omicron variant-themed phishing campaign. These phishing emails claim that to avoid restrictions, people need to order a free PCR test. They can do that by clicking on the link in the email. Clicking on the link would lead to a fake NHS website. The site asks users to put in…
In November’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we talk about three stories. International law enforcement operation GoldDust led to 7 arrests in relation to the REvil/GandCrab cybercrime gangs. NordPass released a list of the year’s most popular passwords, with disappointing but not surprising results. And the US is now offering a $10 million reward for information about REvil and DarkSide…
The annual list of the year’s most used passwords has been released by the team of NordPass, a password manager developed by the same company behind VPN service NordVPN. “123456”, “123456789”, “qwerty”, and “password” remain some of the most popular passwords used by users.
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A coordinated law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 7 hackers allegedly affiliated with the REvil group (also known as Sodinokibi), one of the most prolific cyber gangs in history. REvil, the successor of another notorious group GandCrab, is responsible for some of the biggest attacks on businesses and organizations in recent years, including the massive cyberattack on software…
October’s edition of cybersecurity news features three stories that made headlines. In early October, it was revealed that live-streaming platform Twitch has suffered perhaps one of the biggest hacks in recent years when the platform in its entirety got leaked online. The 125GB torrent was posted on a hacking forum and included the payouts for the platform’s biggest streamers. In…
“Unfortunately, there are some bad news for you” email scam is a generic sextortion email campaign that threatens to release a private video of you watching pornography if you do not agree to pay $1750 in Bitcoin. It’s a very typical sextortion scam that follows a particular pattern and there’s nothing unique about it. It goes without saying that your…
“If you want us to be silent, read” is how a new sextortion scam campaign tries to attract your attention. An email with this subject line may land in your inbox if your email address has ever been leaked, but it is nothing more than a scam. The sender will claim that they have a private video of you watching…
Reportedly, Amazon-owned video live stream platform Twitch has suffered a massive hack with over 125GB of data leaked online by an anonymous poster. While the legitimacy of the leaked data is yet to be confirmed, it appears to contain Twitch’s source code, 3 years worth of creator payout details, an unreleased Steam competitor from Amazon Game Studios, data on other…
In September’s edition of cybersecurity news, we cover only two stories. The FBI warns that romance and sextortion scams are on the rise, with millions of dollars of reported losses already. And the REvil ransomware gang reappears under the same name after a two-month hiatus following the Kaseya ransomware attack.
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“I am sorry to inform you but your device was hacked” is the opening used in a new sextortion email campaign that threatens to publicly release users’ private videos if they do not agree to pay $1650 in Bitcoin. It’s a fairly typical sextortion scam that follows the usual pattern and doesn’t have anything particularly interesting about it. Considering that…