Ransomware has achieved the status of a global menace. One of the key cloud-hosting providers for the real estate, financial, legal services, and few other industries is in trouble after a ransomware threat sneaked into its networks. Another ransomware attack was detected at a publicly-owned rail operator in the U.K. Meanwhile, U.S. security agencies released new threat intel to help organizations keep Chinese state-sponsored threats at bay. With this, join in to read through the top global cybersecurity headlines for the day.
- Cloudstar was crippled due to a highly sophisticated ransomware attack that targeted its systems. Negotiations with attackers are underway, although operations are yet not fully restored.
- Ticketing systems at the U.K’s Northern Trains were hit in an alleged ransomware attack. Authorities say no customer or payment data was compromised and travelers can still book online tickets.
- Aruba, an Italian web hosting firm, disclosed a breach that exposed a variety of customer billing and personal data, including hashed passwords.
- The CISA, FBI, and NSA issued a joint cybersecurity advisory against rising Chinese state-sponsored cyber activities and offered mitigation steps to protect the federal government.
- Bitdefender took the wraps off of an ongoing worldwide attack campaign involving MosaicLoader malware packaged within pirated software and advertised via search engine results.
- Hackers claim to have leaked highly sensitive health insurance and medical data of more than 6,000 patients of insurance firm Humana on a popular hacker forum.
- SentinelOne reported a 16-year-old flaw in HP, Xerox, and Samsung printer drivers that lets attackers gain admin privilege on compromised systems.
- Proofpoint discovered a new threat group, TA2721, targeting global organizations across finance, entertainment, and other industries via malspam emails written in Spanish.
- After securing a court order, Microsoft will be taking down malicious homoglyph domains that scammers or hackers register to spoof legitimate sites of various businesses and brands.
- Families mourning the loss of loved ones to the recent collapse of a condo building in Surfside, Florida, are being targeted by hackers in a new identity theft campaign.