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New API Report Shows 400% Increase in Attackers

The report also found that 80% of attacks happened over authenticated APIs, making it a widespread problem for all. Given that it is one of the easiest types of attack to execute, it is no surprise that attackers are increasingly taking this route.

Cybercriminals target fans of The Last of Us with recent malware and phishing scams

Recently, Kaspersky researchers shared with VPNOverview details of two separate campaigns — a scam designed to inject PCs with malware and a phishing ploy designed to steal banking information and other financial data.

22 million US health records breached thus far in 2022

A new report by GlobalData estimates that up to 22 million US health records have been breached so far in 2022. The healthcare industry is often a prime target of ransomware attacks as they store valuable and confidential data on their customers.

Threat Actor Group Claims Responsibility for High Profile University Hacks

The post on the English-speaking hacking forum was spotted by CloudSEK on 7th May 2022 and contained a sample screenshot as proof of their claimed access to a Jenkins dashboard.

Update: North Korea-backed Hacking Collective Lazarus Group Suspected to be Behind Recent Harmony Bridge Attack

On June 27, the culprit is said to have begun moving funds amounting to $39 million through the Tornado Cash mixer service in an attempt to obscure the ill-gotten gains and make it difficult to trace the transaction trail back to the original theft.

US Federal Government Creates Cybersecurity Incident Review Board

The Department of Homeland Security has announced a new Cyber Safety Review Board bringing together cybersecurity experts from public and private organizations to “review and assess significant cybersecurity events.”

Jenkins discloses attack on its Atlassian Confluence service

Attackers abused an Open Graph Navigation Library (OGNL) injection flaw – the same vulnerability type involved in the notorious 2017 Equifax hack – capable of leading to remote code execution (RCE) in Confluence Server and Data Center instances.

Russian publication Yandex says it is experiencing a “record scale” DDoS attack

Russian internet giant Yandex has been targeted in a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that started last week and it reportedly continues this week. Russian media called the assault the largest in the history of Russian internet.

Irish Gardai clamp down on cyber gang that attacked HSE

Gardaí have seized the cyberinfrastructure used by the cyber gang involved in the HSE cyber attack earlier this year. The operation is believed to have prevented more than 750 ransomware attacks, the Irish Times has reported.

Why you should never pay for ransomware

Giving money to these cybercriminals only perpetuates the behavior; after all, it shows them that this is a profitable way to behave by giving them exactly what they want.

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