Category: July

A new malware variant has been seen on the Google play store which aims to steal sensitive user data including cryptocurrency credentials and associated funds. Discovered by Trend Micros’ Mobile Application Reputation Service (MARS) team, the malware has been named CherryBlos and uses various distribution channels, including social media, phishing sites, […]

A pro-Palestine cyber-crime gang has resurfaced and has claimed responsibility of a series of attacks on a large oil & petrochemical company in Israel. CyberAv3ngers have recently started posting on Twitter and Telegram that they are back and that their return “will be much more painful for u than before”. […]

Yamaha Canada Music Ltd, a division of Yamaha Corporation – famous for musical instruments and audio equipment – has announced that it has been the target of a cyber attack. A statement issued on the 20th July said that “Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. recently encountered a cyber attack that led […]

Two ambulance trusts which cover most of Southern UK have been affected by a cyber attack on a third-party IT systems supplier. South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) and South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) both use a system called MobiMed which is owned and operated […]

HaveIbeenpwned – the website where you can check to see if your details have been included in any data breaches or leaks, has recently uploaded the contents of the breach forums database. I have posted a couple of times about the story of breached.vc, the FBI takedown and the arrest […]

Unless you’ve been living in an isolated cave somewhere in the Outer Hebrides, I doubt you will have failed to notice the rise in the number of AI utilities made readily available in the last 12 months or so. A wealth of options AI systems have become available for all […]

Most people reading these posts will be fully aware of the huge cyber attack which happened at the back end of May which targeted a vulnerability in the file transfer code of the financial software MOVEit. I have posted a few times about this breach, which has shaped up to […]

A legal precedent has occurred in Germany in a case where a judge ruled that an insurance provider must pay out to a victim of a cyber attack despite the company saying the victim had breached the terms of the contract. The Regional Court of Tübingen, in central Baden-Württemberg ruled […]

On the 6th July, I posted about the fact that the EU and the UK are working on similar legislation in a bid to make consumer Internet of Things (IoT) safer to use. The UK has already released its new legislation – The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, […]

HudsonRock, an Israeli cybercrime intelligence company has published a story about an (as yet) un-named hacker who managed to accidentally infect their own PC with InfoStealer malware and then offer it for sale on a dark web forum. Big mistake The threat actor who goes by the online name La_Citrix […]