CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Desert Falcon Hackers Catfish Israeli officials Some high-ranking Israeli government and law enforcement officials were the targets of a very sophisticated social engineering operation. A Hamas-backed hacking group, known as APT-C-23 and Desert Falcon, executed a campaign with the codename “Operation Bearded Barbie”. Fake Facebook[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   LAPSUS$ hit Globant The IT and Software Development company which operates in many countries worldwide is the latest victim of LAPSUS$, as they published 70GB of data from Globant. Subsequently, Globant confirmed that the leaked information was limited to source code and project-related documentation for[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   LAPSUS$ strikes again, against Microsoft & Okta Microsoft confirmed that the LAPSUS$ group compromised one of their employee accounts with low-level access. The group stole and published 37GB of source code stolen from Microsoft’s Azure DevOps server relating to their Bing, Cortana and Maps projects.[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   DENSO hacked by Pandora The global automotive components manufacturer was hit with a ransomware attack by the Pandora Ransomware group early in March. DENSO confirmed the attack and that they were able to limit the scope of the breach to the German division only. DENSO[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Ubisoft hacked by LAPSUS$  The LAPSUS$ group, who recently hacked Samsung and NVIDIA, was responsible for Ubisoft’s cyber security incident last week. The incident temporarily resulted in the disruption of some of their games, systems, and services, however, the company doesn’t believe any player’s personal[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Toyota Affected by Cyber Attack Toyota temporarily suspended operations in their Japanese factory last week after a supply chain cyber-attack. Kojima Industries, which supplies plastics and electronic components to Toyota, appeared to fall victim to a ransomware attack. This impacted their ability to ship parts[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News The Ukrainian and Russian Cyber War Russia on the Offensive Before Russian troops on the ground invaded Ukraine’s borders, they had already started their assault on Ukraine’s cyberinfrastructure with DDOS attacks. Since Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin ordered the military’s mobilization, Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team noticed[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Hackers target Teams Security researchers at Avanan have warned that since January, hackers are using compromised Microsoft Teams accounts to spread malware. These accounts, most likely compromised during phishing campaigns, are used to send trojans to others users within Teams, which will allow attackers to[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Beware of Crypto Romance Scams The Federal Trade Commission revealed that romance scams yielded $1.3 billion in 2021. These are scams where a fake love interest will target a victim, and after gaining their trust, ask them to contribute to an investment opportunity. With the[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Cyber Espionage at News Corp News Corp, the company that owns the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and the Dow Jones, confirmed in an SEC filing that they were hit with a cyberattack in January. One of their cloud-based systems from a third-party[…]