Month: October 2024
More than 140,000 phishing websites have been found linked to a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Sniper Dz over the past year, indicating that it’s being used by a large number of cybercriminals to conduct credential theft. “For prospective phishers, Sniper Dz offers an online admin panel with a catalog of phishing pages,” Palo Alto Networks…
Read MoreCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign targeting the Docker Engine API with the goal of co-opting the instances to join a malicious Docker Swarm controlled by the threat actor. This enabled the attackers to “use Docker Swarm’s orchestration features for command-and-control (C2) purposes,” Datadog researchers Matt Muir and Andy Giron said in an…
Read MoreOct 01, 2024Ravie LakshmananCorporate Security / Financial Fraud The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a 39-year-old U.K. national for perpetrating a hack-to-trade fraud scheme that netted him nearly $3.75 million in illegal profits. Robert Westbrook of London was arrested last week and is expected to be extradited to the U.S. to face charges…
Read MoreThe PlayStation Network is suffering a global outage, with subscribers confirming that they can no longer play online games or access the company’s website. When attempting to access PSN, users may be greeted with errors stating, “The connection to the server timed out” or “An error has occurred.” The PlayStation Network status page has confirmed…
Read MoreThe PlayStation Network is suffering a global outage, with subscribers confirming that they can no longer play online games or access the company’s website. When attempting to access PSN, users may be greeted with errors stating, “The connection to the server timed out” or “An error has occurred.” The PlayStation Network status page has confirmed…
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