The North Korean Lazarus hacking group has been identified as the culprit behind a recent cyber espionage operation known as “No Pineapple!”. This designation highlights the group’s malicious activities and its ability to carry out sophisticated cyberattacks. In the “No Pineapple!” ...
Microsoft: Iran Unit Behind Charlie Hebdo Hack-and-Leak Op
After the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo launched a cartoon contest to mock Iran’s ruling cleric, a state-backed Iranian cyber unit struck back with a hack-and-leak campaign that was designed to provoke fear with the claimed pilfering of a big subscriber database, Microsoft security ...
Big China Spy Balloon Moving East Over the US
On Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceled a diplomatic visit to Beijing after the discovery of a Chinese weather balloon drifting over the US this week. However, a senior US Department of Defense official stated that the balloon was clearly intended for surveillance, while the Chinese ...
Former Ubiquiti Employee Who Posed as Hacker Pleads Guilty
Former Ubiquiti employee Nickolas Sharp has admitted in court to abusing company-provided credentials to steal data and then attempting to extort the company, the Department of Justice announced. Sharp, 37, of Portland, Oregon, worked at the New York City-based IoT computer maker between August ...
Atlassian Warns of Critical Jira Service Management Vulnerability
Atlassian this week warned of a critical-severity authentication vulnerability in Jira Service Management Server and Data Center that could allow attackers to impersonate Jira users. Tracked as CVE-2023-22501 (CVSS score of 9.4), the flaw impacts Jira Service Management Server and Data Center ...