Zola , a wedding planning startup that allows couples to create websites, budgets and gift registries, has confirmed that hackers gained access to user accounts but has denied a breach of its systems.
The incident first came to light over the weekend after Zola customers took to social media to report that their accounts had been hijacked. Some reported that hackers had depleted funds held in their Zola accounts, while others said they had thousands of dollars charged to their credit cards.
Ransomware law prevents N.C. government agencies from paying hackers
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Ransomware, it's a type of cyberattack that can cripple industries, utilities, and even government agencies ability to access their entire digital networks.
Evidence of attacks becoming more common according to a report by the North Carolina Department of Information Technology.
Chinese "Twisted Panda" Hackers Caught Spying on Russian Defense Institutes
At least two research institutes located in Russia and a third likely target in Belarus have been at the receiving end of an espionage attack by a Chinese nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT).
The attacks, codenamed " Twisted Panda ," come in the backdrop of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, prompting a wide range of threat actors to swiftly adapt their campaigns on the ongoing conflict to distribute malware and stage opportunistic attacks.
Hackers Can Now Hijack Your Accounts Even Before You Create Them: Here's How
The assessment was done by Andrew Paverd, a researcher at Microsoft Security Response Center, and Avinash Sudhodanan, an independent security researcher . They analysed 75 popular digital services and found that at least 35 remain vulnerable to pre-hijacking attacks .
The researchers explained on arxiv, writing - "The impact of account pre-hijacking attacks is the same as that of account hijacking. Depending on the nature of the target service, a successful attack could allow the attacker to read/modify sensitive information associated with the account (e.g.
Hackers have found a new way to smuggle malware onto your device | TechRadar
Cybersecurity researchers from HP Wolf Security have spotted a new cybercrime campaign that leverages PDF files to try and distribute the Snake Keylogger onto vulnerable endpoints .
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> This cheeky new malware strain hides in the Windows Registry
Google Says 'Predator' Spyware Hit Chrome, Android Zero-Days
A shady private surveillance company sold access to nearly half a dozen powerful security flaws in Chrome and Android last year to government-affiliated hackers , Google revealed Monday.
Cytrox is also said to have given its clients access to a number of "n-days"—vulnerabilities that had already had patches issued for them. In these cases, the targeted users presumably had not updated their devices or applications.
Pro-Russian Hackers Hit Critical Government Websites in Italy - Infosecurity Magazine
Pro-Russian hackers have targeted the websites of various Italian institutions and government ministries, law enforcement said on Friday.
The attack, which began on Thursday evening and was still in progress as of Friday early afternoon, was reportedly confirmed by Italy’s Postal Police.
Hackers Compromised Synapse X Scripting Engine To Inject Trojan Code Into Roblox Game - CPO Magazine
Roblox is one of the most popular games, with over 50 million daily active users globally. At least two-thirds of American kids between 9 and 12 years use the platform. At one point, half of the American kids were playing Roblox.
Avanan researchers found that hackers were installing a self-executing program that drops three executable library files (DLLs) into the Windows system folder.
Ransomware Hackers Steal Personal Data of 500,000 Students and Staff in Chicago - Infosecurity ...
The personal information of more than half a million Chicago Public Schools students and staff was leaked in a ransomware attack last December, although the breach wasn’t reported until April, officials said.
The district said on Friday that technology vendor Battelle for Kids notified CPS of the breach on April 25.
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