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- June 12th, 2025 - (Posted in Cybercrime and Darknet)
Ghost Security, also known as GhostSec, is a hacktivist group which emerged in the context of the cyber war against Islamic extremism. The first actions of the group date back to the aftermath of the attack on the Charlie Hebdo newsroom, January 2015. It is considered an offshoot of the...
Cybercrime and Darknet

HijackLoader Expands Techniques to Improve Defense Evasion 

Donato Onofri e Emanuele Calvelli Endpoint Security & XDR CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike researchers have identified a HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) sample that employs sophisticated evasion techniques to enhance

Medusa Ransomware claims responsibility for the attack on Harry Perkins Institute

- July 5th, 2024

On July 3, 2024, the Australian research institute Harry Perkins was the victim of a ransomware attack claimed by MEDUSA on their official DLS. More than 4.6 Terabytes of CCTV...

  

A new potential data breach has exposed sensitive information of 70,000 users of the French amusement park Bol D’Air on BreachForum

- July 4th, 2024

Fresh Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Information of French Amusement Park Bol D'Air on BreachForum. Currently, we are unable to accurately confirm the veracity of the breach, as no press release...

  

Potential Data Breach: Sensitive Indonesian Data for Sale on Dark Web

- July 4th, 2024

A recent alert in information security landscape has been issued: a threat actor has announced the sale of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia (Kejaksaan Agung Republik Indonesia)...

  

Threat Actors Post Tennis Tournament Data Breach in Israel

- July 4th, 2024

Recently, a threat actor in an underground forum published an alleged data breach. This breach is claimed to have compromised the personal information of thousands of participants and instructors involved...

  

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