Reddit had its internal files and source code stolen after its internal business systems were breached as a result of a phishing attack that aimed to exfiltrate employee credentials and two-factor authentication keys, according to BleepingComputer.
TechCrunch reports that a Series A funding round has pulled in $7 million for South African anti-email phishing startup Sendmarc, which offers email authentication-based technology leveraged by law enforcement agencies, banks, and tech startups in North America and other parts of the world.
Ukrainian and Polish government agencies are being impacted by an Aperetif malware campaign launched by the WinterVivern hacking group, which emerged last June, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
E-commerce targeted by GuLoader malware attacks E-commerce organizations in the U.S., South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Taiwan, and Germany are being subjected to ongoing GuLoader malware attacks that involved the use of Nullsoft Scriptable Install System executables rather than malicious Word documents for malware distribution, according to The Hacker News.
TechCrunch reports that numerous tech and video game companies have been targeted by an ongoing hacking campaign by the 0ktapus operation, also known as Scattered Spider, which has compromised over 130 organizations and exfiltrated nearly 10,000 employees' credentials last year.
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