Neowin News Feed for: Cyberattack

[Free eBook] Cyber Breach Response That Actually Works (worth $45)

Sponsored — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:00:01 +0000

A cyber breach could cost your organization millions of dollars—in 2019, the average cost of a cyber breach for companies was $3.9M, a figure that is increasing 20-30% annually. Read more...

Russia is using stolen U.S. made spyware to hack iPhones in Ukraine in a massive attack

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:50:01 +0000

Russia has repurposed stolen U.S.-made multi-million-dollar spyware to attack and steal personal data from the Ukrainian government and citizens. Read more...

New phishing scam uses legit software to hijack computers, but the real story is even wilder

Ivan Jenic — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:28:01 +0000

Shell companies, EV certificates, and malware subscription services: take a closer look at one of the most audacious phishing scams in recent memory. Read more...

Star Citizen developer suffers data breach impacting user personal data

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:58:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has disclosed a breach on its systems that has affected Star Citizen players' personal data. Read more...

Shadow AI use by UK employees saves billions but poses urgent security risks

Paul Hill — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:48:01 +0000

A new report commissioned by Microsoft has found that many UK employees are secretly using AI at work, putting sensitive data in harm's way. Read more...

U.S. nuclear weapons department compromised in SharePoint attack

Usama Jawad — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:30:02 +0000

The U.S. Energy Department, responsible for producing and disassembling nuclear weapons, was impacted in the latest attacks on Microsoft SharePoint. Read more...

Microsoft 365 security in the spotlight after Washington Post hack

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:36:01 +0000

The Washington Post has reported that some of its journalists were cyberattacked, with attackers possibly gaining access to a Microsoft work email account; putting Microsoft 365 under the spotlight. Read more...

Microsoft offers free cybersecurity programs to European governments

Hamid Ganji — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:10:02 +0000

Microsoft has launched a cybersecurity enhancement program for European countries to help them repel AI-powered attacks. Read more...

US identifies 9th telecom hacked by China-based group Salt Typhoon

Ramat Adetunji — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 18:20:01 +0000

A ninth U.S. telecom has fallen victim to Salt Typhoon, a cyberespionage campaign allegedly tied to China. The breach highlights serious vulnerabilities. Read more...

Following Salt Typhoon, FCC targets US telecom security gaps with new regulatory proposal

Ramat Adetunji — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:28:02 +0000

The FCC proposes new rules to strengthen US telecom cybersecurity, following recent cyberattacks and espionage concerns. Read more...

FBI confirms Chinese hackers breached US telecom giants for wiretap data theft

David Uzondu — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:46:01 +0000

Hackers had been lurking undetected, and the FBI confirms they've breached systems critical to national security. Read more...

North Korean hackers caught spreading new malware for macOS

David Uzondu — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:00:01 +0000

North Korean hackers may have found a new trick to bypass macOS security and hide malicious code using Google's Flutter. Read more...

The Internet Archive site (Wayback Machine) is back online after its recent hacker attack

John Callaham — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:12:01 +0000

The main Internet Archive website is back online after hackers breached the site earlier this month and stole personal information from its servers Read more...

The Internet Archives' Wayback Machine site is back online but in a read-only mode for now

John Callaham — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:30:02 +0000

The Internet Archives' Wayback Machine site is now back online after a cyberattack hacked into the popular site last week and got access to 31 million user accounts. Read more...

Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 29 May 2024 06:54:01 +0000

Internet Archive and Wayback Machine have been facing DDoS cyberattacks for the last few days. The non-profit assured that collections are safe despite the service being inconsistent since Sunday. Read more...

Roku discovers second data breach affecting over half a million accounts

Omer Dursun — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:06:02 +0000

Roku discovered a second data breach affecting 576,000 accounts on its streaming platform. The company discovered the new unauthorized access while monitoring accounts following the first incident. Read more...

Microsoft says a Russian hacker group got access to some of its source code repositories

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has posted an update on the discovery that a Russian hacker group accessed its corporate email accounts. Apparently, it used the information to breach Microsoft's source code repositories. Read more...

Insomniac Games says it is "saddened and angered" about the recent cyberattack and data leak

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:16:01 +0000

Developer Insomniac Games has finally comments on the recent cyberattack that caused massive amounts of data and info to be leaked from the studio, saying it is "saddened and angered". Read more...

1.67 TB Insomniac Games files are reportedly leaked online by ransomware group

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:52:01 +0000

A ransomware group has reportedly leaked over 1.3 million files online that it says was obtained from a cyberattack on Spider-Man 2 developer Insomniac Games, of which includes personal data. Read more...

Microsoft denies allegations of a data breach that leaked data of 30 million customers

Mehrotra A — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 11:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has denied the claims made by Anonymous Sudan that the hacker group was able to access company's servers during a cyberattack last month and steal data of 30 million customers. Read more...

TSMC confirms partner affected by LockBit cyberattack, but there is good news

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:46:01 +0000

TSMC has said that it wasn't greatly affected by LockBit malware that hit one of its suppliers. Despite this, hackers have demanded a $70 million ransom, or it will leak info it claims to have. Read more...

The global MOVEit-based cyberattack has exposed the data of millions of US users

John Callaham — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 17:54:01 +0000

Millions of driver's license numbers and more info from the states of Louisiana and Oregon have been reportedly exposed in this cyberattack that used a flaw in the MOVEit file transfer software. Read more...

Microsoft says the early June outage to its services was due to a DDoS cyberattack

Mehrotra A — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed that the disruption to its services in the beginning of June was caused by a sophisticated DDoS cyberattack that overloaded the systems and caused a global blackout. Read more...

Several US government agencies were targeted in a global cyberattack

John Callaham — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 21:18:01 +0000

It's not yet clear which US government agencies were hit as part of this cyberattack, nor if they had any files taken as a result. A known hacker group called CL0P is a suspect in some of the attacks. Read more...

One of the hackers who claims to have breached Western Digital's network has come forward

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:52:05 +0000

The unidentified hacker claims it took 10TB of data from Western Digital's network in March, including customer information. They want to get a large "minimum 8 figures" ransom payment. Read more...

Western Digital's My Cloud service is finally back, but its web store is still offline

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:18:02 +0000

While the My Cloud service from Western Digital may be up and running again, the computer storage and memory company still has not offered an update on the cyberattack on its network. Read more...

Western Digital got hit with a hacker attack that could disrupt its business

John Callaham — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:44:01 +0000

In a press release, Western Digital stated its network systems were hacked by an "unauthorized third party." There's very little word on what kind of data was taken during the attack. Read more...

Australian financial company Latitude gets hacked, customer data stolen

Justin Luna — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 01:48:01 +0000

Australian digital payments and lending company Latitude Financial has suffered a hacking incident. This allows cybercriminals to get a hold of the identification documents of 328,000 customers. Read more...

Dish Network finally confirms it was hit by a cyber attack but offers few details

John Callaham — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:16:02 +0000

The satellite TV service stated some of its customer call centers are still being affected by this cyber attack, and that some "data was extracted," but Dish Network didn't offer any details. Read more...

Some Dish Network systems have been down since Thursday and a cyber attack may be to blame

John Callaham — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:24:01 +0000

The satellite TV service Dish Network has been experiencing outages for the last several days on its website, apps, and customer service systems. Some reports claim that it's due to a cyber attack. Read more...

New ESXiArgs ransomware variant can evade CISA's recovery script

Justin Luna — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:42:02 +0000

The cybercriminals behind the ESXiArgs ransomware have created a new variant that evades the recovery script that the U.S. CISA recently released. The new version also comes with a new ransom note. Read more...

5 Simple cybersecurity tips you can practice in 2023

Justin Luna — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:44:01 +0000

As we enter a new year, cybercriminals will develop more dangerous and sophisticated cyberthreats. Thankfully, there are many things you can do to mitigate the risk of falling victim to them. Read more...

Medibank hackers release all customer data on dark web

Hemant Saxena — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 15:38:01 +0000

The cybercriminals, who were, responsible for the Medibank cyber-attack have released the customer data they took from the health insurer onto the dark web. The police investigation is still on. Read more...

Health insurer Medibank becomes the latest victim of cyberattack

Hemant Saxena — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 06:36:01 +0000

Medibank, the Australian private health insurance provider has been hit by a cyber incident. Currently, It is investigating the nature of the incident and any impact it may have on its customers. Read more...

UK government outlines new security guidelines for broadband and mobile companies

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:26:01 +0000

The UK government is set to introduce laws to ensure broadband and mobile companies follow strict security protocols. Failure to do so will see firms get fined by Ofcom by as much as £100,000 per day. Read more...

Google Cloud blocks largest DDoS attack ever, beating Cloudflare's previous record with ease

Usama Jawad — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:06:01 +0000

Google has announced that it now wears the crown for blocking the largest DDoS attack ever. Its DDoS attack peaked at 46 million requests per second which is 76% higher than Cloudflare's best. Read more...

In a major embarrassment, AV-TEST's Twitter remains hacked after more than a week [Update]

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:01 +0000

One of the leading anti-virus assessment companies, AV-TEST couldn't stop the breach of its own Twitter account. The attack happened over a week ago and the account still remains hacked. Read more...

T-Mobile to pay $350 million in settlement and $150 million upgrading data security

Paul Hill — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:24:01 +0000

T-Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million as part of a settlement after the records of 76.6 million customers were compromised. It will also spend $150 million upgrading its data security. Read more...

Researchers warn about new "SATAn" that can hack air-gapped PCs using SATA cables

Sayan Sen — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:40:01 +0000

A new air-gap cyberattack technique has entered the frame. The researchers are referring to it as “SATAn” and it basically involves using ordinary SATA cables to transmit data wirelessly. Read more...

QNAP users are in trouble as ech0raix attacks again

Anushe Fawaz — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 18:40:01 +0000

QNAP remains silent while ech0raix, a ransomware operator targets its devices once again. QNAP NAS devices had been attacked earlier this year, in 2021, and in 2020. Users must remain cautious. Read more...