Risky Bulletin Newsletter
February 08, 2023
Risky Biz News: Tor network hit with DDoS attacks over past seven months
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SperaxUSD crypto-heist: A threat actor exploited a bug in the protocols of the SperaxUSD cryptocurrency service and stole roughly $300,000 from the company.
Vesuvius incident: UK engineering company Vesuvius says it suffered a cybersecurity breach. The company says it shut down affected systems and is working to investigate the incident and restore systems. The company has more than 10,000 employees across the world and is known for its metal and ceramics work and molten metal flow engineering.
RSAWeb ransomware attack: A ransomware attack has been identified as the source of a days-long outage that has impacted the services of South African telco and cloud hosting provider RSAWeb. The incident took place on February 1, and the company took days to fully recover, according to a notification the company sent to its customers. The company says the attack affected its website, internet fiber, mobile, hosting, VoIP, and PBX services. [Press coverage in MyBroadband]