This week, scammers targeted crypto workers with fake meeting apps, Australia fined Kraken crypto exchange operator Bit Trade, a Los Angeles federal court ordered five individuals to pay $5 million, Polish police detained a Russian former exchange operator and FTX debtors clawed back more cash.
A Russian state-backed hacker group used third-party data-stealing bots and possibly a backdoor used by another Russia-based threat group to infiltrate and spy on devices used by frontline Ukrainian military units, according to a report from the Microsoft threat intelligence team.
This week, a shuttered illicit marketplace, Patch Tuesday, lax German cybersecurity, mobile user accounts stolen in Spain, Operation PowerOFF closed booter sites, Google patched Chrome and scammers rented AirBnBs. Stolen student data in Peru and an incident at a U.S. medical device maker.
U.S. federal prosecutors indicted 14 North Koreans for a long-running IT scam generating $88 million by exploiting remote work with U.S. firms, a scheme prosecutors say is tied to DPRK-controlled companies that fund weapons programs through stolen identities, data theft and extortion.
Hackers exploiting flaws in Cleo Communications software instances had intimate knowledge of their internals and deployed a previously unknown family of malware, security researchers from Huntress said Thursday. Cleo published a patch Wednesday evening.
As email remains the primary vector for cyberattacks, the limitations of traditional Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) are becoming increasingly evident in the face of modern, sophisticated threats. With attackers finding new ways to bypass legacy defenses, organizations must reevaluate their approach to email security....
To counter AI-driven fraud, LexisNexis acquired IDVerse, a London-based startup focused on document authentication and regulatory compliance. This acquisition aims to seamlessly integrate advanced tools into LexisNexis' fraud and identity platforms, enhancing global operations.
Welcome to ISMG's GovWare 2024 Compendium. GovWare, Singapore's premier cybersecurity trade event held as part of Singapore International Cyber Week, brought together a community of cybersecurity professionals, including policymakers, tech innovators and information security leaders.
A probable Chinese nation-state threat actor compromised Visual Studio Code and Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure to target Western technology firms for espionage, security firms Tinexta Cyber and SentinelLabs said. The companies call the campaign "Operation Digital Eye."
Fried dough lovers beware: doughnut juggernaut Krispy Kreme told U.S. federal regulators Wednesday it will have ongoing operational difficulties due to a cybersecurity incident. Shops are open and consumers can place orders in person. Online ordering in some parts of the United States is down.
A Massachusetts hospital is notifying 316,000 people that their information was compromised in a cyberattack discovered nearly a year ago during Christmas 2023. Cybercriminal group Money Message claimed that it stole 600 gigabytes data, posting patient and employee records on the darkweb.
The U.S. federal government rolled out its heavy guns Tuesday against a Chinese hacker allegedly at the center of a zero-day exploit used to hack firewalls made by Sophos, unsealing an indictment, rolling out sanctions and offering $10 million for information leading to the suspect's arrest.
David Ortiz was building websites over 20 years ago when he first become exposed to cybersecurity. Back then, his biggest worry was denial-of-service attacks. Today, as a CISO of a global company, emerging AI threats related to phishing and deepfakes are what keeps him up at night.
Security experts warn that gen AI tools lack the precision needed for structured business data and that the rush to adopt AI solutions without proper verification protocols creates significant enterprise security risks, said Brendan Grady, general manager of the analytics business unit at Qlik.
Improved cybersecurity will result in ransomware hackers targeting larger organizations to wring out high dollar extortion payments and intensified focus on supply chain attacks, predicts Moody's Ratings. The share of ransomware victims willing to meet criminal demands for money is at record lows.
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