Is the Akira ransomware story coming to an end? Security researchers say the group was competing in a competition designed by Royal to give it a new cryptolocker - but lost. Even with a free decryptor now available for Akira victims, however, it's too soon to say if the group might be doomed.
Toronto, Canada-based CardioComm Solutions Inc., which sells cardiac monitoring and electrocardiogram software globally, said it is dealing with a cyberattack that could affect the company's business operations "for days and potentially longer."
Ukrainian cyber defenders said a financially motivated threat actor is intensifying efforts to entice users into installing a backdoor Trojan known as SmokeLoader. The SSSCIP said the malware had the second-highest number of detections domestically during the months of May and June.
Dutch police arrested a suspected super user of Genesis Market, characterizing him as likely one of the busted criminal bazaar's top 10 most active buyers of stolen digital credentials and access to infected computers. The Dutch citizen will remain in custody and faces a growing list of charges.
More details about victims of the Clop crime group's zero-day attacks on users of the widely used MOVEit file transfer software continue to come to light. Researchers now report that at least 455 organizations were hit directly or indirectly, exposing data for at least 23 million individuals.
A startup founded by two Israel Defense Forces veterans and backed by the likes of Insight Partners and Cyberstarts could soon be acquired by CrowdStrike. The endpoint security firm is in advanced negotiations to purchase Silicon Valley-based application security posture management vendor Bionic.
With social engineering attacks escalating, security organizations should embrace better cybersecurity awareness training to protect their organizations against insidious schemes, said Barry Coatsworth, director of risk, compliance and security at Guidehouse.
A mobile security vendor patched a critically rated zero-day vulnerability in its endpoint management platform that had been used by unknown hackers to attack the Norwegian government. The flaw is rated 10 on the CVSS scale. Multiple governments use the platform - the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile.
Thales has agreed to purchase Imperva for $3.6 billion to enter the application and API security market and expand its footprint in data security. The deal will add a robust web application firewall along with capabilities in API protection and data discovery and classification to Thales' portfolio.
A new IBM study of data breaches found that if an organization's internal team first detects a breach and the organization has well-practiced incident response plans, that organization will be able to more quickly detect and respond, which will lead to lower breach cleanup costs.
Now that the long-awaited FedNow faster-payment program is operating, experts debate whether U.S. financial institutions will embrace the payment ecosystem and whether the Federal Reserve and the banking industry can overcome implementation challenges and mitigate cybersecurity and fraud issues.
Hackers are targeting Japanese Android users with a new smishing campaign to employ a new version of SpyNote malware. The attackers impersonate a Japanese public utilities company putatively concerned about payment problems to lure victims onto rogue website and infect their devices.
Unknown hackers attacked a dozen Norwegian government ministries through a zero day vulnerability present in a shared digital platform, the Oslo government disclosed Monday. The prime minister's office and the ministries of defense, justice and foreign affairs were unaffected.
The count of organizations and individuals affected by Clop's attack on MOVEit file-transfer users has increased, with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America reporting that 2.6 million members' personal details were exposed when Clop hit service provider PBI Research.
The Russian-language Clop crime group's mass exploitation of MOVEit file-transfer software demonstrates how criminals continue to seek fresh ways to maximize their illicit profits with minimal effort. Ransomware response firm Coveware says Clop may clear over $75 million from this campaign.
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