Attacker locked out all staff for four days The cryptocurrency offshoot of reality TV and entrepreneurship show Unicorn Hunters has confirmed that an unknown attacker compromised its G-Suite, locking all staff out of their accounts.… This article has been indexed…
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Navigating the future of cybersecurity
Take a deep dive into the world of emerging cyber threats and defense strategies with Cloudflare Webinar In a world where cyber threats are continually evolving, staying informed is critical for IT and security professionals.… This article has been indexed…
DARPA, ARPA-H award $14m to 7 AIxCC semifinalists, with a catch
Teams wanting the cash have to commit to handing their models to OpenSSF after next year’s final One year after it began, the DARPA AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) has whittled its pool of contestants down to seven semifinalists.… This article…
Google raps Iran’s APT42 for raining down spear-phishing attacks
US politicians and Israeli officials among the top targets for the IRGC’s cyber unit Google has joined Microsoft in publishing intel on Iranian cyber influence activity following a recent uptick in attacks that led to data being leaked from the…
Russian man who sold logins to nearly 3,000 accounts gets 40 months in jail
He’ll also have to pay back $1.2 million from fraudulent transactions he facilitated A Russian national is taking a trip to prison in the US after being found guilty of peddling stolen credentials on a popular dark web marketplace.… This…
Mad Liberator extortion crew emerges on the cyber-crook scene
Anydesk is its access tool of choice A new extortion gang called Mad Liberator uses social engineering and the remote-access tool Anydesk to steal organizations’ data and then demand a ransom payment, according to Sophos X-Ops.… This article has been…
Over 40 million Kakao Pay users’ data somehow ended up with Alipay
Payment arm of Korean messaging app denies any illegal activity Kakao Pay, a subsidiary of Korea’s WhatsApp analog Kakao, handed over data from more than 40 million users to the Singaporean arm of Chinese payment platform Alipay, without user consent,…
China-linked cyber-spies infect Russian govt, IT sector
No, no, go ahead, don’t let us stop you, Xi Cyber-spies suspected of connections with China have infected “dozens” of computers belonging to Russian government agencies and IT providers with backdoors and trojans since late July, according to Kaspersky.… This…
Russian cyber snoops linked to massive credential-stealing campaign
Citizen Lab also spots a COLDWASTREL swimming in the Rivers of Phish Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) cyberspies, joined by a new digital snooping crew, have been conducting a massive online phishing espionage campaign via phishing against targets in the…
Texas sues GM for selling driver data to analytics, insurance companies
Lone Star State alleges GM cashed in with “millions in lump sum payments” from the sale Texas has sued General Motors for what it said is a years-long scheme to collect and sell drivers’ data to third parties – including…
Enzo Biochem ordered to cough up $4.5 million over lousy security that led to ransomware disaster
Three state attorneys general probed the company and found plenty to chastise Biotech biz Enzo Biochem is being forced to pay three state attorneys general a $4.5 million penalty following a 2023 ransomware attack that compromised the data of more…
Palo Alto Networks execs apologize for ‘hostesses’ dressed as lamps at Black Hat booth
Company admits turning human women into faceless, sexualized furniture was a ‘tone deaf’ marketing ploy If you attended the Black Hat conference in Vegas last week and found yourself over in Palo Alto Networks’ corner of the event, you may…
Is Lenovo a blind spot in US anti-China security measures?
Questions raised as one of the world’s largest PC makers joins America’s critical defense team Opinion Lenovo’s participation in a cybersecurity initiative has reopened old questions over the company’s China origins, especially in light of the growing mistrust between Washington…
Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years
There’s a blockchain involved so it’s totally going to stop you getting those calls India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) on Tuesday directed telcos to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers – and prevent them from using networks again for up to…
NIST finalizes trio of post-quantum encryption standards
Nicely ahead of that always-a-decade-away moment when all our info becomes an open book The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released the long-awaited post-quantum encryption standards, designed to protect electronic information long into the future – when…
Patch Tuesday brings 90 new Microsoft CVEs, six already under exploit
Plus more pain for Intel which fixed 43 bugs, SAP and Adobe also in on the action Patch Tuesday Microsoft has disclosed 90 flaws in its products – six of which have already been exploited – and four others that…
Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks
Plus many more newbies waiting in the wings Despite a law enforcement takedown six months ago, LockBit 3.0 remains the most prolific encryption and extortion gang, at least so far, this year, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.… This…
US accuses man of being ‘elite’ ransomware pioneer they’ve hunted for years
Authorities allege ‘J.P. Morgan’ practiced ‘extreme operational and online security’ The US has charged a suspect they claim is a Belarusian-Ukrainian cybercriminal whose offenses date back to 2011.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
Feds bust minor league Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang
The takedown may be small but any ransomware gang sent to the shops is good news in our book The Dispossessor ransomware group is the latest to enter the cybercrime graveyard with the Feds proudly laying claim to the takedown.……
Orion SA says scammers conned company out of $60 million
Incident sounds like a BEC fraud targeting an unwitting staffer Luxembourg-based chemicals and manufacturing giant Orion SA is telling US regulators that it will lose out on around $60 million after it was targeted by a criminal wire fraud scheme.……