FBI catches up with infosec and crypto communities, blames Lazarus Group for $100 million heistWell played, feds. What's next? Ransomware is rampant? Strong passwords are important?...
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FBI smokes ransomware Hive after secretly buzzing around gang’s network for months
FBI smokes ransomware Hive after secretly buzzing around gang's network for monthsUncle Sam doles out decryption keys to 300+ victims amid sting op The FBI said...
Google slays thousands of fake news vids posted by pro-China group Dragonbridge
Google slays thousands of fake news vids posted by pro-China group DragonbridgeIf you yell 'death to America' and no one watches the video, does it make...
UK Cyber Security Centre’s scary new story: One phish, two phish, Russia phish, Iran phish
UK Cyber Security Centre's scary new story: One phish, two phish, Russia phish, Iran phishNice people on LinkedIn want to harvest logins from politicians, boffins, and...
Savvy cybersecurity pros benefit from host of free resources to step up fight against hackers and cyber threats
Savvy cybersecurity pros benefit from host of free resources to step up fight against hackers and cyber threatsSign up to SANS Institute to keep up to...
Uncle Sam slaps $10m bounty on Hive while Russia ban-hammers FBI, CIA
Uncle Sam slaps $10m bounty on Hive while Russia ban-hammers FBI, CIANew meaning to sweetening the pot Uncle Sam has put up a $10 million reward...
Microsoft to enterprises: Patch your Exchange servers
Microsoft to enterprises: Patch your Exchange serversIf you want to keep the miscreants out, put the updates in, Redmond says Microsoft is urging organizations to protect...
Mon Dieu! Suspected French ShinyHunters gang member in the dock
Mon Dieu! Suspected French ShinyHunters gang member in the dockMan seized in Morocco is now presumably sleepless in Seattle A French citizen was scheduled to appear...
Eliminating SaaS Shadow IT is Now Available via a Self-Service Product, Free of Charge
Eliminating SaaS Shadow IT is Now Available via a Self-Service Product, Free of ChargeThe use of software as a service (SaaS) is experiencing rapid growth and...
Microsoft Urges Customers to Secure On-Premises Exchange Servers
Microsoft Urges Customers to Secure On-Premises Exchange ServersMicrosoft is urging customers to keep their Exchange servers updated as well as take steps to bolster the environment,...
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Federal Agencies Infested by Cyberattackers via Legit Remote Management Systems
Federal Agencies Infested by Cyberattackers via Legit Remote Management SystemsHackers don't need a key to get past your defenses if they can essentially teleport using RMMs,...
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Federal Agencies Infested by Cyberattackers via Legit Remote Management Systems
Federal Agencies Infested by Cyberattackers via Legit Remote Management SystemsHackers don't need a key to get past your defenses if they can essentially teleport using RMMs,...
Period-tracking apps, search engines on notice by draft law
Period-tracking apps, search engines on notice by draft lawAnd no more geofencing around health clinics either A bill proposed by Washingston state lawmakers would make it...
Thousands of Sophos firewalls still vulnerable out there to hijacking
Thousands of Sophos firewalls still vulnerable out there to hijackingAs hundreds of staff axed this week Updated More than 4,000 public-facing Sophos firewalls remain vulnerable to...
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Ransomware severs 1,000 ships from on-shore servers
Ransomware severs 1,000 ships from on-shore serversGet your eyepatch out: Cyber attacks on the high seas are trending A Norwegian maritime risk management business is getting...
Mailchimp ‘fesses up to second digital burglary in five months
Mailchimp 'fesses up to second digital burglary in five monthsSocial engineering helped intruders break into customers' inboxes again Email marketing service Mailchimp has confirmed intruders have...
University of Texas latest US school to ban TikTok
University of Texas latest US school to ban TikTokGreat, now staff and students can stop scrolling and get back to work Faculty and students at the...
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Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay up
Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay upNear 50% drop in extorted dosh ... or so it says here The amount of money paid to ransomware...
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PayPal says crooks poked around 35,000 accounts in credential stuffing attack
PayPal says crooks poked around 35,000 accounts in credential stuffing attackThat passwordless option is looking really good right about now The personal information of 35,000 PayPal...
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Crims steal data on 40 million T-Mobile US customers
Crims steal data on 40 million T-Mobile US customersSixth snafu in five years? Crooks have this useless carrier on speed dial T-Mobile US today said someone...
Happy Lunar New Year: Beijing warns of enhanced surveillance during celebrations
Happy Lunar New Year: Beijing warns of enhanced surveillance during celebrationsCensors are on the lookout for showering under a waterfall of money, overeating, and more conventional...
Miscreants sure do love ransacking cloud networks, more so than before
Miscreants sure do love ransacking cloud networks, more so than beforeThanks for putting all your data in one basket As enterprises around the world continue to...
Ireland’s privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp €5.5 million
Ireland’s privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp €5.5 millionYou’ve got 6 months to get into compliance, it tells yak-yak app Ireland's data protection authority has fined WhatsApp Ireland...
India floats plan to make big tech pay for news, walks back government censorship
India floats plan to make big tech pay for news, walks back government censorshipPLUS: Taiwan’s new supercomputer; China-linked cybercrims strike; Australian content clampdown; and more Asia...
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US authorities release asylum seekers after leaking their data online
US authorities release asylum seekers after leaking their data onlineAlso: US terrorist no-fly list found left on unsecured server, Russian dark web drug markets go to...
Microsoft took its macros and went home, so miscreants turned to Windows LNK files
Microsoft took its macros and went home, so miscreants turned to Windows LNK filesAdapt or die Microsoft's move last year to block macros by default in...
Fujitsu: Quantum computers no threat to encryption just yet
Fujitsu: Quantum computers no threat to encryption just yetHeavily hyped tech bound for some sort of milestone by decade end Research conducted by Fujitsu suggests there...
Apple emits emergency patch for older iPhones after snoops pounce on WebKit hole
Apple emits emergency patch for older iPhones after snoops pounce on WebKit holeAlso: Yay for Data Privacy Day! Apple has issued an emergency patch for older...
Logfile management is no fun. Now it’s a nightmare thanks to critical-rated VMware flaws
Logfile management is no fun. Now it's a nightmare thanks to critical-rated VMware flawsYou know the drill: patch before criminals use these bugs in vRealize to...
Go to security school, GoTo – theft of encryption keys shows you need it
Go to security school, GoTo – theft of encryption keys shows you need itOngoing probe into cloud storage attack finds customer data exfiltrated Remote access outfit...