08 May

From Spam to AsyncRAT: Tracking the Surge in Non-PE Cyber Threats

Authored by Yashvi Shah and Preksha Saxena AsyncRAT, also known as “Asynchronous Remote Access Trojan,” represents a highly sophisticated malware variant meticulously crafted to breach

Author rabih
08 May

CISA boss: Secure code is the ‘only way to make ransomware a shocking anomaly’

RSAC There’s a way to vastly reduce the scale and scope of ransomware attacks plaguing critical infrastructure, according to CISA director Jen Easterly: Make software

Author rabih
08 May

One year on, universities org admits MOVEit attack hit data of 800k people

Just short of a year after the initial incident, the state of Georgia’s higher education government agency has confirmed that it was the victim of

Author rabih
08 May

UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack

UK Government has confirmed a cyberattack on the payroll system used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) led to “malign” forces accessing data on current

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08 May

Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight

Interview This year is an unfortunate anniversary for information security: We’re told it’s a decade since ransomware started infecting corporations. Extortionists had been hitting normal

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08 May

From infosec to skunks, RSA Conference SVP spills the tea

Interview The 33rd RSA Conference is underway this week, and no one feels that more acutely than the cybersecurity event’s SVP Linda Gray Martin. “It’s

Author rabih
08 May

UnitedHealth’s ‘egregious negligence’ led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection

Interview The cybersecurity practices that led up to the stunning Change Healthcare ransomware infection indicate “egregious negligence” on the part of parent company UnitedHealth, according

Author rabih
08 May

UnitedHealth’s ‘egregious negligence’ led to Change Healthcare infection

Interview The cybersecurity practices that led up to the stunning Change Healthcare ransomware infection indicate “egregious negligence” on the part of parent company UnitedHealth, according

Author rabih
07 May

America’s War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss

RSAC AI is a double-edged sword in that the government can see ways in which the tech can protect and also be used to attack

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07 May

Meta, Spotify break Apple’s device fingerprinting rules – new claim

Updated Last week, Apple began requiring iOS developers justify the use of a specific set of APIs that could be used for device fingerprinting. Yet

Author rabih
07 May

Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections

A newly discovered vulnerability undermines countless VPN clients in that their traffic can be quietly routed away from their encrypted tunnels and intercepted by snoops

Author rabih
07 May

CISA’s early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes

RSAC As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help these

Author rabih
07 May

TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law

TikTok and its China-based parent ByteDance sued the US government today to prevent the forced sale or shutdown of the video-sharing giant. The pair’s lawsuit

Author rabih
07 May

Ransomware crooks now SIM swap executives’ kids to pressure their parents

RSAC Ransomware infections have morphed into “a psychological attack against the victim organization,” as criminals use increasingly personal and aggressive tactics to force victims to

Author rabih
07 May

Brit security guard biz exposes 1.2M files via unprotected database

Exclusive A UK-based physical security business let its guard down, exposing nearly 1.3 million documents via a public-facing database, according to an infosec researcher. A

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07 May

Cops finally unmask ‘LockBit kingpin’ after two-month tease

Updated Police have finally named who they firmly believe is the kingpin of the LockBit ransomware ring: Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Khoroshev’s unmasking and addition to

Author rabih
07 May

How to inspire the next generation of scientists | Unlocked 403: Cybersecurity podcast

We Live Science, Video As Starmus Earth draws near, we caught up with Dr. Garik Israelian to celebrate the fusion of science and creativity and

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07 May

Investigators finally unmask LockBit kingpin after two-month tease

The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware operation has finally been named by law enforcement as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Khoroshev’s unmasking and addition to sanctions lists

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