15 Aug

Mad Liberator extortion crew emerges on the cyber-crook scene

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,

Author rabih
15 Aug

Over 40 million Kakao Pay users’ data somehow ended up with Alipay

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

Author rabih
15 Aug

China-linked cyber-spies infect Russian govt, IT sector

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

Author rabih
14 Aug

Microsoft patches scary wormable hijack-my-box-via-IPv6 security bug and others

Patch Tuesday Microsoft has disclosed 90 flaws in its products – six of which have already been exploited – and four others that are listed

Author rabih
14 Aug

Russian cyber snoops linked to massive credential-stealing campaign

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

Author rabih
14 Aug

Texas sues GM for selling driver data to analytics, insurance companies

Texas has sued General Motors for what it said is a years-long scheme to collect and sell drivers’ data to third parties – including insurance

Author rabih
14 Aug

Enzo Biochem ordered to cough up $4.5 million over lousy security that led to ransomware disaster

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

Author rabih
14 Aug

Palo Alto Networks execs apologize for ‘hostesses’ dressed as lamps at Black Hat booth

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

Author rabih
14 Aug

Is Lenovo a blind spot in US anti-China security measures?

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

Author rabih
14 Aug

Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years

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

Author rabih
14 Aug

NIST finalizes trio of post-quantum encryption standards

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 –

Author rabih
14 Aug

Patch Tuesday brings 90 new Microsoft CVEs, six already under exploit

Patch Tuesday Microsoft has disclosed 90 flaws in its products – six of which have already been exploited – and four others that are listed

Author rabih
13 Aug

Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks

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

Author rabih
13 Aug

US accuses man of being ‘elite’ ransomware pioneer they’ve hunted for years

The US has charged a suspect they claim is a Belarusian-Ukrainian cybercriminal whose offenses date back to 2011. Maksim Silnikau, 38, was recently extradited to

Author rabih
13 Aug

Feds bust minor league Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang

The Dispossessor ransomware group is the latest to enter the cybercrime graveyard with the Feds proudly laying claim to the takedown. Ransomware groups typically have

Author rabih
13 Aug

Orion SA says scammers conned company out of $60 million

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

Author rabih
13 Aug

Who uses LLM prompt injection attacks IRL? Mostly unscrupulous job seekers, jokesters and trolls

Despite worries about criminals using prompt injection to trick large language models (LLMs) into leaking sensitive data or performing other destructive actions, most of these

Author rabih
13 Aug

Why scammers want your phone number

Scams Your phone number is more than just a way to contact you – scammers can use it to target you with malicious messages and

Author rabih
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