LockBit 2.0 Ransomware Proliferates Globally
Fresh attacks target companies’ employees, promising millions of dollars in exchange for valid account credentials for initial access.
The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang has ramped up its targeted attacks, researchers...
Researchers Discover Raindrop — 4th Malware Linked to the SolarWinds Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a fourth new malware strain—designed to spread the malware onto other computers in victims' networks—which was deployed as part of the SolarWinds supply...
Tractors, Pod Ice Cream and Lipstick Awarded CES 2021 Worst in Show
Expert panel awards dubious honors to 2021 Consumer Electronics Show’s biggest flops, including security and privacy failures.
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was hampered by the pandemic, but that didn’t...
Improving the Vulnerability Reporting Process With 5 Steps
Follow these tips for an effective and positive experience for both the maintainer and external vulnerability reporter.Vulnerability reports come at open source project maintainers from all directions with varying...
Attackers Compromised Code-Checking Vendor’s Tool for Two Months
A script used to upload sensitive reports-with access to credentials and datastores-likely sent information on hundreds, possibly thousands, of companies to attackers.In a software supply-chain attack reminiscent of the...
Foreign and Domestic Hackers Attacks Increasing Against NASA
BY MAGGIE MILLER
Top officials at NASA say the agency is facing increasing attempts by foreign hackers to target sensitive information as it works to improve its IT security during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“NASA...
India: A Growing Cybersecurity Threat
Geopolitical tensions and a dramatic rise in offensive and defensive cyber capabilities lead India to join Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea as a top nation-state adversary.With geopolitical tensions...
Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election
New Jersey tech entrepreneur Arun Bantval is U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden’s top fake-news watchdog on messaging service WhatsApp about the Democrat and his Indian American running mate Kamala...
Facebook tracks ‘OceanLotus’ hackers to IT firm in Vietnam
Cybersecurity investigators at Facebook have traced a hacking group long suspected of spying on behalf of the Vietnamese government to an IT company in Ho Chi Minh City. The announcement...
