THN Cybersecurity Recap: Top Threats and Trends (Sep 30 – Oct 6)
Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Weekly Recap
Ever heard of a "pig butchering" scam? Or a DDoS attack so big it could melt your brain? This week's cybersecurity recap has...
LockBit Ransomware and Evil Corp Members Arrested and Sanctioned in Joint Global Effort
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware
A new wave of international law enforcement actions has led to four arrests and the takedown of nine servers linked to the LockBit (aka...
Andariel Hacking Group Shifts Focus to Financial Attacks on U.S. Organizations
Oct 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware
Three different organizations in the U.S. were targeted in August 2024 by a North Korean state-sponsored threat actor called Andariel as part of...
A Hacker’s Era: Why Microsoft 365 Protection Reigns Supreme
Imagine a sophisticated cyberattack cripples your organization's most critical productivity and collaboration tool — the platform you rely on for daily operations. In the blink of an eye, hackers...
U.S. Sanctions Two Crypto Exchanges for Facilitating Cybercrime and Money Laundering
The U.S. government on Thursday sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges and unsealed an indictment against a Russian national for his alleged involvement in the operation of several money laundering services...
Microsoft Identifies Storm-0501 as Major Threat in Hybrid Cloud Ransomware Attacks
The threat actor known as Storm-0501 has targeted government, manufacturing, transportation, and law enforcement sectors in the U.S. to stage ransomware attacks.
The multi-stage attack campaign is designed to compromise...
How to Plan and Prepare for Penetration Testing
As security technology and threat awareness among organizations improves so do the adversaries who are adopting and relying on new techniques to maximize speed and impact while evading detection.
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Discover Latest Ransomware Tactics and Zero Trust Strategies in This Expert Webinar
Sep 24, 2024The Hacker NewsWebinar / Cybersecurity
Ransomware is no longer just a threat; it's an entire industry. Cybercriminals are growing more sophisticated, and their tactics are evolving rapidly.
This persistent...
Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks
A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets.
"Rather than demand a ransom for...
Microsoft Warns of New INC Ransomware Targeting U.S. Healthcare Sector
Sep 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananHealthcare / Malware
Microsoft has revealed that a financially motivated threat actor has been observed using a ransomware strain called INC for the first time to target...
