BreachForums Founder Sentenced to 20 Years of Supervised Release, No Jail Time
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Jan 23, 2024NewsroomCyber Crime / Dark Web
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick has been sentenced to time served and 20 years of supervised release for his role as the creator and...
CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Federal Agencies on Ivanti Zero-Day Exploits
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Jan 20, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Threat Intelligence
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday issued an emergency directive urging Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to...
MFA Spamming and Fatigue: When Security Measures Go Wrong
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Jan 18, 2024The Hacker NewsAuthentication Security / Passwords
In today's digital landscape, traditional password-only authentication systems have proven to be vulnerable to a wide range of cyberattacks. To safeguard...
Zero-Day Alert: Update Chrome Now to Fix New Actively Exploited Vulnerability
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Jan 17, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Vulnerability
Google on Tuesday released updates to fix four security issues in its Chrome browser, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw.
The issue, tracked as...
DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023
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Jan 15, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cyber Attack
The environmental services industry witnessed an "unprecedented surge" in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic.
This...
New Findings Challenge Attribution in Denmark’s Energy Sector Cyberattacks
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Jan 14, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability
The cyber attacks targeting the energy sector in Denmark last year may not have had the involvement of the Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group,...
29-Year-Old Ukrainian Cryptojacking Kingpin Arrested for Exploiting Cloud Services
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Jan 13, 2024NewsroomCryptojacking / Cloud Security
A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been arrested in connection with running a "sophisticated cryptojacking scheme," netting them over $2 million (€1.8 million) in...
There is a Ransomware Armageddon Coming for Us All
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Generative AI will enable anyone to launch sophisticated phishing attacks that only Next-generation MFA devices can stop
The least surprising headline from 2023 is that ransomware again set new...
Unifying Security Tech Beyond the Stack: Integrating SecOps with Managed Risk and Strategy
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Cybersecurity is an infinite journey in a digital landscape that never ceases to change. According to Ponemon Institute1, "only 59% of organizations say their cybersecurity strategy has changed...
Pro-Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Albania with No-Justice Wiper Malware
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Jan 06, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Attack
The recent wave of cyber attacks targeting Albanian organizations involved the use of a wiper called No-Justice.
The findings come from cybersecurity company ClearSky,...
