Hackers publish fake story about Ukrainians attempting to assassinate Slovak president
An unidentified attacker hacked a Czech news service's website and published a fake story on Tuesday claiming that an assassination attempt had been made against the newly elected...
FTC commercial surveillance rules could arrive within months, sources say
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is aiming to roll out its long-awaited proposed rules governing commercial surveillance in the next few months, with a focus on ensuring that...
Unmasking the True Cost of Cyberattacks: Beyond Ransom and Recovery
Cybersecurity breaches can be devastating for both individuals and businesses alike. While many people tend to focus on understanding how and why they were targeted by such breaches, there's...
Swedish signals intelligence agency to take over national cybersecurity center
After failing to achieve “expected results,” Sweden’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) is facing a range of reforms, including being brought under the control of the country’s cyber...
Russian hackers target 20 energy facilities in Ukraine amid intense missile strikes
The Kremlin-controlled hacker group Sandworm has targeted nearly 20 energy facilities in Ukraine this spring, possibly to amplify the impact of intense Russian missile and drone strikes on...
The company man: US glacial response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator...
This week Tigran Gambaryan — the head of financial crime compliance for Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange — found himself in the last place he’d ever...
Ransomware Double-Dip: Re-Victimization in Cyber Extortion
Between crossovers - Do threat actors play dirty or desperate?
In our dataset of over 11,000 victim organizations that have experienced a Cyber Extortion / Ransomware attack, we noticed...
Belarusian hackers claim to breach fertilizer plant in retaliation for support of Lukashenko regime
Belarusian politically motivated hackers have claimed to attack the country’s largest state-run manufacturer of fertilizers, Grodno Azot, for its alleged involvement in political repression, sanctions evasion, and human...
Germany arrests spies accused of snatching ‘special laser’ for China
Prosecutors in Britain and Germany announced on Monday the arrests of five people, all domestic nationals, suspected of having worked as Chinese spies. The cases in each country...
America’s cyber ambassador on how to spend $50 million in foreign aid
Congress gave America’s first cyber ambassador tens of millions of dollars to help other countries respond to hacks and expand secure internet access, and he has a grand...
