Crypto exploit losses in January see nearly 93% year-on-year decline
Aside from the bullish crypto market rally in January, there’s been more positive industry news as the month saw a steep decline in losses from exploits compared to the...
New Report Reveals NikoWiper Malware That Targeted Ukraine Energy Sector
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Jan 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber War / Malware
The Russia-affiliated Sandworm used yet another wiper malware strain dubbed NikoWiper as part of an attack that took place in October 2022...
IoT, connected devices biggest contributors to expanding application attack surface
The growth of the internet of things (IoT) and connected devices are the biggest contributing factors to organizations’ expanding attack surfaces. That’s according to a new report from Cisco...
Here’s how to prevent NFT theft, according to industry professionals
As nonfungible tokens (NFTs) attract more users, they also capture the eyes of scammers. Bad actors in Web3 have set their sights on digital collectibles, with millions being lost...
Hackers breach Azuki’s Twitter account, stealing $758K in 30 minutes
Azuki, a popular nonfungible token (NFT) project, had its Twitter account compromised on Jan. 27, leading to hackers stealing over $750,000 worth of USD Coin (USDC) by posting a malicious “wallet...
TradFi and DeFi come together at Davos 2023: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week.Traditional finance, or TradFi,...
Hackers take over Azuki’s Twitter account, steal over $750K in less than 30 minutes
Azuki, a popular nonfungible token (NFT) project, had its Twitter account compromised on Jan. 27, leading to hackers stealing over $750,000 worth of USD Coin (USDC) by posting a malicious “wallet...
British Cyber Agency Warns of Russian and Iranian Hackers Targeting Key Industries
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Jan 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananNation-State-Sponsored Attacks
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on Thursday warned of spear-phishing attacks mounted by Russian and Iranian state-sponsored actors for information-gathering operations.
"The attacks...
Researchers Uncover Connection b/w Moses Staff and Emerging Abraham’s Ax Hacktivists Group
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Jan 26, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan
New research has linked the operations of a politically motivated hacktivist group known as Moses Staff to another nascent threat actor named Abraham's Ax that...
9 API security tools on the frontlines of cybersecurity
Application programming interfaces (APIs) have become a critical part of networking, programs, applications, devices, and nearly everything else in the computing landscape. This is especially true for cloud and...
