FTX hacker dumps 50,000 ETH, still among top 40 Ether holders
The hacker behind the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX started transferring their Ether (ETH) holding to a new wallet address on Nov. 20. The FTX wallet drainer was the 27th...
Indian Government Publishes Draft of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Indian government on Friday released a draft version of the much-awaited data protection regulation, making it the fourth such effort since it was first proposed in...
Chinese ‘Mustang Panda’ Hackers Actively Targeting Governments Worldwide
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A notorious advanced persistent threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been linked to a spate of spear-phishing attacks targeting government, education, and research sectors across the...
Australia’s Hack-Back Plan Against Cyberattackers Raises Familiar Concerns
The Australian government's defiant proclamation recently that it would hack back against hackers that sought to target organizations in the country represents a break from the usual cautious manner...
DEV-0569 Ransomware Group Remarkably Innovative, Microsoft Cautions
It generally starts with malvertising and ends with the deployment of Royal ransomware, but a new threat group has distinguished itself by its ability to innovate the malicious steps...
White House expected to issue executive order reining in spyware
Written by Tonya Riley Nov 18, 2022 |...
Hive Ransomware Attackers Extorted $100 Million from Over 1,300 Companies Worldwide
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The threat actors behind the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have launched attacks against over 1,300 companies across the world, netting the gang $100 million in illicit payments...
North Korean Hackers Targeting Europe and Latin America with Updated DTrack Backdoor
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Hackers tied to the North Korean government have been observed using an updated version of a backdoor known as Dtrack targeting a wide range of industries in...
Instagram Impersonators Target Thousands, Slipping by Microsoft’s Cybersecurity
Cyberattackers have targeted students at national educational institutions in the US with a sophisticated phishing campaign that impersonated Instagram. The unusual aspect of the gambit is that they used a...
Sam Bankman-Fried says he regrets filing for bankruptcy: Report
The former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried has expressed deep regret over filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, calling it his “biggest single fuckup.” In a wide-ranging interview with...
