Moola Market attacker returns most of $9M looted for $500K bounty
An attacker has returned just over 93% of the more than $9 million worth of cryptocurrencies they exploited from the Celo blockchain-based decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Moola Market.At...
Crypto hacks are set to hit all-time highs in 2022, analyst explains
Reducing the amount of hacking by improving cybersecurity should be considered a top priority for the crypto industry, said Kim Grauer, director of research of blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. As...
Gen Z, Millennial Workers Are Bigger Cybersecurity Risks Than Older Employees
A new survey shows Generation Z and millennials, younger workers who have grown up as digital natives, are surprisingly more careless about their employer's cybersecurity than their senior Gen X and...
GitGuardian adds IaC scanning to code security platform to protect SDLC
GitGuardian has added infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning to its code security platform to enhance the security of software development. The firm said the new feature will help security and development...
Mango Markets exploiter said actions were ‘legal,’ but were they?
The $117 million Mango Markets exploiter has defended his actions as “legal,” but a lawyer suggests that they could still face consequences. Self-described digital art dealer Avraham Eisenberg outed...
Cybersecurity’s Hiring Spree Requires a Recruiting Rethink
Widely reported shortages of trained cybersecurity professionals are driving the industry to try to come up with some with creative recruiting and training solutions. But it's complicated. At the very same time,...
Researchers Keep a Wary Eye on Critical New Vulnerability in Apache Commons Text
Researchers are closely tracking a critical, newly disclosed vulnerability in Apache Commons Text that gives unauthenticated attackers a way to execute code remotely on servers running applications with the...
Disinformation Attacks Threaten US Midterm Elections
While traditional cyberattack operations against US government organizations have remained fairly consistent, influence and disinformation attacks by foreign nations have increased in the run-up to the US midterm elections.
On the...
Tactics Tie Ransom Cartel Group to Defunct REvil Ransomware
Although the REvil ransomware-as-a-service operation appeared to evaporate last October, analysts have found the group's influence is still considerable. Notably, threat researchers from Unit 42 reported finding connections between REvil activities...
BNB Chain responds with next steps for cross-chain security after network exploit
BNB Chain, the native blockchain of Binance Coin (BNB) and the Binance crypto exchange, has been subject to security-related developments over the last month.On Thursday, Oct. 6 the network...
