8 notable open-source security initiatives of 2022
Open-source security has been high on the agenda this year, with a number of initiatives, projects, and guidance launched in 2022 to help improve the cyber resiliency of open-source...
Crypto insurance a ‘sleeping giant’ with only 1% of investments covered
While on-chain insurance has been around since 2017, only a measly 1% of all crypto investments are actually covered by insurance, meaning the industry remains a “sleeping giant,” according...
Entrepreneurs must learn to tackle business risks in the Metaverse
Hyped as it is, the Metaverse remains largely undefined. It’s a challenge to answer the question “What is the Metaverse?” in part because its definition depends on whom you...
DApp activity rises 3.7% in August for the first time since May: 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.Decentralized applications, or DApps,...
LockBit, ALPHV & Other Ransomware Gang Leak Sites Hit by DDoS Attacks
The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups LockBit and ALPHV (aka BlackCat), among others, have been the focus of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting their data leak sites, causing downtime and outages.
The...
US Sanctions Iran Over APT Cyberattack Activity
The feds have moved to sanction the Iranian government for its cybercrime activities, which they allege have been carried out in systematic fashion against US targets via a range...
Attackers Exploit Zero-Day WordPress Plug-in Vulnerability in BackupBuddy
Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in BackupBuddy, a WordPress plug-in that an estimated 140,000 websites are using to back up their installations.
The vulnerability allows attackers to read...
Monti, the New Conti: Ransomware Gang Uses Recycled Code
Analysts have discovered a ransomware campaign from a new group called "Monti," which relies almost entirely on leaked Conti code to launch attacks. The Monti group emerged with a...
The CSO guide to top security conferences
There is nothing like attending a face-to-face event for career networking and knowledge gathering, and we don’t have to tell you how helpful it can be to get a...
The Sandbox’s Instagram account compromised, hackers try to rent BAYC NFTs
Metaverse platform The Sandbox saw its Instagram profile hacked and used to try and rent out Bored Ape Yacht Club nonfungible tokens (NFTs) from a number of users on...
