Baby Golang-Based Botnet Already Pulling in $3K/Month for Operators
Newborn as it is, the Kraken botnet has already spread like wildfire, thanks to the malware’s author tinkering away over the past few months, adding more infostealers and backdoors....
Iranian State Broadcaster IRIB Hit by Destructive Wiper Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An investigation into the cyberattack targeting Iranian national media corporation, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), in late January 2022 resulted in the deployment of a wiper...
Scammers lure Signal users into a trap with fake cash prizes
Scammers are attacking Signal users with an urgent request to accept a cash prize to harvest credit card information.
"Your number is one of the top Signal users. You are...
Cyber adversaries kept pace in 2021 and moved beyond malware – CrowdStrike
Ransomware-related data leaks increased by 82%. The threat landscape has become even more crowded as new adversaries emerged.
Adversary tradecraft has grown more sophisticated, CrowdStrike claimed in its new Global...
US crypto agency names first director
Eun Young Choi will lead the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) in identifying, investigating, supporting, and pursuing the Justice Department's cases involving the illegal use of digital assets.
She will...
CISA publishes a list of free cybersecurity tools and services
CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) has compiled a list of free cybersecurity tools and services to help organizations reduce the likelihood of cyberattacks.
The list includes cybersecurity services provided...
Shifting security left at WGU
James Chandler, vice president of security for Western Governors University, has successfully moved security left by implementing a scorecard system that requires devops teams to meet certain standards and...
$250K bounty ‘not too low to be insulting,’ says Coinbase white hat hacker
On Feb. 11, two days before the Super Bowl and Coinbase’s $14 million color-changing QR code advert, an engineer was desperately trying to reach out to Coinbase management and...
