Exclusive: Nakasone on exploding pagers, life after the NSA and another possible government job
Last week, we published the first part of an interview with retired Gen. Paul Nakasone focusing on election security. The Click Here podcast sat down with the former...
China-linked group hacked Tibetan media and university sites to distribute Cobalt Strike payload
A China-linked state hacker group has compromised Tibetan media and university websites in a new espionage campaign, researchers have found — part of a series of attacks targeting...
New Ymir Ransomware Exploits Memory for Stealthy Attacks; Targets Corporate Networks
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called Ymir that was deployed in an attack two days after systems were compromised by a stealer malware called RustyStealer.
"Ymir ransomware...
Delta, Amazon confirm vendor breach as dark web posts revive MOVEit leak concerns
Delta and Amazon confirmed this week that employee data was stolen from a vendor through a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool. A Delta spokesperson told...
Surge in exploits of zero-day vulnerabilities is ‘new normal’ warns Five Eyes alliance
The cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand) issued a warning on Tuesday that hackers were increasingly exploiting zero-day...
How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub
In April 2022, about four months after Kazakhstan’s government violently cracked down on nationwide protests, cybersecurity researchers discovered that authorities in the country were deploying spyware on smartphones...
Chinese official ruined by crypto investments gets life in prison for selling state secrets
Chinese authorities announced on Friday that a public servant who found himself with large debts due to failed cryptocurrency investments had been sentenced to life in prison for...
Cyberattack causes credit card readers to malfunction in Israel
Devices used across Israel to read credit cards malfunctioned on Sunday due to a suspected cyberattack that disrupted the communications services underpinning them. Customers at supermarkets and...
CISA Alerts to Active Exploitation of Critical Palo Alto Networks Vulnerability
Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Palo Alto Networks Expedition to its...
Following Trump win, FBI warns of ‘slave plantation’ texts targeting African Americans
The FBI and several Black political leaders warned the public about a string of offensive text messages sent to African Americans across the U.S. following former President Donald...
