Microsoft Identifies Storm-0501 as Major Threat in Hybrid Cloud Ransomware Attacks
The threat actor known as Storm-0501 has targeted government, manufacturing, transportation, and law enforcement sectors in the U.S. to stage ransomware attacks.
The multi-stage attack campaign is designed to compromise...
How to Plan and Prepare for Penetration Testing
As security technology and threat awareness among organizations improves so do the adversaries who are adopting and relying on new techniques to maximize speed and impact while evading detection.
Ransomware...
Senate bill pushes cyber mandates for medical industry in wake of Change Healthcare debacle
Hospitals and other healthcare businesses would be required to adopt minimum cybersecurity standards and face annual audits under new legislation introduced by two prominent senators on Thursday. ...
Pentagon gives thumbs-down to cyber service proposal in defense bill
The U.S. Department of Defense this week formally asked lawmakers to kill a proposal that would require an independent assessment of establishing a separate cyber service. The...
Meta fined $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
The social media giant Meta has been fined €91 million ($101 million) for accidentally storing hundreds of millions of its users’ passwords in plaintext instead of in an...
MoneyGram services restored but questions remain about cyber incident
Financial payment giant MoneyGram restored its website and several of its services following widespread outages that limited the ability of millions to send money to families around the...
Russia-backed Gamaredon still ‘most engaged’ hacker group in Ukraine
The Russia-backed threat actor known as Gamaredon has improved its cyberespionage capabilities in Ukraine and remains “the most engaged” state-sponsored hacker group in the country, according to a...
Ransomware incidents hit 117 countries in 2023, task force says
More than 6,500 ransomware attacks were recorded in 2023, touching a record number of 117 countries across the globe after a brief dip in 2022. There was...
G7 cyber group warns financial sector to prep for quantum computing risks
A major intergovernmental group on Wednesday called on the financial sector to prepare for “impending threats” brought by developments in quantum computing. The G7 Cyber Expert Group,...
Data privacy watchdog files complaint against Mozilla for new ad tracking feature
The influential European data privacy advocacy group None of Your Business (noyb) announced Wednesday that it has filed a complaint against Mozilla, developer of the Firefox browser, for...
