Doppelgänger operation rushes to secure itself amid ongoing detections, German agency says
The Russian propaganda network known as Doppelgänger is struggling to maintain its operations amid a crackdown on its infrastructure, according to a recent report. Following the recent...
‘It was Iran,’ Trump says of presidential campaign hack
In his first public comments since his campaign revealed it had been hacked, former President Donald Trump blamed Iran for the compromise and praised the FBI’s ongoing probe...
Ransomware gangs rake in more than $450 million in first half of 2024
More than $459 million was extorted from victims of ransomware attacks in the first half of 2024, highlighting a growing crisis that has affected all organizations from major...
Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges
A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has led to the arrest and extradition of a Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national believed to...
Black Basta-Linked Attackers Target Users with SystemBC Malware
Aug 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security
An ongoing social engineering campaign with alleged links to the Black Basta ransomware group has been linked to "multiple intrusion attempts" with the...
DARPA awards $14 million to semifinal winners of AI code review competition
Seven teams of cybersecurity researchers have been awarded $2 million each from the U.S. Defense Department for their work in creating artificial intelligence systems that can find and...
GM lawsuit is Texas attorney general’s first shot in privacy initiative
General Motors handled drivers’ data in a “false, deceptive, and misleading” way, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has filed a lawsuit against the company for...
Indian telecom regulator orders crackdown on spam calls
India’s telecom regulator has directed service providers to block all promotional calls — whether pre-recorded or computer-generated — from unregistered senders in a major move "to curb the...
FBI Shuts Down Dispossessor Ransomware Group’s Servers Across U.S., U.K., and Germany
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware group called Dispossessor (aka Radar).
The effort saw the dismantling...
‘Prolific’ malvertising scammer arrested and extradited to US to face charges
A Belarusian-Ukrainian national dubbed "one of the world’s most prolific Russian-speaking cybercrime actors" by the British National Crime Agency (NCA) has been arrested in an international operation and...
