Judge tosses out most of SEC cybersecurity case against SolarWinds
A U.S. District Court judge dismissed most of a landmark case against software company SolarWinds, throwing cold water on attempts by the federal government to punish the firm...
CrowdStrike oopsie crashes Windows workstations across the world
CrowdStrike, one of the world’s leading cybersecurity companies, has said a “defect” rather than a security incident or cyberattack was behind a fault in one of its products...
Crypto experts, law enforcement shut down network stealing billions through ‘approval phishing’
Cryptocurrency experts and law enforcement agencies across six countries worked together to shut down scam networks that made more than $1 billion from “approval phishing” scams — where...
Von der Leyen pledges to tackle ransomware attacks against EU hospitals
Former President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyenhas pledged to set out a plan to tackle ransomware attacks against healthcare providers within the first 100 days...
How a little-known tool is sweeping the real estate industry by giving instant access...
When Florida real estate professional Susan Hicks discovered the app Forewarn over a year ago, she was shocked to learn that for a service costing about $20 a...
Scattered Spider Adopts RansomHub and Qilin Ransomware for Cyber Attacks
Jul 17, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Ransomware
The infamous cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider has incorporated ransomware strains such as RansomHub and Qilin into its arsenal, Microsoft has revealed.
Scattered Spider is...
FIN7 Group Advertises Security-Bypassing Tool on Dark Web Forums
The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been observed using multiple pseudonyms across several underground forums to likely advertise a tool known to be used by ransomware...
Attacks on Israeli orgs ‘more than doubled’ since October 7, cyber researcher says
Israeli organizations have seen a "dramatic increase" in cyberattacks since the October 7 terrorist attack, with some organizations experiencing a constant bombardment of intrusion attempts, according to military...
Russia-linked FIN7 hackers sell their security evasion tool to other groups on darknet
A notorious cybercriminal group known as FIN7 advertises its custom tool for security evasion on darknet forums and sells it to other criminal gangs, researchers have found. ...
‘GhostEmperor’ returns: Mysterious Chinese hacking group spotted for first time in two years
An elusive and highly covert Chinese hacking group tracked as GhostEmperor — notorious for its sophisticated supply-chain attacks targeting telecommunications and government entities in Southeast Asia — has...
