Business Email Compromise Costs Businesses More Than Ransomware
Ransomware gets the headlines, but business paid out $1.8 billion last year to resolve BEC issues, according to an FBI report. It's readily apparent that ransomware — and its...
Million-dollar deposits and friends in high places: how we applied for a job with...
During an undercover interview, a CyberNews researcher tricked ransomware operators affiliated with Ragnar Locker into revealing their ransom payout structure, cash out schemes, and target acquisition strategies.From a relatively...
Dept. of Energy Launches Plan to Protect Electric Grid from Cyberattack
Over the next 100 days, the DoE will work with electric utilities to improve visibility, detection, and response for industrial control systems.The US Department of Energy today announced a...
Attackers Compromised Code-Checking Vendor’s Tool for Two Months
A script used to upload sensitive reports-with access to credentials and datastores-likely sent information on hundreds, possibly thousands, of companies to attackers.In a software supply-chain attack reminiscent of the...
Foreign Spies Target British Nationals With Fake Social Media Profiles
Enterprise VulnerabilitiesFrom DHS/US-CERT's National Vulnerability Database
CVE-2020-7856PUBLISHED: 2021-04-20A vulnerability of Helpcom could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary command. This vulnerability exists due to insufficient authentication validation.
CVE-2021-28793PUBLISHED: 2021-04-20vscode-restructuredtext before...
Codecov hackers breached hundreds of restricted customer sites: sources
Hackers who tampered with a software development tool from a company called Codecov used that program to gain restricted access to hundreds of networks belonging to the San Francisco...
Apple to bring social media platform Parler back to App Store
Apple Inc will bring social media app Parler, favored by U.S conservatives, back to its App Store after the iPhone maker pulled it following the deadly Jan. 6 U.S....
