US Military Has Acted Against Ransomware Groups: Report
The US military has taken offensive action against ransomware groups, said Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of US Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency (NSA), according to...
Microsoft Seizes Malicious Websites Used by Prolific Chinese APT Group
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized websites used by a China-based cyber-espionage hacking team to wage cyberattacks on government agencies, think tanks, and human rights organizations in some...
NSO Group Spyware Used to Breach US State Dept. Phones
Advanced spyware developed by Israeli technology company NSO Group was found on iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees.
The phones were hacked over the last several months...
USB Devices the Common Denominator in All Attacks on Air-Gapped Systems
Cyberattacks on air gapped systems, including the sophisticated and dangerous 2010 Stuxnet attack that crippled a uranium enrichment facility, all have one thing in common: a USB stick.
A new ESET study of...
Logiq.ai Tackles Observability Problem With LogFlow
Data management and analytics startup Logiq.ai has launched LogFlow, an "observability data pipeline as a service," aimed at security teams.A data pipeline refers to all the steps associated with...
Key Characteristics of Malicious Domains: Report
The newness of top-level domains as well as infrastructure located in certain countries continue to be reliable signs of whether network traffic could be malicious, while the use of self-signed...
Planned Parenthood LA Breach Compromises 400,000 Patients’ Data
A security incident at Planned Parenthood's Los Angeles (PPLA) branch compromised personal data of about 400,000 patients, officials confirmed this week.
News of the breach was confirmed in letters
sent to...
New Ransomware Variant Could Become Next Big Threat
Enterprise security teams might want to add "Yanluowang" to the long and growing list of ransomware threats they need to watch out for.Researchers from Symantec say a threat actor...
Russian Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Running ‘Bulletproof’ Hosting for Cybercrime
A Russian national charged with providing so-called bulletproof hosting services for cybercriminals used to spread malware and attack US organizations and financial institutions has received a 60-month prison sentence.Aleksandr Grichishkin,...
APT Groups Adopt New Phishing Method. Will Cybercriminals Follow?
APT groups from Russia, China, and India have adopted a new and easily implemented phishing method throughout the second and third quarters of this year that researchers say is...
