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When Scammers Get Scammed, They Take It to Cybercrime Court
Underground arbitration system settles disputes between cybercriminals.
Paving the way: Inspiring Women in Payments - A Q&A featuring Jessica Smith
With inspiration from her family of engineers, Jessica Smith was raised to approach problem-solving with curiosity, critical thinking, and creativity. These skillsets have helped her to pivot in a career path that started in photography, developed into finance and auditing, and now focuses on information security standards and compliance for the payments industry. In this edition of our blog, Jessica explains that working for a company that encourages the exploration of new skills and cross-training, including harnessing the power of mentorship programs, can make all the difference in one’s success.
Google Takes Down Glupteba Botnet; Files Lawsuit Against Operators
The malware's unique blockchain-enabled backup C2 scheme makes it difficult to eliminate completely.
SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware
One year after the disruptive supply-chain attacks, researchers have observed two new clusters of activity from the Russia-based actors that signal a significant threat may be brewing.
5 common gift card scams and how to spot them
It often pays to look a gift horse in the mouth – recognizing these types of gift card fraud will go a long way toward helping you stay safe from this growing threat not just this holiday season
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Crypto-Exchange BitMart to Pay Users for $200M Theft
BitMart confirmed it had been drained of ~$150 million in cryptocurrency assets, but a blockchain security firm said it's closer to $200 million.
Are You Guilty of These 8 Network-Security Bad Practices?
Tony Lauro, director of Security Technology & Strategy at Akamai, discusses VPNs, RDP, flat networks, BYOD and other network-security bugbears.
Cyber Command Publicly Joins Fight Against Ransomware Groups
U.S. military acknowledges targeting cybercriminals who launch attacks on U.S. companies.
Cuba Ransomware Gang Hauls in $44M in Payouts
The gang is using a variety of tools and malware to carry out attacks in volume on critical sectors, the FBI warned.
Pegasus Spyware Infects U.S. State Department iPhones
It's unknown who's behind the cyberattacks against at least nine employees' iPhones, who are all involved in Ugandan diplomacy.
Apache Kafka Cloud Clusters Expose Sensitive Data for Large Companies
The culprit is misconfigured Kafdrop interfaces, used for centralized management of the open-source platform.
What are buffer overflow attacks and how are they thwarted?
Ever since the Morris worm, buffer overflows have become notorious fare in the world of vulnerabilities
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Who Is the Network Access Broker ‘Babam’?
Rarely do cybercriminal gangs that deploy ransomware gain the initial access to the target themselves. More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in stealing remote access credentials -- such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target's network. In this post we'll look at the clues left behind by "Babam," the handle chosen by a cybercriminal who has sold such access to ransomware groups on many occasions over the past few years.Pandemic-Influenced Car Shopping: Just Use the Manufacturer API
Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence, found a way to exploit a Toyota API to get around the hassle of car shopping in the age of supply-chain woes.
Omicron Phishing Scam Already Spotted in UK
Omicron COVID-19 variant anxiety inspires new phishing scam offering fake NHS tests to steal data.
NSO Group spyware used to hack at least nine US officials’ phones – report
Revelation comes just weeks after the Biden administration placed NSO on a US blacklist
The iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were recently hacked by a government using NSO Group spyware, according to a new report that raised serious questions about the use of Israeli surveillance tools against US government officials around the world.
The claim, which was reported by Reuters, comes just weeks after the Biden administration placed NSO on a US blacklist and said the surveillance company acted “contrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the US”.
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Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET researchers analyze malware frameworks targeting air-gapped networks – ESET Research launches a podcast – INTERPOL cracks down on online fraud
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Scammers exploit Omicron fears in new COVID‑19 phishing campaign
Fraudsters take advantage of the emergence of the new variant to dupe unsuspecting victims out of their sensitive data
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Threat Group Takes Aim Again at Cloud Platform Provider Zoho
Attackers that previously targeted the cloud platform provider have shifted their focus to additional products in the company’s portfolio.