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North Korean IT workers set their sights on European organizations
North Korean IT workers are expanding their efforts beyond the US, and are seeking to fraudulently gain employment with organizations around the world, but most especially in …
BlackLock ransomware onslaught: What to expect and how to fight it
BlackLock is on track to become the most active ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit in 2025, according to ReliaQuest. Its success is primarily due to their unusually active …
Ransomware payments plummet as more victims refuse to pay
Chainalysis’ latest report on how the ransomware landscape changed from 2023 to 2024 shows a promising trend: An increasing number of victims refuses to pay the ransom. …
Man charged with stealing $65 million by exploting DeFI protocols vulnerabilities
A Canadian man has been indicted in federal court in New York for exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to fraudulently obtain about $65 …
North Korean IT workers are extorting employers, FBI warns
The FBI is on a mission to raise awareness about the threat that North Korean IT workers present to organizations in the US and around the world. While corporate espionage …
Attackers are encrypting AWS S3 data without using ransomware
A ransomware gang dubbed Codefinger is encrypting data stored in target organizations’ AWS S3 buckets with AWS’s server-side encryption option with customer-provided …
8Base hacked port operating company Luka Rijeka
Luka Rijeka, a company that offers maritime transport, port, storage of goods and forwarding services in Rijeka, Croatia, has been hacked by the 8Base ransomware group. …
Private US companies targeted by Stonefly APT
Undeterred by the indictment issued against one of its alleged members, North Korean APT group Stonefly (aka APT45) continues to target companies in the US, Symantec threat …
Hide yo environment files! Or risk getting your cloud-stored data stolen and held for ransom
Cybercriminals are breaking into organizations’ cloud storage containers, exfiltrating their sensitive data and, in several cases, have been paid off by the victim …
Record-breaking $75 million ransom paid to cybercrime group
Ransomware attacks have reached new heights of ambition and audacity over the past year, marked by a notable surge in extortion attacks, according to a Zscaler. The findings …
The changes in the cyber threat landscape in the last 12 months
When it comes to the cyber threat landscape, change is the only constant: the inevitable interplay between cybercriminals and law enforcement agencies makes it inevitable. …
Medibank breach: Security failures revealed (lack of MFA among them)
The 2022 Medibank data breach / extortion attack perpetrated by the REvil ransomware group started by the attackers leveraging login credentials stolen from a private computer …
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