Security firm Emsisoft is offering free, customized decryptors to victims of PwndLocker ransomware, which first surfaced in late 2019 and has been tied to attacks against Lasalle County in Illinois and the Serbian city of Novi Sad, with the gang demanding up to $660,000 or more in bitcoins from its victims.
Customers put their trust in companies to deliver on promises of security. The quickest way to lose customers is to betray that confidence, especially when it comes to their personal information.
Hackers understand that, too. They quickly adapt tools and techniques to disrupt that delicate balance. To truly...
Hackers and cybercriminals have reached a level of maturity and efficiency unsurpassed in the history of cyberwarfare, resulting in a dramatic increase in attack frequency, complexity and size.
Although these threats constitute a clear and present danger to organizations worldwide, knowledge is power. This Hacker's...
RSA 2020 touched on a number of topics, including the security of elections and supply chains, plus AI, zero trust and frameworks, among many others. But from sessions on cryptography, to this year's lower attendance, to the antibacterial dispensers dotted around venues, concerns over COVID-19 also dominated.
The rapidly evolving threat environment requires a multilayered protection strategy - one that closes the technical and human gaps - for every organization to maximize its cybersecurity performance and minimize the risk of falling victim to sophisticated attacks, including phishing, malware and ransomware which can...
A key disconnect exists between awareness of financial services fraud schemes and mitigation, according to the latest "Faces of Fraud" survey sponsored by Appgate. Mike Lopez, vice president at the firm, describes some key findings.
Two Chinese nationals have been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly laundering $100 million in cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers in 2018.
Visser Precision, a U.S. manufacturer that supplies Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Tesla and SpaceX, appears to have been hit by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang, which has begun leaking internal data and threatening to leak more unless the victim pays a ransom.
An alleged hacker who's accused of breaching the now defunct Ticketfly site in 2018 and exposing the personal information of about 27 million account holders has been indicted on a federal extortion charge, according to court documents filed by the FBI.
Yet another major phishing-related health data breach has been reported to federal regulators. This one potentially exposed the data of more than 100,000 patients at Bellevue, Washington-based Overlake Medical Center & Clinics.
The FBI has arrested a suspect who's charged in connection with waging distributed denial-of-service attacks against the campaign website of an unsuccessful 2018 Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in California.
Mobile banking customers are being targeted by yet another SMS phishing campaign, according to new research from IBM X-Force. This time, however, in addition to trying to steal usernames and credentials, the attackers are also attempting to install Emotet malware.
The Russian cybercriminal underground is a complex, sophisticated, and bustling hive of activity, continuing to thrive alongside the government's new restrictive internet policies that censor information and limit the content citizens can access. This report breaks down Russia's attempts to crack down on free internet...
How much do you know about the supply chain that takes a vulnerability and turns it into an exploit?
In this new report, Tenable Research explores the lifecycle of exploits - from discovery to utilization in a breach. Their analysis of cybercrime economics will help you better protect your organization.
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A newly identified hacking group has been targeting gambling companies in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, using backdoors to steal source code and other data, according to new research from security firm Trend Micro.
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