Month: May 2024
Nissan North America (Nissan) suffered a data breach last year when a threat actor targeted the company’s external VPN and shut down systems to receive a ransom. The car maker discovered the breach in early November 2023 and discovered recently that the incident exposed personal data belonging to more than 53,000 current and former employees.…
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May 15, 2024NewsroomData Breach / Cyber Crime Law enforcement agencies have officially seized control of the notorious BreachForums platform, an online bazaar known for peddling stolen data, for the second time within a year. The website (“breachforums[.]st”) has been replaced by a seizure banner stating the clearnet cybercrime forum is under the control of the…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted two brothers for allegedly manipulating the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency within approximately 12 seconds in a “first-of-its-kind” scheme. Anton Peraire-Bueno and James Pepaire-Bueno were arrested in Boston and New York on Tuesday on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud…
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‘Every deal that we transact is through a channel partner,’ Kevin Kramer, Alkira VP of global sales, told CRN. On-demand network infrastructure vendor Alkira has closed a $100 million Series C round of funding, with executives reiterating the company’s 100 percent channel go-to-market strategy as it sees customer demand grow amid uncertainty with legacy vendors…
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As part of CRN’s 2024 Women Of The Channel project, here are some hidden facts, talents and passions from our honorees. Building a connection to those we work with can create increased psychological safety, the result of which is better innovation, ideation, and collaboration. Thus, it is not a surprise that according to our latest…
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May 15, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Data Protection Google has announced a slew of privacy and security features in Android, including a suite of advanced protection features to help secure users’ devices and data in the event of a theft. These features aim to help protect data before, during and after a theft attempt, the tech giant…
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May 15, 2024NewsroomAndroid Security / Malware Google is unveiling a set of new features in Android 15 to prevent malicious apps installed on the device from capturing sensitive data. This constitutes an update to the Play Integrity API that third-party app developers can take advantage of to secure their applications against malware. “Developers can check…
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Apple’s antifraud technology has blocked more than $7 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in four years, the company states in its latest annual fraud prevention analysis. From 2020 through 2023, the company also detected more than 14 million stolen cards and blocked them from transacting on its platform along with 3.3 million accounts. Statistics for last…
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The deal to bring together two players in the SIEM (security information and event management) space follows big moves in the market including Cisco’s $28 billion acquisition of Splunk. LogRhythm and Exabeam announced Wednesday that the two companies have reached an agreement to merge in a significant consolidation deal for the cybersecurity industry. The terms…
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Financially motivated cybercriminals abuse the Windows Quick Assist feature in social engineering attacks to deploy Black Basta ransomware payloads on victims’ networks. Microsoft has been investigating this campaign since at least mid-April 2024, and, as they observed, the threat group (tracked as Storm-1811) started their attacks by email bombing the target after subscribing their addresses…
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