Month: August 2024
Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated were five convicted cybercriminals. In return, Russia has reportedly released 16 prisoners, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. Among the more notable Russian hackers released in the prisoner swap…
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Business Security Many smaller organizations are turning to cyber risk insurance, both to protect against the cost of a cyber incident and to use the extensive post-incident services that insurers provide 31 Jul 2024 • , 4 min. read If we were to stop people on the street and ask for words to describe the…
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Humans still have something to say in the age of AI Beyond the failure of CrowdStrike and the systemic problems affecting the technology industry, the global computer blackout made it clear that, in the era of artificial intelligence (AI) everywhere, human beings are not expendable, and that the world is not ready to leave big…
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The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the fraudulent operation targeted elderly victims in the United States and Canada. Fake malware infections Between March 2015 and July 2018, Vinoth Ponmaran (36) ran…
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‘Our revenues have not grown as expected – and we’ve yet to fully benefit from powerful trends, like AI. Our costs are too high, our margins are too low. We need bolder actions to address both – particularly given our financial results and outlook for the second half of 2024, which is tougher than previously…
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Twilio has finally killed off its Authy for Desktop application, forcibly logging users out of the desktop application. In January, Twilio announced that the Authy desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux would reach the end of life on March 19, 2024, and will ultimately be discontinued in August 2024. While the desktop apps continued to work…
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Threat actors uploaded malicious Python packages to the PyPI repository and promoted them through the StackExchange online question and answer platform. The packages are named ‘spl-types,’ ‘raydium,’ ‘sol-structs,’ ‘sol-instruct,’ and ‘raydium-sdk’ and download scripts that steal sensitive data from the browser, messaging apps (Telegram, Signal, Session), and cryptocurrency wallet details (Exodus, Electrum, Monero). The info-stealing malware can also exfiltrate files…
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Researchers are warning of threat actors increasingly abusing the Cloudflare Tunnel service in malware campaigns that usually deliver remote access trojans (RATs). This cybercriminal activity was frst detected in February and it is leveraging the TryCloudflare free service to distribute multiple RATs, including AsyncRAT, GuLoader, VenomRAT, Remcos RAT, and Xworm. Campaigns attributed to the same activity…
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“The manufacturing, healthcare, and technology sectors were the top targets of ransomware attacks, while the energy sector experienced a 500% year-over-year spike as critical infrastructure and susceptibility to operational disruptions make it particularly attractive to cybercriminals,” the report said. “The energy sector experienced a 527.27% year-over-year increase in ransomware attacks, likely due to its critical…
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The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has shut down Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by hundreds of criminals to make over 1.8 million scam calls. Their targets included people from over 107 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, Norway, and France. Russian Coms was established in…
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