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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Schneider Electric Vice President of U.S. Channels Gordon Lord tells CRN that partners need to look at Schneider Electric as a “consultant and true business partner” that can support their AI and sustainability business. Schneider Electric Vice President of U.S. Channels Gordon Lord is urging partners to prepare for the coming on-premises edge computing AI…
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Threat actors have hijacked more than 35,000 registered domains in so-called Sitting Ducks attacks that allow claiming a domain without having access to the owner’s account at the DNS provider or registrar. In a Sitting Ducks attack, cybercriminals exploit configuration shortcomings at the registrar level and insufficient ownership verification at DNS providers. Researchers at DNS-focused security vendor Infoblox…
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Pharmaceutical giant Cencora has confirmed that patients’ protected health information and personally identifiable information (PII) was exposed in a February cyberattack. Cencora, previously known as AmerisourceBergen, specializes in pharmaceutical services, providing drug distribution and technology solutions for doctor’s offices, pharmacies, and animal healthcare. The company is ranked #10 on the Fortune 500 and #24 on the Global Fortune…
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