Tag: ransomware
New Research Suggests Africa Is Being Used As a ‘Testing Ground’ for Nation State Cyber Warfare
PRESS RELEASELondon, UK. 24th April 2024: Performanta, the multinational cybersecurity firm specialising in helping companies move beyond security to achieve cyber safety, has uncovered a trend...
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KnowBe4 to Acquire Egress
PRESS RELEASETampa Bay, FL (April 24, 2024) – KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced it...
2023: A ‘Good’ Year for OT Cyberattacks
COMMENTARYWaterfall Security Solutions, in collaboration with ICS Strive, recently released its "2024 Threat Report." The bad news is that, in 2023, there were 68 cyberattacks that...
The Crypto Roundup: 24 April 2024 | CryptoCompare.com
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and lawyers for Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former CEO of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, presented...
U.S. Prosecutors Seek Three-Year Sentence For CZ – The Defiant
Department of Justice demands extended sentence for Binance's former CEO, Changpeng Zhao.Former Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), is facing a potential three-year prison sentence should the U.S....
VPNs, Firewalls’ Nonexistent Telemetry Lures APTs
Earlier this year, Mandiant Consulting's incident response team tracked an attack by a China-linked espionage group back to the compromise of an edge device...
Akira Ransomware: FBI and Europol Sound Alarm Over $42M Loss
Prominent global agencies have flagged a newly-emerged ransomware group named Akira, estimated to be just a year old, for its widespread cyber intrusions, breaching...
CISO Corner: Breaking Staff Burnout, GPT-4 Exploits, Rebalancing NIST
Welcome to CISO Corner, Dark Reading's weekly digest of articles tailored specifically to security operations readers and security leaders. Every week, we'll offer articles...
UNDP, City of Copenhagen Targeted in Data-Extortion Cyberattack
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) became the victim of a cyberattack in late March, which also impacted the IT infrastructure of the city...
Evil XDR: Researcher Turns Palo Alto Software Into Perfect Malware
A creative exploit of Palo Alto Networks' extended detection and response (XDR) software could have allowed attackers to puppet it like a malicious multitool.In...
Cisco Warns of Massive Surge in Password Spraying Attacks on VPNs
Cisco Talos this week warned of a massive increase in brute-force attacks targeting VPN services, SSH services, and Web application authentication interfaces.In its advisory,...
Russian APT Group Thwarted in Attack on US Automotive Manufacturer
Researchers this week shared details of an attack campaign by the infamous FIN7 threat group that targeted a large US-based global automotive manufacturer.FIN7, a...
Nigeria, Romania Ranked Among Top Cybercrime Havens
An academic research project to gain insight into which nations produce the most cybercrime has ranked the usual suspects of Russia, Ukraine, China, and...
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