November 2024
Managing third-party risks in complex IT environments
Key steps to protect your organization’s data from unauthorized external access Webinar With increasing reliance on contractors, partners, and vendors, managing third-party access to systems and data is a complex security challenge.…
Amazon confirms employee data exposed in leak linked to MOVEit vulnerability
Over 5 million records from 25 organizations posted to black hat forum Amazon employees' data is part of a stolen trove posted to a cybercrime forum linked to last year's MOVEit vulnerability.…
FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams
Just because it's .gov doesn't mean that email is trustworthy Cybercrooks abusing emergency data requests in the US isn't new, but the FBI says it's becoming a more pronounced issue as the year draws to a close.…
Dark web crypto laundering kingpin sentenced to 12.5 years in prison
Prosecutors hand Russo-Swede a half-billion bill The operator of the longest-running money laundering machine in dark web history, Bitcoin Fog, has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in US prison.…
Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground
We all know by now that monsters never die, right? Two high-profile criminal gangs, Scattered Spider and BlackCat/ALPHV, seemed to disappear into the darkness like their namesakes following a series of splashy digital heists last year, after which there were arrests and website seizures.…
Winos4.0 abuses gaming apps to infect, control Windows machines
'Multiple' malware samples likely targeting education orgs Criminals are using game-related applications to infect Windows systems with a malicious software framework called Winos4.0 that gives the attackers full control over compromised machines.…
Don’t open that ‘copyright infringement’ email attachment – it’s an infostealer
Curiosity gives crims access to wallets and passwords Organizations should be on the lookout for bogus copyright infringement emails as they might be the latest ploy by cybercriminals to steal their data.…
Cisco scores a perfect CVSS 10 with critical flaw in its wireless system
Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul doesn't live up to its name Cisco is issuing a critical alert notice about a flaw that makes its so-called Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul systems easy to subvert.…
Officials warn of Russia’s tech-for-troops deal with North Korea amid Ukraine conflict
10,000 of Kim Jong Un's soldiers believed to be headed for front line The EU has joined US and South Korean officials in expressing concern over a Russian transfer of technology to North Korea in return for military assistance against Ukraine.…
Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason
In case today’s news cycle wasn’t shocking enough, here’s a gem from Sophos Fresh from a series of serious reports detailing its five-year battle with Chinese cyberattackers, Sophos has dropped a curious story about users of a popular infostealer-cum-RAT targeting a niche group of victims.…