February 10, 2025
All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting
Dark web site seized, four cuffed in Thailand An international police operation spanning the US, Europe, and Asia has shuttered the 8Base ransomware crew's dark web presence and resulted in the arrest of four European suspects accused of stealing $16 million from more than 1,000 victims worldwide.…
US news org still struggling to print papers a week after ‘cybersecurity event’
Publications across 25 states either producing smaller issues or very delayed ones US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is one week into tackling a nondescript "cybersecurity event," saying the related investigation may take "weeks or longer" to complete.…
UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines
High starting salaries promised after public sector infosec pay criticized The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is fast-tracking cybersecurity specialists in a bid to fortify its protection against increasing attacks.…
Judge says US Treasury ‘more vulnerable to hacking’ since Trump let the DOGE out
Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men Trump administration policies that allowed Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to access systems and data at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) have left the org “more vulnerable to hacking” according to Paul A. Engelmayer, Judge…
India’s banking on the bank.in domain cleaning up its financial services sector
With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can use has potential to make life harder for fraudsters India’s Reserve Bank last week announced a plan to use adopt dedicated second-level domains – bank.in and fin.in – in the hope it improves trust in the financial…