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Kaspersky challenges US government to put up or shut up about Kremlin ties
Stick an independent probe in our software, you won't find any Putin.DLL backdoor Kaspersky has hit back after the US government banned its products – by proposing an independent verification that its software is above board and not backdoored by the Kremlin.…
Russia’s FIN7 is peddling its EDR-nerfing malware to ransomware gangs
Major vendors' products scuppered by novel techniques Prolific Russian cybercrime syndicate FIN7 is using various pseudonyms to sell its custom security solution-disabling malware to different ransomware gangs.…
Maximum-severity Cisco vulnerability allows attackers to change admin passwords
You’re going to want to patch this one Cisco just dropped a patch for a maximum-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to change the password of any user, including admins.…
Firms skip security reviews of major app updates about half the time
Complicated, costly, time-consuming – pick three Cyber security workers only review major updates to software applications only 54 percent of the time, according to a poll of tech managers.…
Release the hounds! Securing datacenters may soon need sniffer dogs
Nothing else can detect attackers with implants designed to foil physical security Sniffer dogs may soon become a useful means of improving physical security in datacenters, as increasing numbers of people are adopting implants like NFC chips that have the potential to enable novel attacks on access control…
Cyber-crime super-crew Scattered Spider falls in love with RansomHub and Qilin
Extortionists left hanging after rivals crawled into the woodwork The Scattered Spider cybercrime group is now using RansomHub and Qilin ransomware variants in its attacks, illustrating a possible power shift among hacking groups.…
Ransomware continues to pile on costs for critical infrastructure victims
Millions more spent without any improvement in recovery times Costs associated with ransomware attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI) organizations skyrocketed in the past year.…
London council accuses watchdog of ‘exaggerating’ danger of 2020 raid on residents’ data
You escaped a big fat fine! Take the win and run, won’t you? London's inner city district of Hackney says the UK's data protection watchdog has misunderstood and "exaggerated" details surrounding a ransomware attack on its systems in 2020.…
Craig Wright admits he isn’t the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK
Ozzie definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto, faces £6M legal bill and possible perjury trial Australian Craig Wright has finally admitted he is not the inventor of Bitcoin after losing several cases in the High Court of England and Wales, whose judge has suggested he be investigated for perjury.…
Iran’s MuddyWater phishes Israeli orgs with custom BugSleep backdoor
India, Turkey, also being targeted by campaign that relies on corporate email compromise MuddyWater, an Iranian government-backed cyber espionage crew, has upgraded its malware with a custom backdoor, which it's used to target Israeli organizations.…