Cybersecurity
Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg
The latest in a long line of fraud stings worth billions each year Two men are in police custody after being arrested in connection with a July cryptocurrency fraud involving a man in his seventies.…
Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec
FBI and CISA issue reminder - deep sigh - about the importance of patching and backups The operators of Ghost ransomware continue to claim victims and score payments, but keeping the crooks at bay is possible by patching known vulnerabilities and some basic infosec actions, according to a…
Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider
2.3 TB held to ransom as biz formerly known as Virgin Care tells us it's probing IT 'security incident' Exclusive HCRG Care Group, a private health and social services provider, has seemingly fallen victim to the Medusa ransomware gang, which is threatening to leak what's claimed to be…
Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market
15GB of sensitive files traced back to former software biz Typically shoppers can expect to find tie-dye t-shirts, broken lamps and old disco records at flea markets, now it seems storage drives filled with huge volumes of sensitive data can be added to that list.…
London celebrity talent agency reports itself to ICO following Rhysida attack claims
Showbiz members' passport scans already plastered online A London talent agency has reported itself to the UK's data protection watchdog after the Rhysida ransomware crew last week claimed it had attacked the business, which represents luminaries of stage and screen.…
Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11 million
If this makes you feel sick, knowing this happened before ransomware actors started targeting medical info may help An alleged security SNAFU that occurred during the Obama administration has finally been settled under the second Trump administration.…
Palo Alto firewalls under attack as miscreants chain flaws for root access
If you want to avoid urgent patches, stop exposing management consoles to the public internet A flaw patched last week by Palo Alto Networks is now under active attack and, when chained with two older vulnerabilities, allows attackers to gain root access to affected systems.…
Snake Keylogger slithers into Windows, evades detection with AutoIt-compiled payload
Because stealing your credentials, banking info, and IP just wasn’t enough A new variant of Snake Keylogger is making the rounds, primarily hitting Windows users across Asia and Europe. This strain also uses the BASIC-like scripting language AutoIt to deploy itself, adding an extra layer of obfuscation to…
US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware
Called it an 'incident' in SEC filing, but encrypted apps and data exfiltration suggest Lee just can’t say the R word US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is blaming its recent service disruptions on a "cybersecurity attack," per a regulatory filing, and is the latest company to avoid using…
FreSSH bugs undiscovered for years threaten OpenSSH security
Exploit code now available for MitM and DoS attacks Researchers can disclose two brand-new vulnerabilities in OpenSSH now that patches have been released.…