by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 28, 2023 | IT Security |
A French citizen was scheduled to appear before a US court on Friday on a nine-count indictment related to his alleged involvement in the ShinyHunters cybercrime gang that trafficked in identity and corporate data theft and sometimes extortion. Twenty-one-year-old...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 27, 2023 | IT Security |
Microsoft is urging organizations to protect their Exchange servers from cyberattacks by keeping them updated and hardened, since online criminals are still going after valuable data in the email system. Enterprises need to make sure to install the latest Cumulative...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 27, 2023 | IT Security
Data Privacy Week is a reminder to protect your data – all year round. Here are three privacy-boosting habits you can start today. Every action we take on the internet generates data that is shared with online services and other parties. It stands to reason, then,...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 27, 2023 | IT Security
Sandworm continues to conduct attacks against carefully chosen targets in the war-torn country ESET researchers have uncovered a new wiper attack in Ukraine that they attribute to the Sandworm APT group. Dubbed SwiftSlicer, the destructive malware was spotted on the...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 27, 2023 | IT Security
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by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 27, 2023 | IT Security
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned of two similar spear-phishing campaigns, one originating from Russia, the other from Iran. The NCSC has attributed the campaigns to a Russia-based group called SEABORGIUM and the Iran-based TA453 group,...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 26, 2023 | IT Security
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has burned more than 50,000 spammy fake news stories and other content posted by the pro-China ‘Dragonbridge’ gang. Dragonbridge ran disinformation campaigns across Google-owned platforms YouTube, Blogger and...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 26, 2023 | IT Security
The FBI said it has shut down the Hive’s ransomware network, seizing control of the notorious gang’s servers and websites, and thwarting the pesky criminals’ ability to sting future victims. The takedown, which happened Wednesday night, was the...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 26, 2023 | IT Security
The data trail you leave behind whenever you’re online is bigger – and more revealing – than you may think “The lampposts are listening to me; I am sure that the adverts I see online are from a conversation I had walking down the street.” Yes, someone I know claims...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 26, 2023 | IT Security
A man suspected of stealing personal data belonging to tens of millions of people worldwide and selling that info on cybercrime forums has been arrested by Dutch police. The 25-year-old now faces charges of violating data privacy and computer trespassing laws, and...