Security researchers at SOCRadar recently found that an "established" threat actor claimed to be in possession of two million data records stolen from the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population.  The allegation was made on the hacker forum…

The financially motivated threat actors responsible for the Casbaneiro banking malware family have been observed applying a User Account Control (UAC) bypass technique to gain full administrative privileges on a machine. This indicates that the threat…

The North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus hacking group is taking over Windows Internet Information Service (IIS) web servers to distribute malware. IIS is Microsoft's web server solution used to host websites or application services. ASEC's security…

The GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) tracked a total of 1,177 publicly posted ransomware victims claimed by 41 different threat groups during the second quarter of 2023. The report by GRIT reveals a 38 percent increase in the number of…

While the exact relationship between the Russian threat group KillNet and the Kremlin remains unclear, the group's high-profile and increasingly effective cyberattacks continue to align with Russian state interests. Its public relations campaign is…

Ensuring information system security requires preventing system compromises and finding adversaries already present in the network before they can launch an attack from inside. Cyber threat hunting has been deemed critical for identifying threats by…

IBM, Google, and other companies are competing to build the world's fastest quantum computer, a device that could significantly change cryptography as we know it. For their safety and security, communications, banks, and cryptocurrencies rely on robust…

Tavis Ormandy, a Google Information Security researcher, has posted information about a new vulnerability he discovered independently in AMD's Zen 2 processors. The 'Zenbleed' vulnerability affects the entire Zen 2 product stack, including AMD's EPYC…

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is merging its cryptocurrency and computer crimes investigation units, echoing the importance of digital assets in ransomware attacks and other cyberattacks. Principal Deputy Attorney General Nicole Argentieri recently…

A Los Angeles man recently pleaded guilty to using SIM swapping to perpetrate multiple cybercrime schemes targeting hundreds of victims.  Between April 2019 and February 2023, Amir Hossein Golshan, 24, engaged in account takeovers, Zelle payment…

Recently it was discovered that the names, Social Security numbers, and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of just over 40 million people who applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach.  The company…

Security researchers at Coveware believe that the Cl0p ransomware gang could earn as much as $100 million from the MOVEit hack.  The researchers found that the percentage of victims that paid a ransom in the second quarter of 2023 fell to a record…