News
  • "ChipMixer Crypto Laundromat Shut Down By German, US Authorities"

    The cryptocurrency mixer known as ChipMixer has recently been targeted by a joint investigation led by German and US authorities with the support of Europol, Belgium, Poland, and Switzerland.  The anti-money-laundering operation took down ChipMixer…

  • "Data Breach at Independent Living Systems Impacts 4 Million Individuals"

    Florida-based health services company Independent Living Systems (ILS) has recently started sending out notification letters to more than 4 million individuals to inform them of a data breach impacting their personal and medical information.  …

  • "Passkeys Unlock a New Era for Authentication"

    Many people consider computer passwords inconvenient and insecure. Cybercriminals continue cracking and abusing them to perform malicious activities. Industry estimates reveal that almost 80 percent of all breaches involve passwords. Even the most…

  • "Power On: New Testing Instrument"

    Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, are working to strengthen power grids' resilience, stability, and cybersecurity. They may soon have a new tool for protecting energy supplies. This tool consists of large-scale digital simulators for cyber-…

  • "Hackers Used Fortra Zero-Day to Steal Sales Data from Cloud Management Giant Rubrik"

    Rubrik, the leader in cloud data management, has revealed that hackers attacked the company by exploiting a flaw in a popular file transfer tool. The Clop ransomware group, which has been exploiting a flaw in Fortra's GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer…

  • "Hoxhunt ChatGPT / Cybersecurity Research Reveals: Humans 1, AI 0"

    Hoxhunt, the industry leader in behavior change software for cybersecurity, has issued a report analyzing the effectiveness of ChatGPT-generated phishing attempts. The study compared the success rate of simulated phishing attacks developed by human…

  • "Over 700 Million Credentials Exposed and 22 Million Devices Infected in 2022"

    SpyCloud's latest Identity Exposure Report reveals that its researchers retrieved 721.5 million exposed credentials from the criminal underworld and discovered over 22 million unique devices infected with malware in the last year. Around 50 percent of…

  • "YoroTrooper Group Targets European, CIS Countries in Cyberespionage Campaigns"

    During the past nine months, a previously unknown Russian-speaking threat actor has launched cyber espionage campaigns against government, energy, and international organizations in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, as well as European nations. The…

  • "FakeCalls Android Malware Targets Financial Firms in South Korea"

    Security researchers at Check Point Research have spotted a new Android vishing (voice phishing) malware tool targeting victims in South Korea by impersonating 20 leading financial institutions in the region.  Dubbed "FakeCalls," the malware baits…

  • "Russian Cyberspies Abuse EU Information Exchange Systems in Government Attacks"

    Security researchers at BlackBerry have observed Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT29 abusing two legitimate information exchange systems used by European countries.  APT29 is a Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) actor mainly focused on…

  • "DEV-1101 Updates Open Source Phishing Kit"

    The threat actor known as DEV-1101 has been spotted by security researchers at Microsoft, developing and advertising a new adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) open source phishing kit.  The researchers noted that the threat actor group began offering…

  • "This is What Happens When Your Phone is Spying on You"

    According to a team of computer scientists from New York and San Diego, smartphone spyware apps that allow people to spy on each other are difficult to notice and detect, and easily leak the sensitive personal information they collect. Spyware apps are…