Ransomware Surges With 1500 Confirmed Victims This Year
A Rapid7 report finds there have been at least 1500 ransomware victims in the first half of 2023
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsA Rapid7 report finds there have been at least 1500 ransomware victims in the first half of 2023
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe LockBit ransomware gang may be having more than a few headaches right now. According to a researcher who spent a year undercover gathering intelligence on the LockBit group, the ransomware gang is trying to cover up “the fact it often cannot consistently publish stolen data.”
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsAttackers sent more than 1,000 emails with 2FA, MFA, and other security-related lures aimed at stealing Microsoft credentials.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsIranian threat actors are combining offensive network ops with messaging and amplification to manipulate targets’ perceptions and behavior. Here are three examples.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe disclosure occurred within Freedom of Information responses issued by law enforcement
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsEmail phishing remains one of the most dangerous vectors for organizational cyberattacks, as well as one of the most difficult to defend against, with deceptive links, brand impersonation and other phishing threats sharply on the rise. A study published Tuesday by web services and security vendor Cloudflare, which analyzed 250 million malicious email messages sent […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe NSA discovered the intrusion in 2020—we don’t know how—and alerted the Japanese. The Washington Post has the story: The hackers had deep, persistent access and appeared to be after anything they could get their hands on—plans, capabilities, assessments of military shortcomings, according to three former senior U.S. officials, who were among a dozen current […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsWhy SaaS Security Is a Challenge In today’s digital landscape, organizations are increasingly relying on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications to drive their operations. However, this widespread adoption has also opened the doors to new security risks and vulnerabilities. The SaaS security attack surface continues to widen. It started with managing misconfigurations and now requires a
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsResults from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited annual squid survey: This year, the team unearthed spectacular large hooked squids, weighing about 15kg and sitting at 2m long, a Taningia—which has the largest known light organs in the animal kingdom—and a few species that remain very rare in collections worldwide, such as […]
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