Key Learnings from “Big Game” Ransomware Campaigns
A mid-year crypto crime update released in July by Chainalysis found that cryptocurrency related crime was trending downward. The exception was ransomware, which the company…
Month: October 2023
Ransomware news headlines trending on Google
BHI Energy recently issued a statement revealing that its servers fell victim to a ransomware attack orchestrated by a group known as Akira in June…
Hackers Earn $350k on Second Day at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023
Hackers have earned roughly $350,000 in rewards after demonstrating successful exploits against a variety of devices on the second day of the Zero Day Initiative’s…
France says Russian state hackers breached numerous critical networks
The Russian APT28 hacking group (aka ‘Strontium’ or ‘Fancy Bear’) has been targeting government entities, businesses, universities, research institutes, and think tanks in France since…
Firefox Memory Corruption Flaw Let Attacker Execute Code
Mozilla Firefox 119 was released with updates for 11 vulnerabilities, including three issues of high severity, seven issues of moderate severity, and one issue of low…
Cybersecurity month: Why we need to talk about online identities
[ This article was originally published here ] Cybercrime is something we can no longer avoid. On a regular basis, we hear about companies we…
AI Security Firm Cranium Raises $25 Million
Cranium, a company that specializes in securing artificial intelligence (AI) applications and deployments, on Thursday announced raising $25 million in Series A funding. The funding,…
Kansas Court System Down Nearly 2 Weeks in ‘Security Incident’ That Has Hallmarks of Ransomware
Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline for two weeks a “security incident” and, while they…
Sunak sets scene for upcoming AI Safety Summit
Artificial intelligence (AI) risks are serious but nothing to lose sleep over, prime minister Rishi Sunak said in a speech on the UK’s global responsibility…
iLeakage Attack Exploits Safari to Steal Sensitive Data From Macs, iPhones
A team of academic researchers has disclosed the details of a new Spectre-style side-channel attack that exploits Safari to steal sensitive information from Mac, iPhones…
Google Chrome Security Flaw Let Attackers to Crash the Browser
As part of a security update for Chrome, Google has upgraded the Stable channels to 118.0.5993.117 for Mac and Linux and 118.0.5993.117/.118 for Windows. The…
What Is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Why Should You Use It?
Ah, the Internet: a treasure trove of memes, cat videos, and—let’s be honest—some stuff you’d rather keep under wraps. Security is crucial, but let’s face…