Category: CyberNews

Power of deepfakes: three times the world fell for dangerous fakes | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Power of deepfakes: three times the world fell for dangerous fakes | Cybernews

Deepfakes are more than silly games and pranks. At least on five accounts, they almost had the power to change…

Phishers gang up on Amazon Prime Day customers | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Phishers gang up on Amazon Prime Day customers | Cybernews

Amazon Prime Day 2022, an annual deal event on July 12-13 exclusively for Prime members, is a goldmine for phishers….

Mass malware infection detected on Digium phones | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Mass malware infection detected on Digium phones | Cybernews

More than half a million instances of malware have been observed on software used by the popular landline brand Digium…

Red alert: ransom gangs are on the rise | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Red alert: ransom gangs are on the rise | Cybernews

Three new ransomware groups have emerged to lead a fresh wave of threat actors targeting businesses and organizations, says cyber…

BlackCat gang uses legitimate pen testing tool to attack its victims | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

BlackCat gang uses legitimate pen testing tool to attack its victims | Cybernews

BlackCat ransomware gang, using unpatched or outdated firewalls and VPNs, added Brute Ratel, a penetration testing tool, to its arsenal….

Threat actors impersonate Crowdstrike to deploy ransomware | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Threat actors impersonate Crowdstrike to deploy ransomware | Cybernews

Hackers use a callback phishing campaign to impersonate cybersecurity companies to gain access to corporate networks. Crowdstrike cybersecurity … Source…

LockBit ransomware might not last, but its business model will | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

LockBit ransomware might not last, but its business model will | Cybernews

While the group behind LockBit will eventually disband, its criminal professionalism practices will be a headache for cyber defenders long…

MS Teams settings leave officials open to attacks | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

MS Teams settings leave officials open to attacks | Cybernews

Relying on default settings on Microsoft Teams leaves users open to threats from external domains. Misconfiguration can prove perilous to…

Cybercrime group claims to have police insiders across Europe | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Cybercrime group claims to have police insiders across Europe | Cybernews

A new cybercriminal gang that offers its services for as little as 15 euros claims to have contacts within law…

Lapsus$'s legacy: new extortion gangs on the rise | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Lapsus$’s legacy: new extortion gangs on the rise | Cybernews

Lapsus$ extortion group has largely gone quiet after catching our attention in the first months of 2022, but extortion attacks…

British architecture firm suffers a ransomware attack | Cybernews
04
Feb
2025

British architecture firm suffers a ransomware attack | Cybernews

Sheppard Robson refused to pay the ransom and reported the incident to the police. The Sheppard Robson IT team noticed…

Ascent to the Cloud: years of progress with perforated security | CyberNews
04
Jan
2025

Ascent to the Cloud: years of progress with perforated security | CyberNews

The sudden need to work from home en masse caused years of progress to happen in a few months over…