DOJ seizes $7.7M from crypto funds linked to North Korea’s IT worker scheme
Federal authorities on Thursday said they seized $7.74 million from North Korean nationals as they attempted to launder cryptocurrency obtained by IT workers who gained…
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Sean Cairncross has policy coordination in mind if confirmed as national cyber director
Sean Cairncross laid out his vision to senators Thursday for the Office of the National Cyber Director if he is confirmed to lead it. “A…
Cellebrite to acquire mobile testing firm Corellium in $200 million deal
Security technology company Cellebrite has announced plans to acquire Florida-based mobile testing startup Corellium for $170 million in cash, with an additional $20 million converted…
Rep. Garbarino: Ending CISA mobile app security program for feds sends ‘wrong signal’
The chairman of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity is apprehensive about the Department of Homeland Security’s plans to end a program that vets…
Feds seize 145 domains associated with BidenCash cybercrime platform
Federal authorities on Wednesday announced the seizure of about 145 domains and cryptocurrency funds linked to BidenCash, a cybercrime marketplace for stolen credit cards, compromised…
Vibe coding is here to stay. Can it ever be secure?
Software powers the world, and soon, the bulk of the work making it may be done by machines. As generative AI tools have gotten more…
Salesforce customers duped by series of social-engineering attacks
A financially motivated threat group posing as IT support has intruded the systems of about 20 organizations by duping employees into installing a malicious, illegitimate…
Google addresses 34 high-severity vulnerabilities in June’s Android security update
Google’s June security update for Android devices contains 34 vulnerabilities, all of which the company designates as high-severity defects. The company didn’t disclose any actively…
CrowdStrike, Microsoft aim to eliminate confusion in threat group attribution
CrowdStrike and Microsoft announced an agreement Monday to formally connect the different names each company uses for the same threat groups in their attribution analysis.…
Experts endorse Sean Cairncross for national cyber director ahead of Senate hearing
President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as national cyber director was endorsed by a collection of cyber experts days before a Senate panel will consider…
Future-ready cybersecurity: Lessons from the MITRE CVE crisis
The recent funding crisis surrounding MITRE’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)program was more than just a bureaucratic hiccup — it was a wake-up call for…
Top FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser exits for Halcyon
Cynthia Kaiser, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halycon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware…