Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:30:06 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:00:29 +0000
An obscure group called Karakurt has extorted organizations in the US and elsewhere. Know how to keep it away from your network.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:29:57 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:31:56 +0000
Fraudulent donation sites using our sympathy for Ukraine seem to be on the rise. Know how to protect yourself!
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 13:22:00 +0000
CISA and the FBI are sharing information about the US attribution of cyberattacks on SATCOM networks that targeted Ukraine but spilled over into other European countries.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 11:00:30 +0000
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets.
Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 15:54:15 +0000
Costa Rica is doing everything it can to ward off persistent and overwhelming attacks from the Conti Ransomware group.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:48:18 +0000
For the second time, the FBI has warned the food and agriculture sector about the risk of ransomware attacks.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:27:35 +0000
When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. But don’t tell that to Matt Donahue, a former FBI agent who recently quit the agency to launch a startup that aims to help tech companies do a better job screening out phony law enforcement data requests — in part by assigning trustworthiness or “credit ratings” to law enforcement authorities worldwide.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:41:08 +0000
Conti — one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups — publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new information confirms this pledge was always a lie, and that Conti has launched more than 200 attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities since first surfacing in 2018 under the name “Ryuk.”
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