May 10, 2023Rabbi LakshmananCyber Crime/Social Media A UK citizen has pleaded guilty in connection with a Twitter attack in July 2020 that affected a number of high-profile accounts and defrauded other users of the platform. Joseph James O’Connor also went…
Spanish police have arrested dozens of people suspected of being involved in serious organized crime gangs that are said to have made more than €700,000 ($767,000) from phishing victims. Among the 40 people arrested by law enforcement are two hackers…
A few weeks ago, the 32nd edition of RSA, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, wrapped up in San Francisco. Among the highlights, Kevin Mandia, CEO of his Mandiant at Google Cloud, gave a retrospective on the state of…
The percentage of ransomware victims whose data was encrypted by extortioners has increased to 76% over the past year. This is the highest since Sophos began documenting these trends, the vendor claimed today. Sophos The State of Ransomware in 2023…
On Tuesday, the US government announced a court-approved suspension of its global network. snake Used by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Dubbed “the most sophisticated cyber espionage tool,” Snake is the handiwork of a Russian state-owned group called Turla…
According to ISACA, the majority of IT and security leaders believe that achieving digital trust should be an organization’s top strategic goal. According to the latest report from the Cyber Security Association, State of Digital Trust 2023published May 9, 2023,…
May 10, 2023Rabbi LakshmananZero-day / Vulnerability Microsoft released Patch Tuesday updates in May 2023 to address 38 security flaws. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) said the volume was the lowest since August 2021, but noted that “this number is…
Electronic medical record software provider NextGen Healthcare has confirmed that hackers broke into its systems and stole the personal data of more than one million patients. A total of 1,049,375 patients were affected by the attack, according to a data…
May 9, 2023Rabbi LakshmananCyber Crime / DDoS Attack US authorities have announced the seizure of 13 Internet domains that were providing DDoS attack services to other criminals. The removal is part of an ongoing international initiative called Operation PowerOFF, aimed…
A recent survey of more than 2000 IT security decision makers found that less than half (39 %). The report, released today by privileged access management (PAM) solution provider Delinea, found that nearly one-third (36%) of respondents believe cybersecurity is…
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