A notorious state-sponsored North Korean APT group was behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency heist late last week, the FBI has confirmed. A brief Public Service Announcement (PSA) issued by the law enforcement agency on Febrary 26 attributed the attack on…
Feb 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Cryptocurrency The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) formally linked the record-breaking $1.5 billion Bybit hack to North Korean threat actors, as the company’s CEO Ben Zhou declared a “war against Lazarus.” The agency said…
Ransomware doesn’t hit all at once—it slowly floods your defenses in stages. Like a ship subsumed with water, the attack starts quietly, below the surface, with subtle warning signs that are easy to miss. By the time encryption starts, it’s…
Feb 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Encryption Google Cloud has announced quantum-safe digital signatures in Google Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) for software-based keys as a way to bulletproof encryption systems against the threat posed by cryptographically-relevant quantum computers.…
Feb 24, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan Welcome to your weekly roundup of cyber news, where every headline gives you a peek into the world of online battles. This week, we look at a huge crypto theft, reveal some sneaky AI scam tricks,…
Feb 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Python library on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that facilitates unauthorized music downloads from music streaming service Deezer. The package in question is automslc, which has been…
In episode 406 of the “Smashing Security” podcast, we explore how the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has been hacked to the jaw-dropping tune of $1.5 billion, and we look at what is being done to better defend women and girls’ safety…
Feb 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Intelligence The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) on Tuesday warned of renewed activity from an organized criminal group it tracks as UAC-0173 that involves infecting computers with a remote access trojan…
Geopolitical instability drove an increase in state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks and hacktivism, as well as an increase in ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) activity last year, according to Group-IB. The threat intelligence specialist published its High-Tech Crime Trends 2025 report today based…
Feb 26, 2025The Hacker NewsIdentity Protection / Password Security Passwords are rarely appreciated until a security breach occurs; suffice to say, the importance of a strong password becomes clear only when faced with the consequences of a weak one. However,…
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