Category Security

The UK’s data protection regulator has welcomed a court ruling dismissing an appeal against a historic GDPR fine, arguing that it will provide much-needed clarity for future cases. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued Doorstep Dispensaree with a monetary penalty…

Dec 10, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Vishing Belgian and Dutch authorities have arrested eight suspects in connection with a “phone phishing” gang that primarily operated out of the Netherlands with an aim to steal victims’ financial data and funds. As part…

The number of cyber-attacks reported by large finance institutions to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fallen 53% in 2024 compared to 2023. This is according to data shared by cybersecurity training platform provider Hack the Box on December…

One of Massachusetts’ leading hospitals has revealed the extent of a serious ransomware breach that took place almost a year ago. Anna Jacques Hospital is a non-profit, 119-bed community hospital based in Newburyport, serving the North Shore, Merrimack Valley and Seacoast…

A malicious botnet called Socks5Systemz is powering a proxy service called PROXY.AM, according to new findings from Bitsight. “Proxy malware and services enable other types of criminal activity adding uncontrolled layers of anonymity to the threat actors, so they can…

A compromised version of the popular ultralytics AI library has been found to deliver a cryptocurrency mining payload. ReversingLabs researchers traced the issue to a breach of the library’s build environment, which was exploited through a known GitHub Actions script…

Dec 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since early October 2024.…

A federal appeals court has upheld a law that could see TikTok banned across the US unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divests its ownership. The decision was issued by a three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for…

Dec 09, 2024The Hacker NewsIdentity Security / Passwordless Identity security is all the rage right now, and rightfully so. Securing identities that access an organization’s resources is a sound security model. But IDs have their limits, and there are many…

The publication of reprimands following data leaks has been cited as an “effective” deterrent for public authorities. This follows a two-year trial led by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) which sought to work proactively with the public sector to…