Category Security

Cyber threat actors are no longer just targeting hospitals with ransomware, they’re now infiltrating the very software that patients use to manage their care, installing backdoors that put sensitive medical information at risk. In a new report, researchers at Forescout’s…

Feb 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage Opposition activists in Belarus as well as Ukrainian military and government organizations are the target of a new campaign that employs malware-laced Microsoft Excel documents as lures to deliver a new variant of…

A new wave of cyber-attacks linked to the Ghostwriter threat actor has been observed focusing on Ukraine and opposition groups in Belarus. The latest campaign, uncovered by SentinelLABS, employs weaponized Excel documents designed to deliver malicious payloads through phishing attacks.…

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an updated version of the LightSpy implant that comes equipped with an expanded set of data collection features to extract information from social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. LightSpy is the name given to a…

A serious security vulnerability has been found in popular stalkerware apps, exposing the sensitive personal information and communications of millions of people. Stalkerware is a type of spyware, frequently used to spy on every message sent or received by a…

In 2024, cyber-criminals have launched attacks within 48 hours of discovering a vulnerability, with 61% of hackers using new exploit code in this short timeframe. Companies faced an average of 68 days of critical cyber-attacks, while ransomware remained the most…

The first quarter of 2025 has been a battlefield in the world of cybersecurity. Cybercriminals continued launching aggressive new campaigns and refining their attack methods. Below is an overview of five notable malware families, accompanied by analyses conducted in controlled…

In episode 39 of the AI Fix, our hosts watch a drone and a robot dog shoot fireworks at each other, xAI launches Grok 3, Mark explains that AIs can design genomes now, a robot starts a punch up, Zuck…

Feb 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Crime / Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit on Friday revealed that a “sophisticated” attack led to the theft of over $1.46 billion worth of cryptocurrency from one of its Ethereum cold (offline) wallets, making it the largest…

Feb 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananDisinformation / Artificial Intelligence OpenAI on Friday revealed that it banned a set of accounts that used its ChatGPT tool to develop a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tool. The social media listening tool is said to…