Vulnerability Management (VM) has long been a cornerstone of organizational cybersecurity. Nearly as old as the discipline of cybersecurity itself, it aims to help organizations identify and address potential security issues before they become serious problems. Yet, in recent years,…
A CEO is arrested for turning satellite receivers into DDoS attack weapons! Then, we’ll journey into the world of bossware and “affective computing” and explore how AI is learning to read our emotions – is this the future of work,…
Business leaders in G20 countries are more concerned about economic risks than cyber risks, although many fear “adverse outcomes” stemming from AI use, according to new World Economic Forum (WEF) research. The data comes from WEF’s new Executive Opinion Survey,…
Dec 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The China-linked threat actor known as MirrorFace has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign mainly targeting individuals and organizations in Japan since June 2024. The aim of the campaign is to deliver…
An Indian AI startup that helps businesses build custom chatbots has leaked almost 350,000 sensitive files after the data was left unsecured on the web. Ahmedabad-headquartered WotNot left a massive collection of sensitive user information – including scans of passport…
Pro-Russian hacktivist gang Noname has claimed over 6600 attacks since March 2022, almost exclusively targeting European nations, new research from Orange Cyberdefense has shown. The cybersecurity vendor’s Security Navigator 2025 report found that 96% of Noname’s attacks targets included Ukraine,…
Dec 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Financial Crime The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Wednesday announced that it led an international investigation to disrupt Russian money laundering networks that were found to facilitate serious and organized crime across the U.K.,…
German police have shut down what they claim to be the country’s largest illegal dark web marketplace and arrested a suspected administrator of the site. Investigators from the Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor’s Office – Central Office for Combating Internet Crime…
European institutions are likely to experience disruptions due to cyber-attacks in the near future, according to a report by the EU’s Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA). In its first-ever Report on the State of Cybersecurity in the Union, published on December 3,…
Dec 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a novel phishing campaign that leverages corrupted Microsoft Office documents and ZIP archives as a way to bypass email defenses. “The ongoing attack evades #antivirus software, prevents…
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