South Korean police have arrested a CEO and five employees for manufacturing over 240,000 satellite receivers pre-loaded or later updated to include DDoS attack functionality at a purchaser’s request. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
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Chalk up another win for global cooperation among law enforcement, this time targeting seven types of cyber fraud, including voice phishing and business email compromise. Go to Source Author: Dark Reading Staff
Russian authorities have sentenced the leader of the criminal group behind the now-closed dark web platform Hydra Market to life in prison. […] Go to Source Author: Sergiu Gatlan
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The recently uncovered ‘Bootkitty’ UEFI bootkit, the first malware of its kind targeting Linux systems, exploits CVE-2023-40238, aka ‘LogoFAIL,’ to infect computers running on a vulnerable UEFI firmware. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
With cybersecurity talent hard to come by and companies increasingly looking for guidance and best practices, virtual and fractional chief information security officers can make a lot of sense. Go to Source Author: Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital got hit with a ransomware attack, while the nature of an incident at Wirral University Teaching Hospital remains undisclosed. Go to Source Author: Dark Reading Staff
The playbooks that accompany your incident response plan provide efficiency and consistency in responses, help reduce downtime and dwell time, and can be a cost-saving and reputational-saving measure for your organization. Go to Source Author: James Bruhl
Mozilla is testing a fresh approach that could persuade more people to switch their default browser on Windows. […] Go to Source Author: Mayank Parmar
Microsoft is readying a new release of Windows in 2025 that will have significant security controls such as more resilient drivers and “self-defending” operating system kernel. Go to Source Author: Jeffrey Schwartz