The US Department of State is offering a reward of $2.5 million for information leading to the arrest of Volodymyr Kadariya, the cybercriminal associated with an alleged scheme to transmit the Angler Exploit Kit (AEK) along with other malware. “The US Department of State is offering a reward of up to $2.5 million for information […]
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If you’ve been in cybersecurity for the past five to 10 years, you’ve probably heard the term “threat-informed defense.” Simply stated, a threat-informed defense focuses security teams, technologies, and budgets on those threats most likely to impact a particular organization, industry, geography, etc. The concept basically aligns with the famous (and often referenced) quote from […]
French prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating a litany of criminal activity on the popular messaging platform and placed him under formal investigation following his arrest Saturday. Russian-born Durov, who is also a French citizen, has been charged with being complicit in the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as […]
The most popular office software suite in China actually has two critical vulnerabilities, which allowed hackers the opportunity for remote code execution. Time to patch. Go to Source Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer
According to security researchers, the BlackByte ransomware group has been more active in exploiting organizations than previously thought. Security researchers from Cisco Talos have found evidence that the number of victims listed by BlackByte on its data leak site in recent months represents just 20% to 30% of the group’s successful compromises. Moreover, recently investigated […]
The South Korea-aligned cyberespionage group APT-C-60 has been leveraging a zero-day code execution vulnerability in the Windows version of WPS Office to install the SpyGlace backdoor on East Asian targets. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
A former core infrastructure engineer at an industrial company headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey, was arrested after locking Windows admins out of 254 servers in a failed extortion plot targeting his employer. […] Go to Source Author: Sergiu Gatlan
The U.S. Department of State and the Secret Service have announced a reward of $2,500,000 for information leading to Belarusian national Volodymyr Kadariya (Владимир Кадария) for cybercrime activities. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
CISA warned about the RCE zero-day vulnerability in AVTECH IP cameras in early August, and now vulnerable systems are being used to spread malware. Go to Source Author: Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading
The pivot is one of several changes the groups using the malware have used in recent attacks. Go to Source Author: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer