Security News > 2024 > February
Hackers are believed to have used a stolen private key to mint and steal over $290 million in PLA tokens, a cryptocurrency used within the PlayDapp ecosystem. PlayDapp is a blockchain-based platform that uses and trades non-fungible tokens within games, allowing users to buy, sell, and trade digital assets across various games without intermediaries.
The Bumblebee malware has returned after a four-month vacation, targeting thousands of organizations in the United States in phishing campaigns. Bumblebee is a malware loader discovered in April 2022 and is believed to have been developed by the Conti and Trickbot cybercrime syndicate as a replacement for the BazarLoader backdoor.
The cybersecurity risks of SaaS chat apps, such as Microsoft Teams or Slack, often go underestimated. In the most recently reported case, AT&T Cybersecurity discovered phishing conducted against its Managed Detection and Response customers over Microsoft Teams in a DarkGate malware attack.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology established the AI Safety Institute on Feb. 7 to determine guidelines and standards for AI measurement and policy.An interesting omission on the list of U.S. AI Safety Institute members is the Future of Life Institute, a global nonprofit with investors including Elon Musk, established to prevent AI from contributing to "Extreme large-scale risks" such as global war.
The Glupteba botnet has been found to incorporate a previously undocumented Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit feature, adding another layer of sophistication and stealth to the...
The number of senior business executives stymied by an ongoing phishing campaign continues to rise with cybercriminals registering hundreds of cloud account takeovers since spinning it up in November. In addition to the hundreds of ATOs, "Dozens" of Azure environments were also compromised, Proofpoint said.
The threat actors behind the PikaBot malware have made significant changes to the malware in what has been described as a case of "devolution." "Although it appears to be in a new development...
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The Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian cybersecurity incidents raised alarms about the vulnerabilities inherent in major SaaS platforms. These incidents illustrate the stakes involved in...
With more voters than ever in history heading to the polls in 2024, Resecurity has identified a growing trend of malicious cyber-activity targeting sovereign elections globally. In an era of unprecedented geopolitical volatility, this trend is particularly concerning, as Time Magazine notes that 64 countries are set to hold national elections this year.