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Clop ransomware threatens 66 Cleo attack victims with data leak
2024-12-24 13:02

The Clop ransomware gang started to extort victims of its Cleo data theft attacks and announced on its dark web portal that 66 companies have 48 hours to respond to the demands. [...]

Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Hacking WhatsApp
2024-12-24 12:04

A judge has found that NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware, has violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by hacking WhatsApp in order to spy on people using it. Jon Penney and I wrote a...

What do ransomware and Jesus have in common? A birth month and an unwillingness to die
2024-12-24 11:31

35 years since AIDS first borked a PC and we're still no closer to a solution Feature Your Christmas holidays looked quite different in the '80s to how they do today. While some will remember what...

North Korean Hackers Pull Off $308M Bitcoin Heist from Crypto Firm DMM Bitcoin
2024-12-24 09:40

Japanese and U.S. authorities have formerly attributed the theft of cryptocurrency worth $308 million from cryptocurrency company DMM Bitcoin in May 2024 to North Korean cyber actors. "The theft...

One third of adults can't delete device data
2024-12-24 09:29

Easier to let those old phones gather dust in a draw, survey finds The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has warned that many adults don't know how to wipe their old devices, and a...

CISA Adds Acclaim USAHERDS Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation
2024-12-24 09:25

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a now-patched high-severity security flaw impacting Acclaim Systems USAHERDS to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities...

Apache Tomcat Vulnerability CVE-2024-56337 Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks
2024-12-24 06:06

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released a security update to address an important vulnerability in its Tomcat server software that could result in remote code execution (RCE) under...

2025 is going to be a bumpy year for IoT
2024-12-24 06:00

In the Internet of Things (IoT) sector, 2025 is shaping up to be a politically charged year. Major global jurisdictions are set to implement device security regulations, coinciding with potential...

AI-driven scams are about to get a lot more convincing
2024-12-24 05:30

McAfee’s predictions for 2025 highlight emerging threats that consumers may encounter as cybercriminals exploit advanced AI technology. From hyper-realistic deepfakes and live video scams to...

How CISOs can make smarter risk decisions
2024-12-24 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Gavin Reid, CISO at HUMAN Security, talks about the latest cybersecurity threats and how attackers are becoming more sophisticated. He explains the...