Security News

ISC2 Security Congress 2024: The Landscape of Nation-State Cyber Attacks
2024-10-21 17:19

CISA advisor Nicole Perlroth closed out ISC2 Security Congress’ keynotes with a wake-up call for security teams to watch for nation-state-sponsored attacks.

Week in review: 87k+ Fortinet devices still open to attack, red teaming tool used for EDR evasion
2024-10-20 08:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 87,000+ Fortinet devices still open to attack, are yours among them? (CVE-2024-23113) Last week,...

Crypt Ghouls Targets Russian Firms with LockBit 3.0 and Babuk Ransomware Attacks
2024-10-19 07:39

A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting...

Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack
2024-10-18 16:37

Nidec Corporation is informing that hackers behind a ransomware attack is suffered earlier this year stole data and leaked it on the dark web. [...]

Microsoft: Ransomware Attacks Growing More Dangerous, Complex
2024-10-17 21:04

Attackers launched 600 million cybercriminal and nation-state threats on Microsoft customers daily, including ransomware attacks, in the last year, according to the tech giant.

Russian RomCom Attacks Target Ukrainian Government with New SingleCamper RAT Variant
2024-10-17 16:13

The Russian threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at Ukrainian government agencies and unknown Polish entities since at least late 2023. The intrusions...

BianLian ransomware claims attack on Boston Children's Health Physicians
2024-10-17 15:37

The BianLian ransomware group has claimed the cyberattack on Boston Children's Health Physicians (BCHP) and threatens to leak stolen files unless a ransom is paid. [...]

Brazilian police claim they've cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks
2024-10-17 14:00

Early stage opsec failures lead to landmark arrest of suspected serial data thief Brazilian police are being cagey with the details about the arrest of a person suspected to be responsible for...

SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack
2024-10-17 10:15

An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor with suspected ties to India has sprung forth with a flurry of attacks against high-profile entities and strategic infrastructures in the Middle East and...

U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks
2024-10-17 09:03

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged two Sudanese brothers with running a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet for hire that conducted a record 35,000 DDoS attacks in a single year,...