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This collaborative endeavor has now welcomed a new addition - the Cyber Threat Intelligence search engine Criminal IP - into PolySwarm's expansive detection engine network. Criminal IP's expertise is set to amplify the aggregation and validation of critical threat data.
Ransomware shows no signs of slowing, with ransomware activity ending 13 times higher than at the start of 2023 as a proportion of all malware detections, according to Fortinet. FortiGuard Labs has documented substantial spikes in ransomware variant growth in recent years, largely fueled by the adoption of Ransomware-as-a-Service.
A new malware campaign has been observed making use of malicious OpenBullet configuration files to target inexperienced cyber criminals with the goal of delivering a remote access trojan capable of stealing sensitive information. OpenBullet is a legitimate open-source pen testing tool used for automating credential stuffing attacks.
Criminal IP, a leading Cyber Threat Intelligence search engine, has formed a powerful alliance with Tines, a renowned provider of no-code automation solutions. Explore Stories with Criminal IP API. Users can accelerate their automation efforts and address common use cases by accessing the Tines Story Library.
It's an awkward Monday for Dublin Airport after pay and benefits details for some 2,000 staff were apparently "Compromised" following a recent attack on professional service provider Aon. Victims of the criminals exploiting the MOVEit flaws include multiple US government agencies, Ofcom, the BBC, British Airways and Aer Lingus.
Criminal IP, an OSINT-based CTI search engine provided by AI SPERA, has recently announced the introduction of a bug bounty program aimed at strengthening the safety of its services and protecting its users. The bug bounty program introduced by Criminal IP encourages security researchers to identify and report potentially exploitable vulnerabilities within its systems.
Europol on Tuesday announced that the takedown of EncroChat in July 2020 led to 6,558 arrests worldwide and the seizure of €900 million in illicit criminal proceeds. The law enforcement agency said that a subsequent joint investigation initiated by French and Dutch authorities intercepted and analyzed over 115 million conversations that took place over the encrypted messaging platform between no less than 60,000 users.
Webinar It seems no longer possible to imagine whether it's just a case of if a security breach will occur within your organization, or if malicious actors will exploit a vulnerability to play havoc with your data. Rubrik Zero Labs' latest report into the state of data security doesn't sugar coat the pill, with an astonishing 99 percent of IT and security leaders having been made aware of at least one attack in 2022.
The criminals who hit one of the biggest government-backed dental care and insurance providers in the US earlier this year hung about for 10 days while they extracted info on nearly 9 million people, including kids from poverty-stricken homes. This included a huge range of data, from patients' full names, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses to their Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers or government ID numbers, and health insurance information, and in some cases even included dental X-rays.
Uncle Sam announced its commenced over 4,000 legal actions in three months - mostly harshly worded letters - to rein in "Money mules" involved in romance scams, business email compromise, and other fraudulent schemes. Money mules are the individuals who provide money transfer services - occasionally unwittingly - to launder robbery funds.