Security News

Venture capital giant Insight Partners hit by cyberattack
2025-02-18 20:33

New York-based venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners has disclosed that its systems were breached in January following a social engineering attack. [...]

Compliance Isn’t Security: Why a Checklist Won’t Stop Cyberattacks
2025-02-18 16:28

Think you're safe because you're compliant? Think again. Recent studies continue to highlight the concerning trend that compliance with major security frameworks does not necessarily prevent data...

North Korean APT43 Uses PowerShell and Dropbox in Targeted South Korea Cyberattacks
2025-02-13 14:26

A nation-state threat actor with ties to North Korea has been linked to an ongoing campaign targeting South Korean business, government, and cryptocurrency sectors. The attack campaign, dubbed...

DOGE as a National Cyberattack
2025-02-13 12:03

In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign...

North Korean Hackers Exploit PowerShell Trick to Hijack Devices in New Cyberattack
2025-02-12 10:43

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed using a new tactic that involves deceiving targets into running PowerShell as an administrator and then instructing them to...

Cyberattack disrupts Lee newspapers' operations across the US
2025-02-10 16:44

Lee Enterprises, one of the largest newspaper groups in the United States, says a cyberattack that hit its systems caused an outage last week and impacted its operations. [...]

UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks
2025-02-07 11:47

Freshly minted organization aims to take the guesswork out of incident severity for insurers and policy holders A world-first organization assembled to categorize the severity of cybersecurity...

Silent Lynx Using PowerShell, Golang, and C++ Loaders in Multi-Stage Cyberattacks
2025-02-05 12:46

A previously undocumented threat actor known as Silent Lynx has been linked to cyber attacks targeting various entities in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. "This threat group has previously targeted...

More destructive cyberattacks target financial institutions
2025-02-05 04:00

Financial institutions will continue to be the ultimate targets for criminals and threat actors, as a successful attack offers a significant payoff, according to Contrast Security. Contrast...

Cyberattack on NHS causes hospitals to miss cancer care targets
2025-02-04 11:44

Healthcare chiefs say impact will persist for months NHS execs admit that last year's cyberattack on hospitals in Wirral, northwest England, continues to "significantly" impact waiting times for...