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The Spanish police have arrested one of the alleged leaders of the 'Kelvin Security' hacking group, which is believed to be responsible for 300 cyberattacks against organizations in 90 countries since 2020. News of the arrest of a leader of the financial component of the group was posted to the Spanish National Police's Telegram channel Sunday morning, stating that the threat actors are linked to attacks on government institutions across Spain, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Japan, and the United States.
The UK National Cyber Security Centre and Microsoft warn that the Russian state-backed actor "Callisto Group" is targeting organizations worldwide with spear-phishing campaigns used to steal account credentials and data. Today, the United Kingdom officially attributed attacks to Callisto that led to the leaking of UK-US trade documents, the 2018 hack of the UK think tank Institute for Statecraft, and more recently, the hack on StateCraft's founder Christopher Donnelly.
Humans are complex beings with consciousness, emotions, and the capacity to act based on thoughts. In the ever-evolving realm of cybersecurity, humans consistently remain primary targets for...
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned the North Korean-backed Kimsuky hacking group for stealing intelligence in support of the country's strategic goals. OFAC has also sanctioned eight North Korean agents for facilitating sanctions evasion and supporting their country's weapons of mass destruction programs.
The former chief operating officer of a cybersecurity company has pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals, part of the Gwinnett Medical Center, in June 2021 to boost his company's business. Vikas Singla, who worked for Securolytics, a network security company that provided services to the healthcare industry, pleaded guilty to hacking into the systems of GMC Northside Hospital hospitals in Duluth and Lawrenceville, as prosecutors said in a June 2021 indictment.
Bitcoin wallets created between 2011 and 2015 are susceptible to a new kind of exploit called Randstorm that makes it possible to recover passwords and gain unauthorized access to a multitude of...
It's not every day that you discover a new Russian hacking group complete with a song and dance routine, a sleek user interface and a clearly thought-out business model. AlphaLock serves as one of the first and interesting examples we've seen of a threat group trying to create their own end to end pipeline to generate revenue.
The North Korea-linked nation-state group called BlueNoroff has been attributed to a previously undocumented macOS malware strain dubbed ObjCShellz. Jamf Threat Labs, which disclosed details of the malware, said it's used as part of the RustBucket malware campaign, which came to light earlier this year.
Although Åland is part of the Republic of Finland, it has its own autonomous parliament. In areas where Åland has its own legislation, the group of islands essentially operates as an independent nation.
Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities it tracks as Octo Tempest, that targets companies in data extortion and ransomware attacks. Microsoft says that Octo Tempest also used direct physical threats in some cases to obtain logins that would advance their attack.