Steadybit, a leader in chaos engineering, today announces that it has successfully raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Paladin Capital Group. Steadybit’s mission is to improve software reliability through chaos engineering, a practice that ensures systems are robust and resilient against unpredictable online environments. By simulating disturbances and potential failures, Steadybit aids […]
Experts released PoC exploit for critical Progress Software OpenEdge bug Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2024 Researchers released technical specifics and a PoC exploit for a recently disclosed flaw in Progress Software OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer. Researchers from Horizon3.ai have published technical details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for the critical security flaw CVE-2024-1403 in […]
Impersonated accounts on X (formerly Twitter) have been blamed for the majority of cryptocurrency phishing attacks last month, with victims losing almost $47m. Anti-fraud specialist Scam Sniffer claimed in its monthly Scam Sniffer Phishing Report that cybercriminals stole nearly $46.9m from just over 57,000 victims. Most of these individuals were lured to phishing sites by […]
Threat actors use pentesting tools to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in target systems or networks. These tools provide a simulated environment for testing potential attack vectors that allow threat actors to exploit security gaps and gain unauthorized access. By using pentesting tools, threat actors can assess the effectiveness of their methods and refine their strategies […]
As the April 15, 2024 tax filing deadline approaches in the US, some old and some new tax-related scams targeting both taxpayers and tax professionals. Tax-related scams targeting taxpayers With taxpayers rushing to file their personal federal income tax return, scammers are taking advantage of the commotion to trick people into sending them money or […]
Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transaction and chat records of users who refuse to pay a fee ranging from $100 to $20,000. The bold mass extortion attempt comes just days after Incognito Market administrators […]
Over three-quarters of cyber incidents impacted small businesses in 2023, with ransomware having the biggest impact on these firms, according to a new Sophos report. The notorious LockBit group made up the highest number of small business ransomware incidents handled by Sophos Incident Response last year, at 27.59%. LockBit infections were considerably higher than the […]
The festival is dead – long live the festival The imminent death of the festival has been heralded in many media quarters of late, with the demise of (summer) seasoned regulars on the map like Nostock in Bromyard, Herefordshire and Standon Calling and Bluedot’s decisions to postpone their 2024 events until next year. There’s no […]
ReversingLabs has identified a new, malicious campaign consisting of seven different open source packages with 19 different versions on the Python Package Index (PyPI), with the oldest package dating back to December, 2022. The campaign’s goal: to steal mnemonic phrases used to recover lost or destroyed crypto wallets. This is just the latest software […]