Critical Infrastructure Security Hacks on Unregulated Dams Can Result in Mass Casualties, Experts and Lawmakers Warn Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • April 18, 2024 Dams need better cybersecurity, warn experts. (Image: Shutterstock) Could a hacker seize control of America’s dams, unleashing floods and chaos across vulnerable communities? Cybersecurity analysts and leading lawmakers warn it’s […]
Attackers are increasingly making use of “networkless” attack techniques targeting cloud apps and identities. Here’s how attackers can (and are) compromising organizations – without ever needing to touch the endpoint or conventional networked systems and services. Before getting into the details of the attack techniques being used, let’s discuss why these attacks are becoming more […]
Threat actors behind the Akira ransomware group have extorted approximately $42 million in illicit proceeds after breaching the networks of more than 250 victims as of January 1, 2024. “Since March 2023, Akira ransomware has impacted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure entities in North America, Europe, and Australia,” cybersecurity agencies from the […]
A legitimate-looking Google Search advertisement for the crypto trading platform ‘Whales Market’ redirects visitors to a wallet-draining phishing site that steals all of your assets.
Quishing attacks, a form of phishing that leverages QR codes, have significantly increased, climbing from a mere 0.8% in 2021 to 10.8% in 2024. The figures come from the latest Egress report, which also suggests a notable decrease in attachment-based payloads, which halved from 72.7% to 35.7% over the same period. According to the new […]
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Experts See Groups Shoot Themselves in the Foot by Yet Again Swindling Affiliates Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • April 18, 2024 Fewer victims are paying extortion demanded by ransomware groups, says Coveware. (Image: Shutterstock) Here’s ransomware news to celebrate: The number of victims who opt to pay […]
This month’s best new releases include an analogue percussion monster from Hexinverter and Erica Synths, plus three very different oscillators from Befaco, Noise Engineering and Klavis. Hexinverter Mutant Machine Reissued and reimagined by Erica Synths following the closure of Hexinverter, the Mutant Machine is a thing of beauty. What we have here is a strictly […]
Apr 19, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Government entities in the Middle East have been targeted as part of a previously undocumented campaign to deliver a new backdoor dubbed CR4T. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it discovered the activity in February 2024, with evidence suggesting that it may have been active since at least a […]
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