Gambling and lottery giant International Game Technology (IGT) has taken certain systems offline after falling victim to a cyberattack over the weekend. The incident, the company says, was discovered on November 17, and has disrupted certain parts of its internal IT network. “An unauthorized third party gained access to certain of its systems, and the […]
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The US Department of Justice this week announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, a marketplace for trading stolen credit card information, and charges against three of its administrators. PopeyeTools, DoJ announced, was disrupted after the US legally seized its .com, .co.uk, and .to domains that facilitated access to the marketplace. According to court documents, in or […]
A Russia-linked cyberespionage group has made over 60 victims in Asia and Europe, mainly in the government, human rights, and education sectors, Recorded Future reports. Initially identified in May 2023 and tracked as TAG-110, the threat actor’s activity overlaps that of UAC-0063, which Ukraine’s CERT team has linked to Russian state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) […]
When I ask around about who most consistently exemplifies strength and resilience in our industry, the answer is quite often cybersecurity industry veteran Wendy Nather. While we’ve never worked directly together, I have been so fortunate to cross paths with her often with the many different hats we have both worn in this industry. I’m […]
Hundreds of thousands of internet-accessible hosts are potentially exposed to exploits targeting the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities of 2023, VulnCheck reports. Released last week, the list of 2023’s top exploited vulnerabilities identifies 15 security defects in Apache, Atlassian, Barracuda, Citrix, Cisco, Fortinet, Microsoft, Progress, PaperCut, and Zoho products, and draws attention to 32 other bugs […]
Microsoft on Thursday announced significantly disrupting the ONNX phishing service and made public the name of an Egyptian man who allegedly runs it. According to the tech giant, an individual named Abanoub Nady (aka MRxC0DER) has developed and sold phishing kits under the ONNX brand. Nady was previously unmasked by dark web monitoring platform Dark […]
Generative AI security startup Prompt Security on Wednesday announced raising $18 million in Series A funding, which brings the total raised by the company to $23 million. The new funding round was led by Jump Capital, with additional support from Hetz Ventures, Ridge Ventures, Okta, and F5. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based firm emerged from stealth […]
A Thai court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit brought by a pro-democracy activist which alleged spyware produced by an Israeli tech firm had been used to hack his phone. The Civil Court in Bangkok said Jatupat Boonpattararaksa had failed to show sufficient proof that his phone was infected with Pegasus spyware produced by NSO […]
Trustero, a provider of AI-powered security and compliance solutions, announced the close of a $10.35 million Series A funding round on Thursday. Founded in 2020, Trustero’s Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform can streamline audits and leverage artificial intelligence to help organizations establish and manage regulatory compliance, including vulnerability assessment and security risk analysis. The company emerged from […]