The DIB Vulnerability Disclosure Program (DIB-VDP), a joint venture between the DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3), the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), and HackerOne, will bring better vulnerability disclosure practices to the DIB.
Between crossovers – Do threat actors play dirty or desperate? In our dataset of over 11,000 victim organizations that have experienced a Cyber Extortion / Ransomware attack, we noticed that some victims re-occur. Consequently, the question arises why we observe a re-victimization and whether or not this is an actual second attack, an affiliate crossover […]
The Rise of Social Media as a Browser Security Challenge In the modern workspace the lines between professional and personal digital spaces are becoming increasingly blurred. Popular social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn and WhatsApp, once relegated to the realm of personal interaction, have long been integrated into the fabric of daily corporate communication and […]
New duo are Spiral Tribe veteran and dancer/film maker Wave Arising is a collaboration between seasoned ‘tekno’ pioneer Sebastian Vaughan – once a member of notorious anarcho rave sound system Spiral Tribe – and the dancer/video maker Kynsie. They offer “an alternative frequency of rave culture, centred around the initiatic process and transformative benefits of music, movement and meditation, and […]
Sennheiser’s new flagship studio model aims to strike a balance between neutrality, engagement and comfort. Greg Scarth sits down for some critical listening. Like so many things in life, headphones are all about balance. Aside from the obvious compromise between accurate and engaging sound, manufacturers are trying to balance comfort with weight, all while keeping […]
Accelerating competition between nation-states, regional conflicts with far-reaching impact, and non-state threat actors with unprecedented capabilities are three of the main cyber threats the US intelligence community (IC) will face over the next few months. This is according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) 2024 Annual Assessment of the US Intelligence […]
The alliance between ransomware groups and initial access brokers (IABs) is still the powerful engine for cybercriminal industry, as evidenced by the 74% year-on-year increase in the number of companies that had their data uploaded on dedicated leak sites (DLS), according to Group-IB’s Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2023/2024 report. Global threat actors also demonstrated increased interest […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately $3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its development of weapons of mass destruction. And the high volume of cyberattacks by North Korean hacking groups who report to the […]
The code embedded inside devices that bridges interactions between hardware and software is frequently exposed to security vulnerabilities, but lawmakers and federal officials have not paid enough attention to them, a national security think tank analysis argues. The report, released Wednesday by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, contends that firmware vulnerabilities remain largely unaddressed, […]