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 […]
Ionix (formerly Cyberpion) helps enterprises reduce their attack surface by giving them a better view of their overall security posture and software supply chain across on-premises, cloud and third-party platforms and services. The company today announced that it has added $15 million to its previously announced $27 million Series A round. The new funding comes […]
Jan 17, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Cyber Threat Citrix is warning of two zero-day security vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC (formerly Citrix ADC) and NetScaler Gateway (formerly Citrix Gateway) that are being actively exploited in the wild. The flaws are listed below – CVE-2023-6548 (CVSS score: 5.5) – Authenticated (low privileged) remote code execution on Management Interface (requires […]
Jan 11, 2024NewsroomOnline Security / Cryptocurrency The compromise of Mandiant’s X (formerly Twitter) account last week was likely the result of a “brute-force password attack,” attributing the hack to a drainer-as-a-service (DaaS) group. “Normally, [two-factor authentication] would have mitigated this, but due to some team transitions and a change in X’s 2FA policy, we were […]
A ransomware group Knight, formerly called Cyclops has allegedly carried out a cyberattack on US Claims Solutions (USCS). The Cyber Express found no reference to the USCS cyberattack on the website of the insurance firm. US Claims Solutions is an insurance industry that offers services related to cargo and inspections, commercial loss claims, firearms appraisals, […]
Norway is urging the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to ban Meta (formerly Facebook) from harvesting user data for advertising purposes permanently and extend the ban across Europe.
Cybersecurity experts have shed light on a new cybercrime group known as ShadowSyndicate (formerly Infra Storm) that may have leveraged as many as seven different ransomware families over the past year. “ShadowSyndicate is a threat actor that works with various ransomware groups and affiliates of ransomware programs,” Group-IB and Bridewell said in a new joint […]