Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Social Engineering Escalation of Cyberespionage Likely Tied to Upcoming European Elections Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 4, 2024 German agencies including the Federal Office for Information Security warned about an uptick in phishing emails targeting political parties. (Image: Shutterstock) German federal agencies warned that phishing attacks targeting political […]
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime CoralRaider Looks for Social Media Accounts That Contain Payment Information Mihir Bagwe (MihirBagwe) • April 5, 2024 Cisco Talos traced the IP address of CoralRaider, financially motivated hackers, to Hanoi, Vietnam, pictured. (Image: Shutterstock) Vietnamese financially motivated hackers are targeting businesses across Asia in a campaign to […]
Apr 03, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Penetration Testing Attack surface management (ASM) and vulnerability management (VM) are often confused, and while they overlap, they’re not the same. The main difference between attack surface management and vulnerability management is in their scope: vulnerability management checks a list of known assets, while attack surface management assumes you […]
Mar 28, 2024The Hacker NewsSecrets Management / Zero Trust In the whirlwind of modern software development, teams race against time, constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation and efficiency. This relentless pace is fueled by an evolving tech landscape, where SaaS domination, the proliferation of microservices, and the ubiquity of CI/CD pipelines are not just trends […]
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Repeat Crackdowns Drive Criminals to Embrace Foreign-Made Encrypted Messaging Apps Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 13, 2024 Chinese criminals prefer not to draw the state’s attention. (Image: Shutterstock) Think “Chinese hackers” and most likely Beijing’s many state espionage threat actors come to mind. Partly, says cybersecurity […]
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Dual Canadian-Russian National Also Agrees to US Extradition Mihir Bagwe (MihirBagwe) • March 13, 2024 LockBit affiliate Mikhail Vasiliev received a four-year prison sentence in Canadian court Tuesday. LockBit ransomware affiliate Mikhail Vasiliev on Tuesday received a nearly four-year prison sentence in Canada and consented to extradition […]
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Governance & Risk Management , Privacy Court Decision Backs 3-Month Ban Imposed by the Country’s Data Regulator Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 12, 2024 Image: Shutterstock The Spanish High Court on Monday sided with the country’s data regulator to uphold a three-month ban on OpenAI founder Sam […]
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware US Healthcare Entities Are Firmly in Akira Ransomware Group’s Sights, Expert Warns Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 12, 2024 Ransomware groups come and go, but the cybercriminals behind them are a constant. (Image: Shutterstock) Would LockBit by any other name be as dour? Russian-speaking ransomware groups […]
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