Another Record Year For Ransomware Beckons as Crypto Profits Hit $460m
Ransomware actors are set for their highest-grossing year on record in 2024 after crypto inflows in the first half of...
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Russia’s FSB Behind Massive Phishing Espionage Campaign
Two Russian-aligned cyber espionage squads have been conducting a sophisticated spear phishing campaign against Western and Russian civil society entities...
Cyber-criminals Exploited Paris Olympics With Fake Domains
Read more about cybersecurity at the Paris Olympics: Paris 2024 Olympics Face Escalating Cyber-Threats Paris 2024 CISO Reveals Cybersecurity Plans...
Compromised DNC credentials found on Telegram bot, cyber firm says
A recent report from the cybersecurity firm ZeroFox has raised alarming concerns about compromised credentials related to accounts tied to...
Unlocking the Secrets of Data Encryption
Data encryption plays a crucial role in securing sensitive information in our increasingly digital world. By converting plaintext into ciphertext,...
South Korea Warns Pyongyang Has Stolen Spy Plane Details
South Korea’s People Power Party (PPP) has demanded that a new cybersecurity law be enacted after several recent breaches of...
FBI Leads Effort to Dismantle Radar/Dispossessor Ransomware
The FBI has teamed up with law enforcers in the UK and Germany to dismantle IT infrastructure associated with a...
Prolific Belarusian Cybercriminal Arrested in Spain
A 38-year-old Belarusian accused of being one of the world’s most prolific Russian-speaking cybercriminals has been arrested and extradited by...
Phishing Campaign Compromises 100+ Ukrainian Government Computers
More than 100 Ukrainian government computers have been compromised following a mass phishing campaign, the Computer Emergency Response Team of...
East Valley Institute of Technology Data Breach Exposes Over 200,000 Records
The East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT), a career training school, has experienced a cybersecurity incident that exposed the personal...
NIST Formalizes World’s First Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
The world’s first post-quantum cryptography standards have been formalized by the US National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST).The standards...
Gold Mining Firm in Australia Reports Ransomware Breach
Australian gold mining firm Evolution Mining recently reported a ransomware attack on its IT systems, identified on August 8, 2024. In...
House lawmakers join effort to remove flagged Chinese tech from telecoms networks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to receive crucial support for its initiative aimed at eliminating potentially hazardous Chinese-made...
DARPA edges closer to using AI to expose cyber vulnerabilities
At the recent DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the selection...
Researchers Race to Address Voting Machine Security Ahead of November
The atmosphere at the Voting Village during the DEF CON hacker conference resembles that of a high-tech operating room dedicated...
Microsoft Reveals Iranian US Election Interference Ops
Microsoft has claimed Iran is gearing up for a major effort to interfere in this year’s US presidential election.The tech...
Man in Dock Accused of Breaking Hi-Tech Export Controls
A dual Russian and German national has made his first appearance in a US court, after being accused of bypassing...
Vulnerability in Windows Driver Leads to System Crashes
A newly discovered vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-6768, has surfaced in the Common Log File System (CLFS.sys) driver of Windows. This issue,...
UN Adopts Controversial Cybercrime Treaty
United Nations member states have adopted the Convention Against Cybercrime, ending almost three years of negotiations.However, many stakeholders, including NGOs...
High-Risk Cloud Exposures Surge Due to Rapid Service Growth
Organizations are introducing over 300 new services each month, contributing to nearly 32% of high or critical cloud exposures, according to...
DARPA Awards $14m to Seven Teams in AI Cyber Challenge
Read more about DARPA’s AIxCC: DARPA Challenges AI Pros to Safeguard US Infrastructure DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge Heats Up as...
How the White House cyber czar is working to breathe new life into America’s cybersecurity workforce
On a blazing August day just a short distance from the DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas, White House...
Former NSA Chief Advocates for Academic Involvement in National Security
LAS VEGAS — As global conflicts and cyber threats become ever more intricate, the importance of a strong collaboration between...
Guarding Your Code Fortress
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, the importance of secure software development cannot be overstated. With cyber threats becoming...
