Researchers Uncover New “Conversation Overflow” Tactics
Threat researchers have revealed a new cyber-attack using cloaked emails to deceive machine learning (ML) systems, enabling the infiltration of...
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Dropbox Used to Steal Credentials and Bypass MFA in Novel Phishing Campaign
A novel phishing campaign leveraged legitimate Dropbox infrastructure and successfully bypassed multifactor authentication (MFA) protocols, new research from Darktrace has...
Savvy Seahorse Targets Investment Platforms With DNS Scams
DNS threat actors operating under the moniker Savvy Seahorse have been observed employing sophisticated tactics to lure victims into fake...
Industrial Cyber Espionage France’s Top Threat Ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics
France’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) observed a significant rise in cyber espionage campaigns targeting strategic organizations in 2023.These operations are...
ICO Bans Serco Leisure’s Use of Facial Recognition for Employee Attendance
Serco Leisure has been ordered to stop using facial recognition technology (FRT) and fingerprint scanning to monitor employee attendance by...
Over 40% of Firms Struggle With Cybersecurity Talent Shortage
Over 40% of companies globally are struggling to fill critical cybersecurity roles, particularly in information security research and malware analysis,...
Governments and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware
Dozens of countries have agreed to join forces with multinational tech companies to fight against spyware and human rights abuses...
US Condemns Iran, Issues Sanctions for Cyber-Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
The US has slammed Iran for “destabilizing and potentially escalatory” cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure.The remarks were made in a statement...
Russian Coldriver Hackers Deploy Malware to Target Western Officials
Russian threat group Coldriver has expanded its targeting of Western officials with the use of malware to steal sensitive data,...
Vendor Email Attacks Surged by 137% in Financial Sector in 2023
The global financial services industry has witnessed a 137% increase in Vendor Email Compromise (VEC) attacks over the last year,...
Using Stronger Passwords Among Top 2024 Digital Resolutions
Almost a quarter of people mentioned cybersecurity among their New Year’s digital resolutions for 2024, according to Kaspersky.In the latest...
Daily Malicious Files Soar 3% in 2023, Kaspersky Finds
Cybercriminals unleashed an average of 411,000 malicious files every day in 2023, representing a 3% increase from the previous year,...
Ransomware Leak Site Victims Reached Record-High in November
After a quieter month in October, ransomware groups seemed to return with a vengeance in November, with the highest number...
BlackCat Rises: Infamous Ransomware Gang Defies Law Enforcement
Despite law enforcement efforts to take down the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang, the cybercriminals are not going down without a...
Foreign Actors Targeted 2022 US Elections, Intelligence Community Reveals
The US intelligence community has confirmed it detected evidence of foreign interference during the 2022 US federal elections.Russia, China and...
Cozy Bear Hackers Target JetBrains TeamCity Servers in Global Campaign
Cozy Bear, a threat group linked with the Russian foreign intelligence service (SVR), has been conducting a global hacking campaign...
ICO Warns of Fines for “Nefarious” AI Use
The UK’s privacy regulator has warned of falling public trust in AI and said any use of the technology which...
Cybercriminals Hesitant About Using Generative AI
Cybercriminals are so far reluctant to use generative AI to launch attacks, according to new research by Sophos.Examining four prominent...
Python Package Index Faces Security Crisis With Validated Leaks
Security researchers have discovered a total of 3938 unique secrets on PyPI, the official third-party package management system for the...
82% of Attacks Show Cyber-Criminals Targeting Telemetry Data
Cyber-criminals have been observed disabling or wiping out logs in 82% of incidents. The findings come from the latest report from...
MPs Dangerously Uninformed About Facial Recognition – Report
Most British lawmakers are unaware or misinformed about how and where facial recognition technology (FRT) is being used, and the...
GootBot Implant Heightens Risk of Post-Infection Ransomware
A “GootBot” implant, a variant of the notorious Gootloader malware, has been discovered by the IBM X-Force team. In an advisory published...
US Urges Critical Infrastructure Firms to Get “Shields Ready”
The US government has launched a new campaign designed to encourage critical infrastructure (CNI) stakeholders to enhance cyber-resilience in their organizations.The...
Microsoft Warns of Election Threats in 2024
A new threat intelligence assessment released by Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) has warned of potential unprecedented challenges to the...
