Ransomware payments dropped 35% in 2024
Chainalysis says a combination of law enforcement actions and better defenses led to less money going out to ransomware actors.
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Infosec pros: We need CVSS, warts and all
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System has a lot of critics, but experts say it’s still the best unified way to share the severity of cybersecurity flaws.
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Android security update includes patch for actively exploited vulnerability
The monthly update closes 47 security vulnerabilities in total.
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Here’s all the ways an abandoned cloud instance can cause security issues
Research released Tuesday by watchTowr shows how easy an old storage bucket can be repurposed by malicious attackers.
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From credit card fraud to zero-day exploits: Xe Group expanding cybercriminal efforts
The Vietnam-based group has grown more sophisticated since 2013, new research shows.
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Department of Justice partners with Dutch police to break up HeartSender network
Also known as “Saim Raza,” the group was allegedly responsible for over $3 million in losses.
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Wiz researchers find sensitive DeepSeek data exposed to internet
Experts for the cloud security firm pulled sensitive data from the service with simple SQL queries.
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FBI seizes major cybercrime forums in coordinated domain takedown
The domains for Cracked and Nulled now redirect to FBI-controlled servers.
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Apple’s latest patch closes zero-day affecting wide swath of products
The zero-day impacts Apple’s framework that manages audio and video playback.
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Open-source security spat leads companies to join forces for new tool
A company’s licensing change to a static analysis tool has forced 10 companies together to create Opengrep.
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