Collaborate Disseminate
During the second quarter, new ransomware groups, including PLAY, Medusa, RansomHub, INC Ransom, BlackSuit, and some additional lesser-known factions, led a series of attacks that eclipsed the first quarter of this year by 16% and the second quarter of… Continue reading Ransomware crisis deepens as attacks and payouts rise
A former US president and several members of Congress were targets of a plot carried out by two European men to intimidate and threaten dozens of people by calling in bogus reports of police emergencies at their homes.
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Forescout’s 2024H1 Threat Review is a new report that reviews the current state of vulnerabilities, threat actors, and ransomware attacks in the first half of 2024 and compares them to H1 2023. “Attackers are looking for any weak point to breach … Continue reading A macro look at the most pressing cybersecurity risks
Global cybercrime has shown no sign of decline and is expected to grow strong per year over the next five years. To identify the most urgent cybersecurity threats of the first half of 2024, the Critical Start Cyber Research Unit (CRU) analyzed 3,438 hi… Continue reading Cyber threats that shaped the first half of 2024
As enforcement and attribution have improved, scammers are ditching static infrastructure and drawn-out schemes for shorter campaigns that use disposable assets.
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The threat of deepfakes lies not in the technology itself, but in people’s natural tendency to trust what they see. As a result, deepfakes don’t need to be highly advanced or convincing to effectively spread misinformation and disinformatio… Continue reading Deepfakes: Seeing is no longer believing
Mandiant says the primary motive for the operation appears to be helping the Iranian government identify Iranians who may cooperate with Israel.
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The group’s side hustle may not have explicit permission from its Iranian government sponsor.
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Runa Sandvik is an inaugural member of CISA’s Technical Advisory Council and the Aspen Institute’s Global Cybersecurity Group, and a board member of the Signals Network. But she is so much more.
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The US government is offering a $2.5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of malware distributor Volodymyr Kadariya.
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