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Fox News 'hacker' turns out to be journalist whose lawyers say was doing his job
in brief A Florida journalist has been arrested and charged with breaking into protected computer systems in a case his lawyers say was less "hacking," more "good investigative journalism." …
Security is hard because it has to be right all the time? Yeah, like everything else
Systems Approach One refrain you often hear is that security must be built in from the ground floor; that retrofitting security to an existing system is the source of design complications, or worse, outright flawed designs.…
LockBit extorted billions of dollars from victims, fresh leaks suggest
Authorities digging into LockBit's finances believe the group may have generated more than $1 billion in ransom fees over its four-year lifespan.…
U-Haul tells 67K customers that cyber-crooks drove away with their personal info
U-Haul is alerting tens of thousands of folks that miscreants used stolen credentials to break into one of its systems and access customer records that contained some personal data.…
LockBit identity reveal a bigger letdown than Game of Thrones Season 8
The grand finale of the week of LockBit leaks was slated to expose the real identity of LockBitSupp – the alias of the gang's public spokesperson – but the reveal has fallen short of expectations.…
Tips on meeting complex cloud security challenges
Webinar Dealing with the double trouble of relentless cyber threats and regular technology refresh cycles can stretch already overworked security practitioners. And orchestrating the transition to cloud-native applications and multi-cloud architectures doesn't make things any easier.…
X protests forced suspension of accounts on orders of India's government
The global government affairs team at X (née Twitter) has suspended some accounts and posts in India after receiving executive orders to do so from the country's government, backed by threat of penalties including significant fines and imprisonment.…
Avast shells out $17M to shoo away claims it peddled people's personal data
Avast has agreed to cough up $16.5 million after the FTC accused the antivirus vendor of selling customer information to third parties.…
Cyberattack downs pharmacies across America
Updated IT provider Change Healthcare has confirmed it shut down some of its systems following a cyberattack, disrupting prescription orders and other services at pharmacies across the US.…
Authorities dismantled LockBit before it could unleash revamped variant
Law enforcement's disruption of the LockBit ransomware crew comes as the criminal group was working on bringing a brand-new variant to market, research reveals.…
Ukrainian police arrest father and son in suspected LockBit affiliate double act
Today's edition of the week-long LockBit leaks reveals a father-son duo was apprehended in Ukraine as part of the series of takedown-related arrests this week.…
Giant leak reveals Chinese infosec vendor I-Soon is one of Beijing's cyber-attackers for hire
A cache of stolen document posted to GitHub appears to reveal how a Chinese infosec vendor named I-Soon offers rent-a-hacker services for Beijing.…
Biden asks Coast Guard to create an infosec port in a stormy sea of cyber threats
President Biden has empowered the US Coast Guard (USCG) to get a tighter grip on cybersecurity at American ports – including authorizing yet another incident reporting rule.…
Apple promises to protect iMessage chats from quantum computers
Apple says it's going to upgrade the cryptographic protocol used by iMessage to hopefully prevent the decryption of conversations by quantum computers, should those machines ever exist in a meaningful way.…
Duo face 20 years in prison over counterfeit iPhone scam
Two Chinese nationals are facing a maximum of 20 years in prison after being convicted of mailing thousands of fake iPhones to Apple for repair in the hope they'd be replaced with new handsets.…
Exploiting the latest max-severity ConnectWise bug is 'embarrassingly easy'
Infosec researchers say urgent patching of the latest remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in ConnectWise's ScreenConnect is required given its maximum severity score.…
LockBit leaks expose nearly 200 affiliates and bespoke data-stealing malware
The latest revelation from law enforcement authorities in relation to this week's LockBit leaks is that the ransomware group had registered nearly 200 "affiliates" over the past two years.…
Harness the power of security automation
Webinar The complexity facing businesses as they make the necessary transition to cloud-native applications and multi-cloud architectures keeps cloud teams firmly on the frontline when it comes to implementing security policies.…
A common goal for European cyber security
Webinar It was growing threat levels and an increase in reported cybersecurity attacks since digitalization which pushed the European Union to introduce the original Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive in 2016.…
Orgs are having a major identity crisis while crims reap the rewards
Identity-related threats pose an increasing risk to those protecting networks because attackers – ranging from financially motivated crime gangs and nation-state backed crews – increasingly prefer to log in using stolen credentials instead of exploiting vulnerabilities or social engineering.…