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Here's how Chinese cyber spies exploited a critical Fortinet bug
Suspected Chinese spies have exploited a critical Fortinet bug, and used custom networking malware to steal credentials and maintain network access, according to Mandiant security researchers.…
FTX inner circle helped itself to $3.2B, liquidators say
In fresh filings in the FTX bankruptcy case, the cryptocurrency-exchange-slash-hedge-fund's liquidators say they've uncovered $3.2 billion (£2.6b) in payments and loans made to disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his inner circle. …
Got Conti? Here's the ransomware cure to avoid paying up
Good news for ransomware victims: Kaspersky security researchers say they've cracked the Conti ransomware code and released a decryptor tool after uncovering leaked data belonging to the notorious Russian crime group.…
UK.gov bans TikTok from its devices as a 'precaution' over spying fears
The United Kingdom government has banned use of Chinese social media platform TikTok among ministers and officials on their work devices as a “precautionary” measure over worries the app is used to snoop on Brits.…
Hands up who DIDN'T exploit this years-old flaw to ransack a US govt web server...
Multiple criminals, including at least potentially one nation-state group, broke into a US federal government agency's Microsoft Internet Information Services web server by exploiting a critical three-year-old Telerik bug to achieve remote code execution.…
Cancer patient sues hospital after ransomware gang leaks her nude medical photos
A cancer patient whose nude medical photos and records were posted online after they were stolen by a ransomware gang, has sued her healthcare provider for allowing the "preventable" and "seriously damaging" leak.…
Pair accused of breaking into US law enforcement database, posing as cops
A 19-year-old suspected of belonging to the "ViLE" crime group told a man authorities think is in the same gang that he "jacked into a police officer's account" and "the portal had some fucking potent tools" according to a complaint unsealed today in the Eastern District of New York.…
SVB collapse's mix of money, urgency and uncertainty makes it irresistible to scammers
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) late last week sent tremors through the global financial system, creating opportunities for short-sellers – and numerous species of scammer.…
China sought control of submarine cables to spy, says Micronesia
The outgoing president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), David Panuelo, penned a lengthy letter last week accusing Beijing of rampant bribery, spying and other tactics – including an attempt to take control of the nation's submarine cables and telecoms infrastructure.…
Crims exploit Microsoft, Fortinet flaws before any patches exist
Patch Tuesday Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday includes new fixes for 74 bugs, two of which are already being actively exploited, and nine that are rated critical. Let's start with the two that miscreants found before Redmond issued a fix.…
Microsoft squashes Windows bug exploited to inflict ransomware misery
Criminals are exploiting a Microsoft SmartScreen bug to deliver Magniber ransomware, potentially infecting hundreds of thousands of devices, without raising any security red flags, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG).…
UK refreshes national security plan to stop more of China's secret-stealing cyber-tricks
Britain's domestic intelligence service MI5 will oversee a new agency tasked with helping local organizations combat Chinese cyber-spies and other threats]…
LockBit brags: We'll leak thousands of SpaceX blueprints stolen from supplier
Ransomware gang Lockbit has boasted it broke into Maximum Industries, which makes parts for SpaceX, and stole 3,000 proprietary schematics developed by Elon Musk's rocketeers.…
Zoll Medical says intruders had 1M+ patient, staff records at their fingertips
Medical device and software maker Zoll Medical says the personal and health information of more than a million people, including patients and employees, may have been stolen by crooks in January.…
CISA joins forces with Women in CyberSecurity to break up the boy's club
in brief Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's director Jen Easterly has been outspoken in her drive to bring more women into the security industry, and this year for International Women's Day her agency formalized that pledge by announcing a partnership with nonprofit Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS).…
The UK's bad encryption law can't withstand global contempt
Opinion Around the world, a vital technology is failing. Just as massive solar flares fry satellites and climate-change superstorms overwhelm flood defences, so a new surge of ridiculous IT-related events is burning out irony meters across the globe.…
Cutting complexity
Webinar It's like living in a fever dream out there in the world of cybersecurity. More and more sophisticated attacks, a tsunami of solutions offering a gilt-edged escape from the need to constantly reconfigure your defences, and relentless pressure to always stay one step ahead of the hackers.…
India floats idea of dedicated tribunal to handle online offences
India's government has started to consult some proposed details of its long-awaited Digital India Act, including a declaration that the bill needed a dedicated adjudicatory tool for offenses committed online.…
Google euthanizes Chrome Cleanup Tool because it no longer has a purpose
Google is bidding adieu to an application that enabled Chrome users on Windows systems to get rid of unwanted software.…
What happens if you 'cover up' a ransomware infection? For Blackbaud, a $3m charge
Blackbaud has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that it made misleading disclosures about a 2020 ransomware infection in which crooks stole more than a million files on around 13,000 of the cloud software slinger's customers.…
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