On June 6, 19-year-old Matthew D. Lane pleaded guilty in federal court in Massachusetts to one count each of conspiracy to commit cyber extortion, cyber extortion, unauthorized access to protected computers, and aggravated identity theft. The first two charges were related to an unnamed telecom company identified as “Victim 1.” The third and fourth charges…
New York/Israel startup selling threat detection, investigation, and response tools banks $30 million in a Series B led by SYN Ventures. The post Mitiga Banks$30M Series B to Expand Cloud and SaaS Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.
For the 16th consecutive report, Sophos has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) category.
Oracle is urging customers to apply its January 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address 318 new security vulnerabilities spanning its products and services. The most severe of the flaws is a bug in the Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Framework (CVE-2025-21556, CVSS score: 9.9) that could allow an attacker to seize control of…
Hackers earned more than $700,000 on the first two days of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 for EV charger and infotainment exploits. The post Tesla Charger Exploits Earn Hackers $129,000 at Pwn2Own appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The Brussels Criminal Court has sentenced a Russian hacker to 7 years in prison. His former partner is sentenced to 5 years in prison, of which 1 year is suspended. The couple used the malicious software Crylock to remotely block computer files and demand ransom. In this way, they earned millions of euros. It is…
Counterfeit Facebook pages and sponsored ads on the social media platform are being employed to direct users to fake websites masquerading as Kling AI with the goal of tricking victims into downloading malware. Kling AI is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform to synthesize images and videos from text and image prompts. Launched in June 2024,…
