Beyond the kill chain: What cybercriminals do with their money (Part 3)
In the third of our five-part series, Sophos X-Ops explores the more legally and ethically dubious business interests of financially motivated threat actors
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The Hindustan Times reports: The Kerala Police Crime Branch’s move to seize the mobile phone of Aniru Ashokan, a reporter from a Malayalam daily, has triggered a wave of support from local journalists across the state. According to PTI, the Crime Branch’s action came after the journalist reported on the alleged breach of sensitive data…
Since no technical means have been found to curtail criminal extortion through prevention or attack, the new proposal is to eliminate its profitability. The post UK Considers Banning Ransomware Payment by Public Sector and CNI appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Over on Risky Biz News, Catalin Cimpanu has a great write-up about how a Romanian prisoner hacked the country’s prison management platform. He writes: The incident took place in August and continued through October. From various reports in Romanian media and a statement released by the national penitentiary police union, the incident appears to have originated in the city of Dej, in Romania’s……
The Japan Times reports: Japanese office supplies retailer Askul said that a ransomware cyberattack discovered in October led to the leakage of about 740,000 sets of data concerning its individual customers, corporate clients and employees. Of the total, about 590,000 sets of data were linked to its office supplies sales service for corporate customers, while……
Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced that it’s adding support for passkeys, the next-generation password standard, on Facebook. “Passkeys are a new way to verify your identity and login to your account that’s easier and more secure than traditional passwords,” the tech giant said in a post. Support for passkeys is expected to be available “soon”…