Daryna Antoniuk reports: Convenience store chain Circle K said a “network disruption” has paralyzed its Hong Kong operations for several days, forcing nearly 400 outlets across the city to suspend most electronic payment and loyalty services. The retailer said the incident, first reported over the weekend, affected e-payment systems, email services, and loyalty programs. Circle…
Coindoo reports: Physical attacks on cryptocurrency holders are rising sharply this year, with security experts warning that 2025 could become the most dangerous year yet for investors. At the Baltic Honeybadger conference in Riga, SatoshiLabs founder Alena Vranova described a wave of “wrench attacks” — kidnappings, assaults, and extortion aimed at forcing victims to surrender……
Suzanne Smalley reports: The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is poised to become a stronger force in the second Trump administration and will finally operate as the executive branch cybersecurity policy lead that Congress envisioned when establishing it in 2021, experts say. President Donald Trump’s selection of Sean Cairncross to lead the office signals that…
Imagine this: Your organization completed its annual penetration test in January, earning high marks for security compliance. In February, your development team deployed a routine software update. By April, attackers had already exploited a vulnerability introduced in that February update, gaining access to customer data weeks before being finally detected. This situation isn’t theoretical: it
The FBI said the target was tricked into downloading a malicious Python script under the guise of a pre-employment test hosted on GitHub. The post FBI Blames North Korea for $308M Cryptocurrency Hack as Losses Surge in 2024 appeared first on SecurityWeek.
DataTribe said Joyce will be a venture partner tasked with finding entrepreneurs developing new and emerging technologies for cyber defense. The post Former NSA Director Rob Joyce Joins DataTribe as Venture Partner appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Universities and government organizations in North America and Asia have been targeted by a previously undocumented Linux malware called Auto-Color between November and December 2024, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. “Once installed, Auto-color allows threat actors full remote access to compromised machines, making it very difficult to remove without specialized
