HOUSTON – A coordinated effort involving an international disruption of an online software crypting syndicate which provides services to cybercriminals to assist them with keeping their malicious software (malware) from being detected has resulted in the seizure of four domains and their associated server, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Crypting is the process of…
The following notice was posted June 3 on Facebook. As of publication, there is no notice on their website, and although AMI indicates that APT73 is responsible for the attack, there is nothing on Bashe’s leak site or any other leak site. 𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘 – 𝗖𝗬𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱…
Safe{Wallet} has revealed that the cybersecurity incident that led to the Bybit $1.5 billion crypto heist is a “highly sophisticated, state-sponsored attack,” stating the North Korean threat actors behind the hack took steps to erase traces of the malicious activity in an effort to hamper investigation efforts. The multi-signature (multisig) platform, which has roped in…
Habib Mohammadi reports: A group of unidentified hackers has breached the Taliban’s databases, leaking documents from 21 ministries and government agencies, some of which appear to be classified, according to reports circulating online. The leaked files reportedly include documents from the Taliban-controlled ministries of finance, justice, foreign affairs, information and culture, telecommunications, and mining, as…
Consolidating from an overly burdensome number of point solutions to an easier to manage platform-based approach brings with it a number of benefits. The post Rationalizing the Stack: The Case for Security Vendor Consolidation appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The new Trump administration has terminated all memberships of advisory committees that report to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “In alignment with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our national security, I am directing the termination of all current memberships on…
Thanos Pappas reports: Many people worry about hackers stealing their personal data, but sometimes, the worst breaches come not from shadowy cybercriminals but straight from the companies we trust. According to a new report from Germany, the VW Group stored sensitive information for 800,000 electric vehicles from various brands on a poorly secured Amazon cloud—essentially leaving…
