US cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned The Phobos ransomware attacks against government entities and critical infrastructure, outlining the various tactics and techniques that threat actors have adopted to distribute…
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Misleading AI content and the 2024 election – Safe Week with Tony Anscombe
video As the specter of AI-generated misinformation looms, tech giants vow to crack down on manufactured content that could influence voters and disrupt elections taking place around the world this…
Ransomware-as-a-Service Drives Wave of Cyberattacks in Middle East
Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) affiliates are fueling a huge wave of ransomware attacks in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). In the MEA region, information stolen from 205 companies appeared on ransomware…
US court orders NSO Group to hand over Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp
02 March 2024PressroomSpyware/Privacy A US judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over the source code of Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of ongoing litigation between the…
Cloud apps support Pen-Testing-as-a-Service
With enterprise applications defaulting to cloud infrastructure, application security testing increasingly resembles penetration testing on a distributed application attack surface, a similarity that is opening up new markets for penetration…
The United States accuses an Iranian hacker and offers a $10 million reward for his capture
02 March 2024PressroomCybercrime/social engineering The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday unsealed an indictment against an Iranian national for his alleged involvement in a multi-year, cyber-based campaign designed to…
Entro extends the protection of machine secrets and identities with machine identity lifecycle management
PRESS RELEASE BOSTON, February 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Withinan Israeli cybersecurity startup offering machine identity security and secrets management, has extended its industry-first, award-winning platform with the addition of…
Biometric regulation heats up, portends compliance headaches
This year could be a boon for biometric privacy legislation. The topic is heating up and sits at the intersection of four trends: rising artificial intelligence (AI) threats, growing use…
Taiwan’s largest telecom company hacked by suspected Chinese hackers
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry is urging Chunghwa Telecom, the island’s largest telecommunications company, to improve its cybersecurity following a data breach that compromised government-related information. The hackers, who are reportedly backed…
CryptoChameleon attackers target Apple and Okta users
A phishing kit called CryptoChameleon was discovered targeting cryptocurrency platforms, including Binance and Coinbase employees, as well as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). According to an analysis by Lookout, victims…