U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections
The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot , a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the... Read more
Kroll Employee SIM-Swapped for Crypto Investor Data
Security consulting giant Kroll disclosed today that a SIM-swapping attack against one of its employees led to the theft of user information for mu... Read more
Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.
In large metropolitan areas, tourists are often easy to spot because they’re far more inclined than locals to gaze upward at the surrounding skyscrap... Read more
Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop
You’ve probably never heard of “ 16Shop ,” but there’s a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you. A 16Shop phishing page spoofing Apple a... Read more
Diligere, Equity-Invest Are New Firms of U.K. Con Man
John Clifton Davies , a convicted fraudster estimated to have bilked dozens of technology startups out of more than $30 million through phony invest... Read more
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2023 Edition
Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related products, includin... Read more
Meet the Brains Behind the Malware-Friendly AI Chat Service ‘WormGPT’
WormGPT , a private new chatbot service advertised as a way to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write malicious software without all the pesky pr... Read more
Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life
One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business workin... Read more
How Malicious Android Apps Slip Into Disguise
Researchers say mobile malware purveyors have been abusing a bug in the Google Android platform that lets them sneak malicious code into mobile app... Read more
Russia Sends Cybersecurity CEO to Jail for 14 Years
The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov , the former founder and CEO of one of Rus... Read more
Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?
Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bil... Read more
Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks
Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasn’t shif... Read more
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Late last year, security researchers made a startling discovery: Kremlin-backed…
