Sextortion Scams Now Include Pictures of Your Home – Krebs on Security
An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personal touch: Criminals, who say the malware captured webcam images of their recipients, […]
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Cloud providers must play their part in the current insecurity situation
Backward conformity is holding us back Unfortunately, once you maintain support for older, vulnerable versions of your software, people will continue to use older, vulnerable […]
How to ensure cybersecurity strategies align with a company’s risk tolerance
On the other hand, risk tolerance should be a guided conversation about a specific objective or risk situation, where the CISO can develop a perspective. […]
Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty – Krebs on Security
Three men in the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to the operation otp[.]organizationa once-popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time pass codes (OTPs) required […]
North Korean hackers took advantage of Chromium’s critical zero day
The report added that the FudModule rootkit was historically shared between Citrine Sleet and Diamond Sleet (formerly Zinc), another North Korean threat actor known for […]
Ransomware recovery: 8 steps to successful recovery from backups
There is a cultural barrier to continued investment in cybersecurity, Johnson admits. “We are a reactive society, but cybersecurity is ultimately seen for what it […]
Women on Cyber Day find their celebrants ‘moving in droves’
“You [as a woman] you have to have a thick skin and a core of steel to last long in this industry,” he said. “Every […]
LLMs are fueling the “genAI crime revolution” according to a Netcraft report
However, there may be references in the email or on the site. Netcraft said that sometimes malicious actors mistakenly include large-scale language modeling (LLM) results […]
Ransomware is feared in the cyberattack on the US giant oil services
Incidentally, the FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory on a variant of the Ransomhub Ransomware, calling it a fearsome service model that attracts high-profile […]
15 popular malware attacks: First and worst
Emotet first appeared in 2014, but like Zeus, it is now a common program that is widely used to deliver other types of malware, with […]