Malware
Biden-Harris Campaign, Trump Operative Stone Also Target of Hackers
Hackers, possibly from Iran, sent phishing emails to the Biden-Harris campaign and Trump operative Roger Stone hoping to gain access into the systems of both presidential campaigns. It worked with Stone, who ...
Ransomware Attack Costs loanDepot Almost $27 Million
The January ransomware attack on loanDepot has so far cost the mortgage lender $26.9 million, including $25 million toward the possible settlement of a related class action lawsuit, company executives said in ...
Democracy’s Challenge: Secure Elections Worldwide
LAS VEGAS — The U.S. presidential election is less than three months away, and many cybersecurity experts are bracing for a deluge of deceit. During a Black Hat 2024 keynote panel Wednesday ...
Hunters International RaaS Group Points SharpRhino at IT Workers
Hunters International, a fast-rising RaaS group, is using a typosquatting domain for the open source Angry IP Scanner tool to deliver a novel RAT malware called SharpRhino in a campaign targeting IT ...
TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC
For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...
Prisoner Swap: Huge Russian Hackers Freed — Seleznev and Klyushin
Pragmatic politics: Anger as Putin gets back two notorious cybercriminals ...
Widespread OTP-Stealing Campaign Targets Android Users
Zimperium researchers discovered a widespread and sophisticated malware campaign dubbed SMS Stealer that's being used against Android device users to steal OTPs from text messages, which can lead to account takeover and ...
Google Using Enhanced Encryption to Protect Cookies
Google is adding greater encryption capabilities to Chrome to better protect users from information-stealing malware, a move that comes after the company's controversial decision to once again delay getting rid of third-party ...
Rat Traps: Emulating AsyncRAT with AttackIQ Flex
In the ultramodern, mercurial sphere of cybersecurity, somehow a 1700-year-old quote from Helena of Constantinople still deeply resonates. Even with seemingly robust defenses, the smallest vulnerability can be an open invitation for ...
CrowdStrike Sued? — Delta Dials David Boies
Is Delta the First of Many? Airline calls in attorneys Boies Schiller Flexner to claw back its cash ...
