Surprise! They’re in Russia Image: The individuals are unlikely to be jailed unless they leave Russia, but their proceeds are being seized Law enforcement agencies have named the leaders of two prominent malware families and are taking their operations down. The US Department of Justice has unsealed indictments against the suspected leaders of the Qakbot...Read More
New Delhi: As India readies to amend its contentious nuclear liability laws and boost its cyber defence mechanisms in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, discussions are learnt to have been started with Russia to forge joint collaborations in nuclear energy and cyber space, besides cutting-edge technology across several sectors, ET has learnt. Deliberations are, in...Read More
Nova Scotia Power has confirmed it is the victim of a ransomware attack and that the hackers who stole data have published it on the dark web. Peter Gregg, the utility’s president and CEO, said Friday it is believed 280,000 customers have had their information stolen — more than half of the customers in the province....Read More
A recent cybercrime report by Malwarebytes found that AI agents will soon usher in a world of far more frequent, sophisticated and difficult-to-detect cyberattacks. Since ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, criminals have rushed to exploit generative AI. Threat actors today are weaponizing these tools to write malware, craft convincing phishing emails, and launch realistic social...Read More
European and North American cybercrime investigators say they have dismantled the heart of a malware operation directed by Russian criminals after a global operation involving British, Canadian, Danish, Dutch, French, German and US police. International arrest warrants have been issued for 20 suspects, most of them living in Russia, by European investigators while indictments were...Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed strong school safety legislation into law and recognized the investment of more than $230 million to strengthen safety at public and private schools across Tennessee. “Nothing is more important than Tennessee students and teachers returning home from school safely each day,” said Gov. Lee. “Every year...Read More
MINSK, 23 May (BelTA) – The Ministries of Internal Affairs of Belarus and Russia agreed to exchange data on the current situation in cybercrime. Relevant agreements were signed following a meeting of the joint collegium of the Interior Ministries of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, which took place in Mogilev on 23 May,...Read More
Is it time for AIOps to take its place at the heart of cybersecurity measures? Modern hybrid IT environments generate a staggering volume of data – and with that comes an equally overwhelming flood of security alerts. Some of these are legitimate business-critical warnings; unfortunately, many others are not. Those false positives or low-priority notifications...Read More
Nova Scotia Power says it has been the victim of a ransomware attack and the hackers who breached their system have published stolen data. In an update on Friday afternoon, the utility said it has made no payment to the threat actor after careful assessment of applicable sanctions laws and alignment with law enforcement guidance....Read More
Researchers found a huge database on the dark web The threat actors claim to have scraped it abusing a Facebook API Facebook says the database is years old A hacker claims to have scraped 1.2 billion user records from Facebook, including people’s names, locations, and phone numbers. This is according to cybersecurity researchers Cybernews, who...Read More
