The Obsidian cybersecurity firm has recently documented a successful ransomware attack targeting Sharepoint Online (Microsoft 365).  The hackers stealthily exploited a Microsoft Global SaaS admin account in a departure from the standard compromised endpoint route. The victim sought assistance from Obsidian’s product and research team to investigate the attack in-depth after the compromise and […]

A bank teller was taken into custody after being accused of using her manager’s access to steal money from her grandfather’s account, Tennessee police said. The woman, 29, works as a bank teller and loan officer at a Memphis-area credit union, according to an arrest affidavit from the city’s police department. The teller’s grandfather called […]

After 1 Oct 2023, Following this date, the FDA will refuse to accept medical devices that fail to meet cybersecurity obligations. Credit: Ar_TH/Shutterstock. US-based medical device cybersecurity company MedCrypt has partnered with Stratigos Security to provide security assessments and penetration testing offering a suite of third-party assessment and advisory services. MedCrypt provides security products and […]

This Opinion article is part of a Narcity Media series. The views expressed are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Narcity Media. Every once in a while a fast food trend comes to TikTok that leaves you scratching your head, and this new McDonald’s McFlurry hash brown one is no […]

The 2023 State of Ransomware report for South Africa claimed that several organisations were hit by ransomware attacks in 2022. JOHANNESBURG – The rise in cybersecurity breaches was blamed on a combination of lax security measures at companies and more sophisticated hackers. The country’s 2023 State of Ransomware report pointed to alarming data, with claims […]

CHICAGO (CBS) — A central Illinois hospital will close its doors for good, due in part to a devastating cyberattack. St. Maragret’s Health, which operates hospitals in Spring Valley and Peru, said it will shut down on Friday. Hospital leadership said a 2021 ransomware attack hobbled its computer systems, and prevented it from filing insurance […]

Ransomware isn’t a technology arms race between the good guys and criminals, said Scott Augenbaum, a retired FBI agent and current cybersecurity expert. Most cyber fraud, he said, is committed using low-tech social engineering methods: emails, social media messages, spoof phone calls and texts. A city or company could spend millions of dollars on the […]

On Monday, CloudSEK a predictive threat analytical company revealed that its AI digital risk platform XVigil discovered a threat actor advertising a Telegram bot that offered personally identifiable information (PII) data of Indian citizens who had allegedly registered vaccines from the Cowin Portal. The company said that the Covid data bot was offered by a […]

Cybersecurity tools and applications have improved in recent years in their sophistication, speed and effectiveness. This is driven in part by significant investment, with US$1.3 trillion invested in cybersecurity between 2010 and 2022, growing at a compound annual rate of 16.6%, according to Pitchbook. The study reveals that a wave of new technology implementation is […]