Now four weeks into Dallas’ ransomware attack, the city’s communications, outreach and marketing director emailed to the mayor and City Council on Wednesday directions to share little to no details about how it’s being handled. Catherine Cuellar told elected leaders and some top administrative officials in an email obtained by The Dallas Morning News to...Read More

Russia has claimed that the NSA hacked iPhones belonging to both Russian citizens and foreign diplomats based in the country. More than this, it claims that Apple assisted the NSA by providing backdoor access into iPhones … NSA hacked iPhones, claims Russia Reuters reports that the claim was made by the FSB – the successor...Read More

Published Via 11Press : The internet was first introduced in the 1960s, but only a select few people had access to it. Initially, computer crime was limited to intentionally damaging computers physically. In the 1980s, the tendency shifted from physically damaging computers to intentionally breaking them down with malicious code. Due to the internet’s exclusivity...Read More

Mr Joseph Cudjoe, the Minister for Public Enterprises, says the Ministry will work with the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA) to ensure that after September 30, 2023, only licensed and accredited cybersecurity service providers and professionals are allowed to provide service in the public sector. He said because the country had a collective responsibility...Read More

A newly discovered macOS bug could allow hackers with root privileges to bypass Apple’s security protections and install “undeletable” malware on vulnerable Macs. The flaw, dubbed Migraine and tracked as CVE-2023-32369, was actually discovered by a team of security researchers at Microsoft who then reported it to Apple. If exploited by an attacker on a...Read More

In celebration and support of Pride Month, we at 2600 are releasing this special Rainbow Hacker shirt which revisits a familiar hacker character who has appeared in the past on 2600 covers, the HOPE banner, and on the 2600 phone company van. Rainbow Hacker appears on the front with the phrase “HACKING WITH PRIDE” on...Read More

Image Credits: Andrew Brookes / Getty Images Enzo Biochem, a New York-based biotechnology company, has confirmed that a ransomware attack exposed the clinical test information of almost 2.5 million patients. Enzo, which manufactures and sells DNA-based tests to detect viral and bacterial diseases including COVID-19 and cancer, confirmed in an SEC filing this week that...Read More

Enzo Biochem, a biotechnology company based in New York, has confirmed that a ransomware attack has exposed the clinical test information of almost 2.5 million patients. The company, which manufactures and sells DNA-based tests to detect viral and bacterial diseases including COVID-19 and cancer, experienced the attack on April 6. Although it was able to...Read More

Numerous fraudulent websites masquerading as legitimate software, including ChatGPT, Gimp, AstraChat, and Go To Meeting, have been used in a new RomCom malware campaign by Cuba ransomware affiliate Void Rabisu, also known as Tropical Scorpius, from December 2022 to April 2023, which was mostly targeted at Eastern Europe, according to BleepingComputer. Attackers have been using...Read More

Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Casepoint says it’s investigating a potential cybersecurity incident after hackers claimed to have compromised the legal technology platform to steal terabytes of sensitive data. U.S.-based Casepoint offers a legal discovery platform for litigation, investigations and compliance that is used by government agencies, corporations and law firms. The organization boasts...Read More