Steven Dollear joined Vedder Price as a shareholder in its government investigations and white collar defense practice in Chicago, the firm announced Monday. Dollear represented the United States in criminal trials involving public corruption, theft of trade secrets, economic espionage, financial crimes, and health care fraud. His practice focuses on cyber intrusions, trade secret theft, […]

Ransomware group Embargo has pulled in at least $34.2 million in various tokens since its emergence in April 2024, according to TRM Labs. The blockchain analytics firm says the ransomware group’s infrastructure and coding overlaps suggests it may be a likely rebranding of the defunct BlackCat (ALPHV) operation. The group operates a ransomware-as-a-service model, providing […]

British retailer Marks and Spencer updated its website today, confirming its Click & Collect service is once again available to customers. John Lyttle, one of the multinational’s execs, said: “Our full online delivery offer is back – including Click & Collect – across fashion, home and beauty on M&S.com. “You can now order online for […]

Sky Operating Chair Nadia Rawlinson hopes to “insulate” the team’s players from a “rapidly deteriorating online environment” through a previously announced partnership with cybersecurity company Moonshot, according to Julia Poe of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. The investment will “utilize the company’s proprietary technology to improve the Sky’s cybersecurity measures by tracking and responding to the rapidly […]

New data from Check Point Research reveals a sharp rise in cyberattacks globally, with business services, healthcare, and manufacturing among the hardest hit sectors. Ransomware incidents in particular have surged, with 487 attacks reported in July, a 41 percent increase year-on-year. North America accounted for 56 percent of all reported ransomware cases, followed by Europe […]

Cybersecurity firm Profero cracked the encryption of the DarkBit ransomware gang’s encryptors, allowing them to recover a victim’s files for free without paying a ransom. This occurred in 2023 during an incident response handled by Profero experts, who were brought in to investigate a ransomware attack on one of their clients, which had encrypted multiple […]

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The FBI is warning the public about a large international cybercrime ring called “The Community,” or “The Com” for short, that targets teens and young adults as both victims and recruits. Ransomware attacks, swatting, cryptocurrency theft, extortion, sextortion — the range of crimes carried out by the crime ring is as […]

North Korean hackers ScarCruft shift from spying to ransomware, using VCD malware in phishing attacks, targeting South Korea with advanced tools. Discover how this new malware marks a shift from espionage to financially motivated cyberattacks. A well-known North Korean hacking group, ScarCruft, is changing its methods, adding a new type of attack to its usual […]