OAK BROOK, Ill. – In a new special report, researchers address the cybersecurity challenges of large language models (LLMs) and the importance of implementing security measures to prevent LLMs from being used maliciously in the health care system. The special report was published today in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence , a journal of the Radiological Society […]

Morphisec is expanding its Channel Program to support partners with ransomware prevention and exposure management tools designed to keep pace with increasingly evasive threats. The program introduces new incentives, onboarding resources, and access to Morphisec’s Anti-Ransomware Assurance Suite, helping MSSPs, VARs, and distributors deliver preemptive protection in a market where traditional detection-first tools are often […]

North Korea has been covertly expanding its fake IT worker scheme that facilitates ransomware intrusions, cryptocurrency compromise, and malicious software distribution with the help of Chinese front companies, Cybersecurity Dive reports.Aside from a U.S.-sanctioned Chinese firm delivering computers and network equipment to North Korean IT workers, there were 35 other entities associated with the said […]

A Kosovo national has been extradited to the United States to face charges of running an online cybercrime marketplace active since 2018. Kosovar authorities arrested the 33-year-old Liridon Masurica (also known as @blackdb) on December 14th, 2024, and he was extradited to the United States earlier this month, on May 9th. Masurica was detained following […]

At the RSA Conference, members of the international Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) coalition, including the U.S., Germany, Italy, Canada, Czech Republic, Israel, UAE, Netherlands, and others, convened to discuss establishing trust, exchanging information, and collaborating on the Crystal Ball Platform for collective defense and global resiliency under the CRI.  At present, more than 30 nations, […]

NatWest faces 100 million cyber attacks attempting to breach its defences every month, MSPs have been told, as experts set out the “staggering” scale of digital crime. The bank also blocks around a third of emails coming into its system, Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee heard. Police and cyber crime agencies are increasingly dealing with fraudsters […]

Rapid7’s Chrstiaan Beek has written proof-of-concept code for ransomware that can attack your CPU, and warns of future threats that could lock your drive until a ransom is paid. This attack would circumvent most traditional forms of ransomware detection. In an interview with The Register, Beek, who is Rapid7’s senior director of threat analytics, revealed […]

Telegram has cracked down on Xinbi Guarantee, a USDT-powered marketplace linked to crypto pig butchering scams and money laundering, after Elliptic had exposed $8.4B in illicit transactions. On May 13, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, reported that Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-based marketplace operated by Colorado-incorporated Xinbi Co. Ltd., has had thousands of its channels closed after […]

Agencies are being encouraged to consider post-quantum cryptographic standards in the acquisition process, as part of a multiyear push to secure sensitive data from exploitation. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Office of the National Cyber Director, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Security Agency are leading post-quantum cryptographic efforts. […]