As if the cybercrime ecosystem wasn't already damaging enough, security researchers have discovered a malicious traffic broker named VexTrio, which affiliates hire to route victims to their malicious content that is often disguised via fake dating site profiles, tech support or browser updates.
It wasn't a sophisticated hack on Jan. 9 that allowed hackers to briefly take control of an official U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account, the agency said Monday. The hackers simply scammed the account's mobile phone provider in a SIM swap attack.
Silverfort, the Israel-based cybersecurity startup that claims to have built "the world's first unified identity threat protection platform," announced an impressive fundraising haul that the CEO told ISMG will be used to further invest in its identity protection platform.
Security experts told ISMG they were concerned Microsoft could suffer future cyberattacks and threats to its customers after a Russian state hacking group managed to evade detection for several weeks while targeting accounts associated with the company’s top executives.
Prosecutors trying the case of a Finnish national accused of attempting to extort tens of thousands of psychotherapy patients and of later posting therapy notes online said Monday that they have traced the cryptocurrency wallet used by the blackmailer to the accused man.
Hackers have reportedly stolen about $7.5 million from a Department of Health and Human Services grant payment system in a series of cyberattacks last year. The news comes in the midst of HHS and other authorities warnings about rising threats involving social engineering and payment scams.
A dedicated cybercrime unit under the French National Police is set to scale up operations ahead of the upcoming Olympics as authorities warn that cyberattacks are among the greatest threats to the event. Authorities on Friday unveiled the unit's new headquarters in Parisian suburb Nanterre.
Non-bank mortgage lending giant LoanDepot says hackers stole "sensitive personal information" pertaining to 16.6 million customers when they breached its systems earlier this month as part of a ransomware attack. The company said it will directly notify all affected customers.
An Akira ransomware attack that hit a data center run by Finnish IT software and services firm Tietoevry has led to widespread outages across Sweden. Healthcare, local governments, retail outlets and the country's largest cinema chain are among the organizations experiencing ongoing disruptions.
A federal judge sentenced "Pompompurin," the administrator of a now-defunct data breach marketplace, to 20 years of supervised release - instead of the recommended 15-year prison sentence - for his role in BreachForums, once considered the largest English-language data breach forum of its kind.
The French data regulator imposed a fine of 10 million euros on Yahoo after determining that the company's advertising cookie policy had violated the country's privacy regulations. Yahoo deposited more than 20 tracking cookies without giving consumers a chance to withdraw consent.
Russian state hackers obtained access to the inboxes of senior Microsoft executives for at least six weeks, the computing giant disclosed late Friday afternoon. "There is no evidence that the threat actor had any access to customer environments, production systems, source code, or AI systems."
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published guidance for water and wastewater sector owners and operators to bolster their cyber defenses with comprehensive incident response plans and enhanced practices for sharing information with the federal government.
Two tech advocacy groups are pushing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, alleging the company has reneged on a promise it made after the Supreme Court's 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade to promptly delete location data about users' visits to sensitive places, such as abortion clinics.
A Finnish man accused of hacking and leaking mental health records downplayed his tech skills and said during cross-examination in court he had no part in the data breach. Kivimäki said he's been engaged with computers since aged three but described his programming skills as "pretty insignificant."
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