February 22, 2022 Fraudsters are now using video meetings as a tool to trick unsuspecting victims into parting ways with their money, according to the FBI. The FBI said the attackers compromise employee emails and "insert themselves in more...
February 22, 2022 Ukraine's government-run cybersecurity agency CERT-UA has warned of imminent cyberattacks on government agencies, banks and the defense sector, following warnings in a hacking forum. According to the agency, one message on the forum had "referred more...
February 22, 2022 Cisco Systems gives network administrators the choice of seven password protection types, ranging from no hashing or encryption to complex scrambling, to safeguard its devices. But only one — known as Type 8 — offers more...
February 21, 2022 Data on Internet Society members exposed, an alert to Linux administrators, Microsoft Teams users get tricked and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday February 21st. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for more...
February 16, 2022 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that the BlackByte ransomware gang broke through the networks of three U.S. organizations operating in critical infrastructure sectors. The breach, which began three months ago, was revealed in more...
February 15, 2022 Ukraine's Security Service (SSU) said the nation is the target of a "wave of hybrid warfare" stirring up fear and raising serious doubts about the state's ability to defend its people. The SSU said it more...
February 15, 2022 Researchers say 74%, or more than $400 million, in payments in cryptocurrencies went to hacking groups with Russian connections, including large amounts of cryptocurrency money laundering. Based on research by blockchain analyst Chainalysis, the company more...
February 14, 2022 The FBI has warned the public about criminals increasingly using SIM card swap attacks to steal victims' phone numbers. Between January 2018 to December 2020, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center received 320 complaints related more...
February 14, 2022 The San Francisco 49ers have confirmed they were attacked by the BlackByte ransomware group hours before the Super Bowl. The team claimed the network security incident that disrupted their company's IT network had only recently more...
February 14, 2022 Apple urges all iOS users to update their systems immediately to avoid falling victim to a use-after-free vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim's device. Use-after-free (UAF) attacks exploit more...
