August 3, 2021 A second cybercrime forum, Exploit, announced that ransomware ads will now be banned and removed. This announcement follows the Russian-language hacker forum, XSS, which permanently banned ransomware themes last week. According to the forum, which more...
August 3, 2021 Following pressure from the U.S. government to crack down on cyberattacks, many ransomware groups have announced plans to shut down or scale back operations. In its latest update, DarkSide a ransomware group accused of carrying more...
August 3, 2021 A sophisticated ransomware attack forced the authorities to shut down most of the major IT systems running Ireland's national health care service as a precaution to help secure all core services compromised during the data more...
May 14, 2021 Infosec research firm, SentinelLabs recently uncovered 12-year-old flaws in Dell's firmware updater, DBUtil 2.3. The research firm discovered five serious vulnerabilities in the vulnerable firmware updater, which has been installed by default on hundreds of more...
August 3, 2021 America's largest pipeline system, Colonial Pipeline, reportedly paid ransomware group DarkSide nearly $5 million to decrypt systems that were locked in the ransomware attack of May 7. According to Bloomberg, two people familiar with the more...
August 3, 2021 American IT software company HelpSystems recently announced the acquisition of Beyond Security and Agari as it seeks to enhance its cybersecurity portfolio. Agari is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions provider for phishing security. more...
August 3, 2021 Brenntag, a leading chemical distribution company based in Germany, paid $4.4 million to the DarkSide Ransomware gang after an attack in its North America division that enabled the attackers to encrypt devices on the network more...
August 3, 2021 On Thursday, Google unveiled an update for its measurement and analytics products. The tech giant said the new features were the result of its investment in machine learning and modeling and aimed at helping marketers more...
August 3, 2021 DarkSide, the hacking group blamed for crippling the Colonial Pipeline and its operations in the southeastern United States, claimed responsibility for the break-in at three other companies on Wednesday. The three companies were a Brazilian more...
August 3, 2021 On May 12, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the creation of a commission to review air accidents and the introduction of new software standards for government agencies, following a series of digital attacks that have more...
