RansomwareRussian women stepping up for cybercrime outfitsWomen are increasingly taking on top roles within Russian-speaking threat actor groups.
Data SecurityFBI and CISA warn of continued cyberattacks on US telecomsChina’s campaign against U.S. telecoms has been ongoing for years.
Cybersecurity daily newsRed red team team: Threat actors hire pentesters to test out ransomware effectivenessThreat actors are hiring freelance pentesters to improve the effectiveness of their ransomware attacks
IdentityHere’s what to know about Google Cloud mandating MFA by end of 2025Google’s move will spur other providers to encourage MFA – and that’s a positive development for our industry.
RansomwareUpstart SafePay ransomware group uses LockBit builder, claims 22 victimsHuntress researchers describe two SafePay ransomware incidents resulting in file encryption and exfiltration.
MalwareNorth Korea’s Lazarus observed testing new macOS trojan in the wildGroup-IB says the "RustyAttr" trojan could potentially be used in future attacks once the attackers make it more robust.
MalwareIranian threat group targets aerospace workers with fake job luresResearchers say the Iranian threat actors impersonated the North Koreans to hide their activities.
Vulnerability ManagementUbuntu affected by 10-year-old flaws in needrestart packageThe five vulnerabilities could lead to local privilege escalation without user interaction.
Government RegulationsLegal protections for security researchers sought in new German draft lawA proposed amendment would exclude legitimate security research from the definition of data espionage.
Cloud SecuritySnowflake data theft suspect arrested in CanadaAlexander “Connor” Moucka, 26, is accused of stealing data from Ticketmaster, AT&T and more.
What security pros can learn from the bad information spread during this year’s election cycleJim RichbergOctober 8, 2024
Seven tips that offer short-term and long-term fixes following the CrowdStrike outageCallie Guenther July 19, 2024