It took two brothers who went to MIT months to plan how they were going to steal, launder and hide millions of dollars in cryptocurrency -- and only 12 seconds to actually pull off the heist.

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Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Nathan Eddy Ransomware claims surged by 64% year-over-year, particularly among mid-market and emerging businesses. There was a sharp rise in “indirect” ransomware incidents, which grew by more than 415% compared to 2022. These were among the key findings from At-Bay’s investigation into the anatomy of ransomware attacks in the U.S. in […]

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Overall ransomware frequency grew by 64% in 2023, with increases in both direct and indirect ransomware. Victims paid $282,000 in ransom on average, a 77% drop in price, and half the companies avoided paying a ransom completely.

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Hackers can find templates for DocuSign and other companies for their phishing campaigns on dark web marketplaces for as little as $10.

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VFCFinder analyzes commit histories to pinpoint the most likely commits associated with vulnerability fixes.

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Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Jeffrey Burt The operators behind the Ebury server-side malware botnet have been doing business since at least 2009 and, according to the threat researchers who have been tracking it for the last decade, are stronger and more active than ever. The malware has compromised at least 400,000 Linux servers over the […]

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The operators behind the Ebury server-side malware botnet have been doing business since at least 2009 and, according to the threat researchers who have been tracking it for the last decade, are stronger and more active than ever. The malware has compromised at least 400,000 Linux servers over the past 15 years, with about 100,000..

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The Biden Administration is moving to cybersecurity standards for hospitals, but the AHA is pushing back, saying voluntary models are enough.

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It was probably inevitable. Threat researchers detected bad actors using stolen credentials to target LLMs, with the eventual goal of selling the access to other hackers.

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Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Jeffrey Burt Dell is sending emails to as many as 49 million people about a data breach that exposed their names, physical addresses, and product order information. According to the brief message, bad actors breached a Dell portal that contains a database “with limited types of customer information related to purchases […]

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The tech giant says the information stolen doesn't represent a significant risk to users, but cybersecurity experts disagree.

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Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Jeffrey Burt A group of bad actors — likely from China — is running a global cybercrime-as-a-service operation. It oversees a massive network of fake shopping websites that has conned more than 850,000 people in the United States and Europe into purchasing items, over the past three years, and the organization […]

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Chinese crooks are running a global network of more than 75,000 fake online shops to steal credit card data and process fraudulent payments.

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In the ever-evolving world of ransomware, it’s getting easier for threat groups to launch attacks – as evidence by the growing number of incidents – but more difficult to make a profit. Organizations’ cyber-defenses are getting more resilient, decryptors that enable victims to regain control of their data, and law enforcement crackdowns on high-profile cybercrime..

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The new Google Threat Intelligence cloud service draws from Mandiant, VirusTotal, and its own insights and combines them with generative AI.

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Google is encouraging the adoption of multi-factor authentication to protect against phishing and other cyberattacks. It hopes 2-Step Verification (2SV) can help.

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The wireless communications provider announced the new company at RSA, promising that Level Blue will include managed security services and consulting services.

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SecurityWeek interviews Geoff Belknap, CISO at LinkedIn, and Guy Rosen, CISO at Facebook parent company Meta.

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