Stealthy ‘WIRTE’ Gang Targets Middle Eastern Governments
Kaspersky researchers suspect that the cyberattackers may be a subgroup of the politically motivated, Palestine-focused Gaza Cybergang.
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Lloyd’s Carves Out Cyber-Insurance Exclusions for State-Sponsored Attacks
The insurer won’t pay for ‘acts of cyber-war’ or nation-state retaliation attacks.
Read MorePanasonic’s Data Breach Leaves Open Questions
Cyberattackers had unfettered access to the technology giant’s file server for four months.
Read MoreGoDaddy Breach Widens to Include Reseller Subsidiaries
Customers of several brands that resell GoDaddy Managed WordPress have also been caught up in the big breach, in which millions of emails, passwords and more were stolen.
Read MoreSpear-Phishing Campaign Exploits Glitch Platform to Steal Credentials
Threat actors are targeting Middle-East-based employees of major corporations in a scam that uses a specific ‘ephemeral’ aspect of the project-management tool to link to SharePoint phishing pages.
Read MorePhishing Scam Aims to Hijack TikTok ‘Influencer’ Accounts
Threat actors used malicious emails to target more than 125 people with high-profile TikTok accounts in an attempt to steal info and lock them out.
Read MoreFBI Email Hoaxer ID’ed by the Guy He Allegedly Loves to Torment
Vinny Troia, the cybersecurity researcher mentioned in a fake alert gushed out of the FBI’s email system, says it’s just one of a string of jabs from a childish but cybercriminally talented tormentor.
Read MoreFBI Says Its System Was Exploited to Email Fake Cyberattack Alert
The alert was mumbo jumbo, but it was indeed sent from the bureau’s
email system, from the agency’s own internet address.
Threat from Organized Cybercrime Syndicates Is Rising
Europol reports that criminal groups are undermining the EU’s economy and its society, offering everything from murder-for-hire to kidnapping, torture and mutilation.
Read MoreCostco Confirms: A Data Skimmer’s Been Ripping Off Customers
Big-box behemoth retailer Costco is offering victims 12 months of credit monitoring, a $1 million insurance reimbursement policy and ID theft recovery services.
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