J Studios/Getty Images Treasury hits Predator spyware makers with more sanctions It’s another swipe at the Intellexa Consortium, a sprawling network of companies. 1 day ago By Greg Otto Tim Starks
(Getty Images) CISA warns of hackers exploiting bug for end-of-life Ivanti product Ivanti's Cloud Service Appliance has a "high severity vulnerability" being exploited in the wild. 4 days ago By Christian Vasquez
Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania. (Getty Images) Here’s what Microsoft fixed in September’s Patch Tuesday The tech giant's regular vulnerability list includes new vulnerabilities for Windows Updater and Installer. Sep 10, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
Cars drive past the headquarters of the Russian General Staff’s Main Intelligence Department (GRU) in Moscow on December 30, 2016. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) U.S. charges five Russian military members for destructive cyber ops, hack-and-leak campaigns The hackers were working with a unit in the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, according to the DOJ. Sep 5, 2024 By AJ Vicens
The logo of American cloud computing and virtualization technology company VMware. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images) VMWare releases Fusion vulnerability with 8.8 rating The company issued a patch for the high-severity bug that allows arbitrary code execution. Sep 3, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
The inspiration for the new ransomware’s name. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) New ransomware variant has BlackCat-like similarities, report says The new malware identified by Morphisec is named after an old internet mystery: Cicada3301. Sep 3, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
Mongolian guards stand guard in front of the Genghis Khan statue at the Government Palace in Ulaanbaatar on May 21, 2023. The hackers allegedly conducted watering hole attacks on Mongolian government websites.(Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images) Google: apparent Russian hackers play copycat to commercial spyware vendors The attack campaigns show how spyware tech companies have become more akin to nation-state threat actors. Aug 29, 2024 By Tim Starks
Niger River, Segou, Segou, Mali; Sascha Grabow, Getty Images Iranian hackers ‘tickle’ targets in US, UAE with custom tool, Microsoft says Peach Sandstorm is said to have focused on the oil and gas, satellite, government and communications sectors. Aug 28, 2024 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) SonicWall pushes patch for critical vulnerability in SonicOS platform The flaw can be exploited to gain unauthorized access, and in certain conditions, cause the company’s firewalls to crash. Aug 26, 2024 By Greg Otto
Safe Mode Ted Schlein on the cybersecurity industry and the latest twist in the Trump-Iran hacking saga Ted Schlein, Chairman and General Partner at Ballistic Ventures; AJ Vicens, Sr. Reporter for CyberScoop Aug 22, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff