- Ransomware attacks surge over 60% in UK and US
August 20, 2024
Malwarebytes’ 2024 State of Ransomware report published today (20 August) shows a surge in malicious activity on US and UK businesses. The “ThreatDown 2024 State of Ransomware” report reveals an alarming increase in ransomware attacks over the past year. In the US there has been a 63% increase in ransomware attacks on organisations and businesses, with ...
- Missing tycoon’s co-defendant fatally struck by car
August 20, 2024
The co-defendant of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch – who is currently missing in Italy – has died after being hit by a car. Stephen Chamberlain, 52, was Mr Lynch’s co-defendant in his US fraud trial in which both men were acquitted following the $11bn (£8.64bn) sale of the software giant Autonomy. Mr Chamberlain was the ...
- BlindEagle flying high in Latin America
August 19, 2024
BlindEagle, also known as “APT-C-36”, is an APT actor recognized for employing straightforward yet impactful attack techniques and methodologies. The group is known for their persistent campaigns targeting entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama and other countries in Latin America. They have been targeting entities in multiple sectors, including governmental institutions, financial companies, energy ...
- Amsterdam municipality bans Telegram on work phones over security concerns
August 19, 2024
The municipality of Amsterdam has banned its civil servants from using the messaging app Telegram on their work phones due to concerns over criminal activity and potential espionage, local media reported on Monday. The ban, which was implemented at the end of April but only recently made public, is attributed to fears that Telegram could be ...
- An investigation into the tools and methods used by the Higaisa group
August 19, 2024
In March 2020 specialists from the PT Expert Security Center conducted an analysis on the activities of the APT group Higaisa. This group was first studied by security analysts at Tencent in November 2019. In that analysis, Tencent specialists reached the conclusion that Higaisa has its origins in South Korea. The group, which is still active ...
- Hacked GPS tracker reveals location data of customers
August 19, 2024
Stalkerware researcher maia arson crimew strikes again. Big time. We know maia as a researcher that loves to go after stalkerware peddlers, which Malwarebytes—as one of the founding members of the Coalition Against Stalkerware—loves to see. The investigation into Tracki, besides uncovering a tangled web of companies, dubious websites, and false identities, also led to a ...
- Wichita airport still without Wi-Fi months after cyber attack
August 19, 2024
It’s been more than three months since a cyber attack on Wichita took the city’s computer systems offline, and one city service is still not completely back to normal. Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport was impacted by May’s attack. The airport’s Wi-Fi services went down, as well as its departure and arrival screens. While the screens ...
- L.A. Courts Owe Public Full Accounting After July Ransomware Attack
August 19, 2024
The Los Angeles Superior Court has an enormous data and online system that for years remained too vulnerable to hackers. The court began stepping up its monitoring, defenses and response operations less than two years ago, and it belatedly brought on a cybersecurity officer – a standard move for any large organization, public or private ...
- UK to conduct review on tackling ‘extremist ideologies’, including misogyny
August 18, 2024
UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy on how to best tackle threats by “extremist ideologies” including misogyny. Other ideological trends to be investigated by the Home Office include “Islamism” and far-right “extremism”. Cooper said the strategy will “map and monitor extremist trends” and gauge how to direct ...
- How the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare went down: A timeline
August 17, 2024
A ransomware attack earlier this year on UnitedHealth-owned health tech company Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the largest data breaches of U.S. health and medical data in history. Months after the February data breach, a “substantial proportion of people living in America” are receiving notice by mail that their personal and health information was ...
- X suspends business in Brazil over censorship row
August 17, 2024
X, formerly known as Twitter, has closed its office in Brazil over a censorship row. The social media platform said a Brazilian Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, threatened its legal representative in Brazil with arrest if it did not comply with his “censorship orders”. Brazil’s Supreme Court has not commented. People in Brazil are still ...