Tag: security
US says dozens of countries have signed up to pledge never to pay ransomware hackers
Forty countries are expected to sign a pledge today to never pay a ransom demand to cybercriminals again. The signing should take place during the third annual International Counter-Ransomware Initiative (CRI) summit, which kicked off earlier this week in Washington, D.C. The move comes as a direct response to the…
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Looks like we’re all getting better at passwords – but there’s still plenty of room for improvement
New research suggests that, collectively, many of us are getting better with our password practices – but we’re still far from perfect. A report published by popular password manager Dashlane analyzed data anonymously from millions of its users around the world, and found some bittersweet conclusions. Despite the global improvement…
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Don’t click – Facebook users are being targeted with some very NSFW malware attacks
Hackers are using the promise of soft porn content on social media to drop infostealing malware onto unsuspecting victims. This is according to a new report from Bitdefender, whose researchers recently discovered and analyzed a major operation on Facebook. The goal of the campaign is to steal sensitive personal information, as…
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AI is making cyberattacks even smarter and more dangerous
Hackers have a lot to gain from the use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. While the tools are still too young to be able to run malicious campaigns with minimal human input, they can be used to supercharge human-run campaigns in ways that have never been seen before.…
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Millions in crypto has been stolen following LastPass breach
The LastPass data breach incident that happened last year resulted in dozens of victims having cryptocurrency stolen, new research has claimed. Cryptocurrency analyst ZachXBT (Twitter alias) and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan, who’ve been tracking the attacks, believe the attackers managed to steal $4.4 million from more than two dozen victims:…
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Exposed AWS credentials stolen within minutes by Github hackers
GitHub has a unique security feature – it scans the code for exposed Amazon Web Services (AWS) keys (among other things) and if it finds them, it reports them to AWS which can act to prevent misuse – all within minutes. However, it doesn’t work with 100% accuracy, and sometimes…
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