Mee6 is a very popular Discord bot that automates a wide variety of functions. A compromise led to an assortment of associated NFT services seeing spam and hacking attempts.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
Trend has begun to emerge for cybersecurity incident-related shareholder derivative lawsuits – attorneys are increasingly now filing claims specifically based on failures surrounding duty of oversight.
A data breach on DEA's Law enforcement system reportedly granted administrators of doxxing and swatting website Doxbin and linked to Lapsus$ hacking group access to at least 16 databases.
The threat of a coup from the Conti ransomware gang is almost certainly hollow, but it showcases the boldness with which these groups are operating even after international law enforcement operations took out previous line-crossers.
Already struggling to cover operating costs, the final blow for Lincoln College was a December 2021 ransomware attack that crippled systems used for student recruitment, retention programs and fundraising.
A multinational cybersecurity advisory warned that cyber attacks on managed service providers (MSPs) could enable supply chain attacks, ransomware, and cyber espionage downstream.
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While the tech companies seem to be in full support of passwordless authentication, the tech community remains divided on whether it is really "ready for primetime."
The U.K’s National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) report addressed the threat posed by malicious apps downloaded through official and third-party app...