The Conti ransomware gang became one of the more prominent in the cyber crime world starting in 2020. It has pledged to respond to any cyber attacks on the Russian government or the country's critical infrastructure.
BlackByte ransomware group attacked organizations in at least three critical infrastructure sectors and multiple foreign and U.S. Businesses, according to the FBI and U.S. Secret Service. San Francisco 49ers also suffered ransomware attack.
Cybersecurity Market Sets Records for Venture Capital in 2021, Expected To Keep Rolling Through 2022
Venture capital flocked to the cybersecurity market in 2021, leading to a record $29.5 billion raised (more than double the amount seen in 2020).
Check Point Research team found that an updated TrickBot Malware selectively targets clients of 60 high-profile companies to steal credentials and sensitive data for maximum impact.
The attack on the OpenSea NFT marketplace does not appear to be a code issue or vulnerability, the phishing attacks apparently involved unknown threat actors approaching individual users and tricking them into signing a malicious payload.
If the court approves the settlement, this long-running privacy lawsuit will finally be put to bed with $90 million (after the usual legal expenses) being parceled out to eligible users and Facebook forced to "sequester and delete" personal data.
Google recently announced that its Privacy Sandbox initiative is now also being rolled out for Android, in a move comparable to the ad tracking privacy changes made by Apple in 2021.
Mandiant analyzed data published from ransomware attacks and discovered that they exposed sensitive OT information that could be used to analyze targets to craft sophisticated attacks.
New insight into a domestic data collection program run by the CIA indicates even more mass surveillance may have taken place, and some senators are demanding answers.
Magecart attackers compromised at least 374 e-commerce sites running end-of-life Magento in a day, including planting 19 backdoors on a single website through SQL injection on a vulnerable plugin.
