Social media accounts - especially those tied to government agencies, big-name companies and high-profile individuals - continue to be a top target for takeover by fraudsters and scammers, especially when it comes to X, formerly known as Twitter. What's the best way to keep these accounts secure?
Schneider Electric confirmed a ransomware attack has locked up corporate systems of its Schneider Electric Sustainability Business division and accessed data. The company said it plans to resume operations in two business days after remediation is complete.
The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice used a court order to disrupt a Chinese hacking operation that compromised thousands of internet-connected devices and targeted sensitive areas of U.S. critical infrastructure, according to media reports.
The New York attorney general sued the third-largest bank in the United States over its alleged failure to protect consumers from scammers. "If a bank cannot secure its customers' accounts, they are failing in their most basic duty," said Attorney General Letitia James.
While ransomware groups rightly have a reputation for being morally and ethically bankrupt, many do play things straight with their victims. But RansomedVC is a notable exception. In some ways, it is "more dangerous" because of its expert ability to lie, according to researcher Jon DiMaggio.
A school district in Freehold Township, New Jersey was forced to close its schools and offices for thousands of students Monday after suffering a cybersecurity incident that caused technical difficulties across its network environment, administrators said.
A man sentenced to five years in prison for leaking Donald Trump's tax returns developed a "sophisticated, detailed plan" to evade detection by law enforcement while secretly downloading the former president's data from an Internal Revenue Service database, according to court filings.
Network monitoring software vendor SolarWinds moved to dismiss a federal lawsuit accusing the company and its CISO of securities fraud after they allegedly misstated the efficacy of its cybersecurity controls. Russian intelligence hacked the company in an incident disclosed in 2020.
A draft international cybercrime treaty set to enter a final round of negotiations at the United Nations Monday drew condemnation from civil society groups that said it will criminalize security research and promote indiscriminate police surveillance.
A Texas-based physical and occupational therapy provider is notifying nearly 4 million patients that they have joined the soaring tally of victims of a data theft incident at a Nevada medical transcription vendor last year. The supply chain hack appears to have affected at least 14 million people.
A nation-state hacking group run by Russian intelligence gained access to a Microsoft "legacy, non-production test tenant account" and used it to authorize malicious Office 365 OAuth applications, access Outlook, and steal Microsoft and customers' emails and attachments, Microsoft said.
A U.S. federal judge sentenced a Russian national to five years and four months in prison for his role in developing TrickBot malware. Vladimir Dunaev, 40, pleaded guilty in December. Dunaev helped develop the malware "while hiding behind his computer," U.S. Attorney Rebecca Lutzko said.
This week, Chainalysis reviewed 2023 crypto trends, Blockfence uncovered a $32 million rug pull, the U.S. CFTC cracked down on alleged pig butchering, the ex-IcomTech CEO was sentenced, hackers stole millions from Gamee, Socket recovered funds, and hackers exploited a flaw in Mailer Lite.
Federal authorities are warning of attacks on healthcare sector firms that use ConnectWise's remote access tool ScreenConnect. Hackers compromised a locally hosted version of the tool used by a large national pharmacy supply chain and managed services provider in 2023.
Supply chain attacks and zero-day exploits surged in 2023, helping to set yet another record for data breaches tracked by the Identity Theft Resource Center. James E. Lee, COO of the group, explained why the number of compromises grew so dramatically - from 1,801 incidents in 2022 to 3,205 in 2023.
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