A new report by Nexusguard shows that booter websites, which offer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services for hire more than doubled in the first three months of 2019 compared to Q4 of last …
US Struck Iranian Military Computers This Week: AP Sources
While United States President Donald Trump abruptly canceled strikes on Iranian targets last Thursday, the US did launch attacks on Iran in cyberspace that day, US officials said this weekend, adding …
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Pledges to Not Pay Ransomware Hit Reality
Last week, the City Council of Riviera Beach stated that its decision to pay $600,000 in ransom to threat actors that infected the city network with ransomware, was made based on the advice of …
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UK Police suspend work with major forensics firm after cyber-attack
A recent ransomware attack on forensics firm Eurofins has impacted operations of the UK police department, which is now dealing with an increasing backlog of pending forensic …
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Iranian Hackers Launch a New US-Targeted Campaign as Tensions Mount
In the midst of rising US-Iran tensions, security researchers with Crowdstrike and Dragos have uncovered a new Iranian cyber campaign targeting organizations in the United States. The state-backed …
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Ransomware gang hacks MSPs to deploy ransomware on customer systems
Threat actors recently obtained unauthorized access to the networks of three managed service providers (MSPs) and subsequently targeted customers of the compromised firms with ransomware using …
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Russia-Linked Hackers Hijack Infrastructure of Iranian Threat Group
A new Symantec report sheds light on the recent activity of Turla (aka Waterbug, KRYPTON, Venomous Bear), a Russia-linked cyber-espionage group. Since early 2018 the group has launched at least three …
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Insured losses from a cyber catastrophe could reach billions
New figures[pdf] released by Kovrr show that a "cyber catastrophe" involving a disruptive cyberattack on a UK email service provider could result in around $3.25 billion in losses to be covered by …
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Florida City Pays $600,000 Ransom to Save Computer Records
In an incident that should serve as a warning for government entities and corporations alike, Riviera Beach, Florida this week decided to pay $600,000 in ransom to threat actors that infected the city …
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Mozilla Patches Firefox Critical Flaw Under Active Attack
Mozilla has issued a patch for a critical security flaw affecting Windows, macOS and Linux versions of the popular Firefox browser. Threat actors have already begun exploiting the vulnerability, …
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