The FBI’s new cyber strategy shifts the focus toward actively disrupting adversaries, dismantling infrastructure, seizing funds and imposing real costs on attackers. Four pillars drive the strategy: disrupt cyber adversaries, support victims, strengthen partnerships, and enhance the FBI’s own cyber capabilities. Rapid intelligence sharing and closer public-private cooperation should help organizations detect attacks earlier, contain […]
U.S. security agencies warn of active cyber threats targeting Siemens S7 PLCs, used across energy, water, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure. Attackers are leveraging AI-generated exploits and internet scanning to identify and target exposed or poorly secured industrial control systems. AI makes ICS attacks faster and more accessible, reducing the level of specialized OT expertise […]
The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has called on law firms in the country to arm themselves against ransomware. In 2021, eighteen law firms informed the British regulator SRA that they had fallen victim to a ransomware attack. Documents from 60 court cases were stolen from one law firm and then published on the […]
Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which will require the company to pay $5.8 million over its inability to keep private footage and audio collected from users’ homes. This action stems from a collection of privacy violations that occurred between 2017 and 2020. Ring customers brought […]
The FBI and the US Secret Service NSA have published an updated guide to stop ransomware. The revised guide includes lessons learned from the past few years and additional recommendations to limit the impact of ransomware. The manual describes several steps that are important in preventing ransomware or limiting the impact, such as preparing for […]
There is an everlasting need to mitigate Web3 Blockchain risks and security threats. Web3 applications run on blockchain platforms and are gaining popularity, but they come with security risks. Smart contracts are a major source of risk, as they can contain vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers. Web3 applications are also vulnerable to phishing […]
Almost half of all Dutch company websites are vulnerable to attacks by cyber criminals due to vulnerabilities in software, configurations and web services. The result is often data theft or extortion through ransomware. “Entrepreneurs are insufficiently aware of the risks,” says cybersecurity specialist ID Control based on three studies of web shops, government websites and […]
Online gambling platform DraftKings has been hit by a credential stuffing attack in which attackers managed to break into users’ accounts and steal some $300,000. Credential stuffing uses previously leaked email addresses and passwords to gain automated account access. Attackers check whether they can also log in to website B with credentials stolen from website […]
WhatsApp silently fixed two critical zero-day vulnerabilities that affect both Android & iOS versions allowing attackers to execute an arbitrary code & Take Full App Control Remotely. So please update your WhatsApp asap!
All five extensions discovered by McAfee behave with the web app manifest (“manifest.json” file), which dictates how the extension should behave on the system, loads a multifunctional script (B0.js) that sends the browsing data to a domain the attackers control (“langhort[.]com”).The data is delivered through via POST requests each time the user visits a new URL. The info reaching […]