Cyber News & Articles
U.S. Trades Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap
Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated were five convicted cybercriminals. In return, Russia has reportedly released 16 prisoners, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.
$75 million record-breaking ransom paid to cybercriminals, say researchers
The staggering sum of US $75 million has reportedly been paid to a ransomware gang in what is believed to be the largest known ransom payment made by a cyber attack victim since records began.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Don’t Let Your Domain Name Become a “Sitting Duck”
More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies — are vulnerable to takeover by cybercriminals thanks to authentication weaknesses at a number of large web hosting providers and domain registrars, new research finds.
The AI Fix #9: When AI detectors fail (spectacularly), and OpenAI’s five steps to Skynet
In episode nine of “The AI Fix”, our hosts learn about the world’s most dangerous vending machine, a cartoonist who hypnotises himself with AI, and OpenAI’s plans to eat Google’s lunch.
Graham tells Mark about a pig-farming professor, and Mark tests Graham’s tolerance with OpenAI’s terrifying roadmap to Artificial General Intelligence.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of “The AI Fix” podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
Israeli athletes doxed at Olympic Games by Zeus hacking group
On Friday posts were published on the internet containing what appeared to be the personal information of Israeli Olympic athletes.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Hacking gang leaks documents stolen from Pentagon IT provider
Hackers have released internal documents stolen from one of America’s largest IT services providers, which counts various US government agencies, including the Department of Defense, amongst its customers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Crooks Bypassed Google’s Email Verification to Create Workspace Accounts, Access 3rd-Party Services
Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent email verification needed to create a Google Workspace account, and leverage that to impersonate a domain holder to third-party services that allow logins through Google’s “Sign in with Google” feature.
Robot dog trained to jam wireless devices during police raids
The US Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a dog-like robot that it says has been adapted to jam the connectivity of smart home devices.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
SEXi / APT Inc ransomware – what you need to know
A cybercrime group has gained notoriety for attacking VMware ESXi servers since February 2024.
Learn more about the SEXi / APT Inc ransomware in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Smashing Security podcast #382: CrowdStrike, Dark Wire, and the Paris Olympics
Computers blue-screen-of-death around the world! The Paris Olympics is at risk of attack! And the FBI pull off the biggest sting operation in history by running a secret end-to-end encrypted messaging app! All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by industry veterans Graham Cluley and … Continue reading “Smashing Security podcast #382: CrowdStrike, Dark Wire, and the Paris Olympics”