FBI warns crypto firms of aggressive social engineering attacks

​The FBI warned today of North Korean hacking groups aggressively targeting cryptocurrency companies and their employees in sophisticated social engineering attacks to deploy malware designed to steal their crypto assets. According to the FBI, their social engineering tactics are highly targeted and difficult to detect, even for those with advanced cybersecurity expertise. Over the last several […]

Transport for London discloses ongoing “cyber security incident”

Image: Transport for LondonTransport for London (TfL), the city’s transport authority, is investigating an ongoing cyberattack that has yet to impact its services. The agency says that, for the moment, there is no evidence that customer information was compromised during the incident. “We are currently dealing with an ongoing cyber security incident,” TfL’s Customer Information Team […]

Verkada to pay $2.95M for security failures leading to breaches

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposes a $2.95 million penalty on security camera vendor Verkada for multiple security failures that enabled hackers to access live video feeds from 150,000 internet-connected cameras. Many of the cameras were located in sensitive environments, such as women’s health clinics, psychiatric hospitals, prisons, and schools. FTC alleges that Verkada not only failed […]

Cicada3301 ransomware’s Linux encryptor targets VMware ESXi systems

Image: Midjourney A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation named Cicada3301 has already listed 19 victims on its extortion portal, as it quickly attacked companies worldwide. The new cybercrime operation is named after the mysterious 2012-2014 online/real-world game that involved elaborate cryptographic puzzles and used the same logo for promotion on cybercrime forums. However, it is unlikely […]

Linux version of new Cicada ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

Image: Midjourney A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is impersonating the legitimate Cicada 3301 organization and has already listed 19 victims on its extortion portal, as it quickly attacked companies worldwide. The new cybercrime operation is named after and uses the same logo as the mysterious 2012-2014 online/real-world game named Cicada 3301 that involved elaborate cryptographic puzzles. […]