The U.S. State Department has announced monetary rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification of key leaders within the LockBit ransomware group and the arrest of any individual participating in the operation.
Not for the first time, Russian authorities have busted Russian nationals accused of using malicious code against domestic targets. The U.S. and other countries also have tied at least one of the suspects to the massive 2022 hack attack against one of Australia's largest private health insurers, Medibank, although that doesn't appear to have been a factor in Russia's arrests.
Cybercriminal gangs are infiltrating popular online community platform Discord to plan their schemes and teach a new generation of hackers, according to a new report shared first with Axios.
Intel 471, a cyber threat intelligence company, named Sonja Tsiridis the chief technology officer. In this position, Tsiridis will lead Intel 471’s Global Engineering Organization, including product and platform technology, architecture, cloud operations and corporate IT.
Experts have pieced together the online history of Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov to reveal his alleged cybercrime operations in the years leading up to the attack.
The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce (DSCC) named the following new members to its Board of Directors and Board of Governors, effective January 1.
40-year-old Russian national Vladimir Dunaev has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for his role in creating and distributing the TrickBot malware, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said.
Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank.
Intel 471, a provider of cyber threat intelligence (CTI) solutions across the globe, announced Sonja Tsiridis as its new chief technology officer (CTO). In this position, Sonja will lead Intel 471’s Global Engineering Organization, including product and platform technology, architecture, cloud operations and corporate IT.
The cybercriminal underground was more active than ever in 2023. Intel 471 analysts study malware samples, data breaches, software vulnerabilities and conversations between threat actors to understand how bad actors are undermining systems and found that organizations saw continued risks from persistent attack vectors including information-stealer malware distributed by initial access brokers (IABs), or those who specialize in breaking into networks and selling that access.
Security pros think a lot about ransomware: how to avoid it, what data they manage that might be at risk and what’s the next slimy tactic they will need to contend with. In the year ahead ransomware experts predict a shift in tactics and targets by criminals as cyber-defenses get harder to bypass. They also warn that mobile endpoints will become more attractive targets and that old bugs, such as Log4j, will continue to be springboards into networks for ransomware attacks.
Generative artificial intelligence headlines dominated 2023 and looks to do the same in 2024. Predictions from thought leaders at CrowdStrike, Intel 471, LastPass and Zscaler forecast how the technology will be used, abused and leveraged in surprising ways in the year ahead.
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