Some of the most destructive ransomware hackers in the world appear to be on edge after the U.S. reportedly took down one of their colleagues.
Several ransomware gangs posted lengthy anti-U.S. screeds, viewed by NBC News, on the dark web. In them, they defended their practice of hacking organizations and holding their computers for ransom.
5 ways to keep vaccine 'cold chain' safe from hackers -- GCN
Health systems can prevent the hacking of electronics in the "cold chain" that keeps items like COVID-19 vaccines ultra-cold during storage and transport, say researchers.
The interference could cause a cooler's temperature monitor to falsely indicate that the vaccine inside has become too warm to use, or it could cause a freezer to malfunction and spoil its contents.
Hackers Lay Claim to Trump's Social App Before Its Launch - The New York Times
Former President Donald J. Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he would start a "media powerhouse." Its flagship operation would be Truth Social , a Twitter-like social network that would "stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech," he said in a statement.
Within two hours, hackers had gained access to a private version of the social network, creating fake accounts for Mr. Trump; the far-right personality Stephen K. Bannon; Ron Watkins, the QAnon conspiracy theorist; and Twitter's chief executive, Jack Dorsey, who barred Mr.
Tesco website hit by hackers, leaving thousands of customers frustrated | Tesco | The Guardian
Tesco has been hit by hackers, leaving thousands of frustrated shoppers unable to buy groceries online at Britain's biggest supermarket.
The outage leaves its grocery website and app down for a second day, with people unable to book deliveries or amend existing orders. Tesco receives 1.3m online orders every week.
FIN7 hackers set up a fake company to recruit for cyberattacks – TechCrunch
FIN7, a financially motivated Russian hacking group, has set up a fake company to lure unwitting IT specialists into supporting its continued expansion into ransomware , security researchers have found.
Bastion Secure's website looks like the real deal. But the research found FIN7 is using real, publicly available information from existing, legitimate cybersecurity companies — phone numbers, office locations and text pulled from real websites — to create a veil of legitimacy.
The 14-Year-Old Who Founded Girls Who Hack Is Inspiring the Next Generation of Hackers
Bianca Lewis, or as she is known in the hacker world: BiaSciLab, is part of the next generation of hackers. At 14 years old, she has already made a name for herself in hacker conference circles when a few years ago, she was among a group of kids that hacked into an election reporting system .
'LightBasin' hackers spent 5 years hiding on telco networks
A sophisticated hacking operation has spent the last five years covertly monitoring telecommunications networks around the world.
With operations dating back to 2016, CrowdStrike believes LightBasin has been able to infiltrate the company networks of at least 13 different telecommunications operators in order to conduct signal intelligence monitoring.
Hackers Exploit Flaw In BQE Software's Billing System To Deploy Ransomware: Huntress
Hackers hit a U.S. engineering company with ransomware through a vulnerability in BQE Software’s time and billing system, according to threat research firm Huntress.
Threat researcher superstar Huntress is warning of a vulnerability in multiple versions of BQE Software’s time and billing system, BillQuick Web Suite, which allows hackers access to deploy ransomware attacks.
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Cybercrime matures as hackers are forced to work smarter
An analysis of 500 hacking incidents across a wide range of industries has revealed trends that characterize a maturity in the way hacking groups operate today.
Researchers at Kaspersky have focused on the Russian cybercrime underground, which is currently one of the most prolific ecosystems, but many elements in their findings are common denominators for all hackers groups worldwide.
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Several countries working together took down the ransomware gang REvil using one of the organization's favorite tac… https://t.co/u9wtwpAaFp arstechnica (from NYC - Boston - Chicago - SF) Sun Oct 24 10:28:06 +0000 2021
Cybercrime gang FIN7 created a fake #cybersecurity company called "Bastion Secure" to recruit IT experts and get th… https://t.co/MYHQrZngpz TheHackersNews (from The Internet) Fri Oct 22 13:30:07 +0000 2021
New: The NSA, FBI, and DHS' CISA are attributing recent attacks on US critical infrastructure, inclu 2 food & agric… https://t.co/GUF1Sd3XXn shanvav (from Washington, DC) Mon Oct 18 19:36:05 +0000 2021
Russia-linked ransomware crew posed as real company to attract workers https://t.co/a3KtRi9nIv CBSNews (from New York, NY) Thu Oct 21 22:40:00 +0000 2021
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