Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist

Windows Hello is a biometrics-based technology that enables Windows 10 users (and those who update to Windows 11) to authenticate secure access to their devices, apps, online services and networks with just a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition. The sign-in mechanism is essentially an alternative to passwords and is widely considered to be a…

SonicWall is warning of an imminent risk of a ransomware attack targeting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series and Secure Remote Access (SRA) products in a security notice today. “Organizations that fail to take appropriate actions to mitigate these vulnerabilities on their SRA and SMA 100 series products are at imminent risk of a targeted…

In this report the McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) Strategic Intelligence team details an espionage campaign, targeting telecommunication companies, dubbed Operation Diànxùn. In this attack, we discovered malware using similar tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to those observed in earlier campaigns publicly attributed to the threat actors RedDelta and Mustang Panda. While the initial vector…

The FluBot Android malware has spread throughout several European countries through an SMS package delivery scam. A type of Android malware known as FluBot has been spreading through multiple European countries and may soon land on smartphones in the United States, security researchers warn. The operators behind FluBot initially targeted devices in Spain, which made…

Although Facebook has been banned in China, the company recently exposed hackers who used the social media platform to lure Uyghurs into downloading malicious software used for surveillance. According to Facebook’s Mike Dvilyanski, Head of Cyber Espionage Investigations, and Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy, hackers “targeted activists, journalists and dissidents predominantly among Uyghurs from…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Legislation & Litigation , Ransomware Sponsor of Bill Says Ransomware Attacks Are ‘Completely Out of Control’ Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 23, 2021     A bill introduced this week in the Australian Parliament would make it mandatory for organizations based in the country to report to the Australian Cyber…