A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) extortion group has blazed back on the cybercrime scene, this time under the name of “Fancy Lazarus.” It’s been launching a series of new attacks that may or may not have any teeth, researchers said. The new name is a tongue-in-cheek combination of the….
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Case Is First Test for DOJ’s Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 7, 2021 A 55-year-old Latvian woman has been charged with helping to develop code for the Trickbot cybercriminal gang as well as allegedly stealing banking credentials from…
McDonald’s, the world’s largest burger chain, said on Friday that a data breach in South Korea and Taiwan has exposed some customer and employee information, making it the latest global company to be targeted by cybercriminals. The attackers accessed e-mails, phone numbers, and delivery addresses, but the breach did not include customer payment information, the…
The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is one of the many useful tools we can use to stop cybersecurity threats. This long-standing standard separates a network into seven layers, offering suggestions for protecting each of them. In this blog series, we’ll examine the layers one by one to understand this model. Each piece follows the same…
Global payments processor VISA warns that threat actors are increasingly deploying web shells on compromised servers to exfiltrate credit card information stolen from online store customers. Web shells are tools (scripts or programs) deployed by threat actors to gain and/or maintain access to hacked servers, remotely execute arbitrary code or commands, move laterally within a target’s…
Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 revealed that an unauthorized party accessed some of its source code in a security incident linked to the Codecov supply-chain attack. Last month, Codecov disclosed a security incident involving its Bash Uploader script, a tool that provides a framework and language-agnostic method for sending coverage reports to Codecov. The company…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , ID Fraud , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Five Cybersecurity Deals Revealed in 2 Weeks, Continuing Consolidation Trend Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • March 22, 2021 This year’s brisk cybersecurity M&A activity is continuing, with five more deals announced in the last two weeks. See Also: Top 50 Security…
