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….
Pats Itself on the Back. The June patch set from Intel brings its vulnerabilities total to 132 for the first six months of 2021, with 70 percent of those having been discovered and mitigated before they were publicly disclosed, Bryant said. Quiet, nonpublic discovery and mitigation is a nice turnaround for Intel, Bryant said.
Electronic Arts Inc is investigating a recent data breach, where some of its game source code and related tools were stolen, the videogame publisher said on Thursday, becoming the latest victim of a spate of cyberattacks on US companies. The publisher of titles such as “Battlefield,” “Apex Legends” and “Madden NFL 21” said it does…
Cybercrime , DDoS Protection , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Proofpoint Reports Group Rebrands as Fancy Lazarus, Lowers Ransom Amount Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 11, 2021 Traditional ransomware attacks may have taken over the news cycle, but Proofpoint researchers say the malicious actors who presents themselves as the North Korean-backed Lazarus advanced persistent…
Image: Alex Motoc McDonald’s, the largest fast-food chain globally, has disclosed a data breach after hackers breached its systems and stole information belonging to customers and employees from the US, South Korea, and Taiwan. As the world’s global foodservice retailer, McDonald’s serves almost hundreds of millions of customers every day in more than 39,000 locations…
The world’s largest meat processor said on Wednesday that it paid an $11 million ransom in Bitcoin to the hackers behind an attack that forced the shutdown last week of all the company’s U.S. beef plants and disrupted operations at poultry and pork plants. The company, JBS, said in a statement that the decision to…
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…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Cybercrime Market Traded Banking and Payment Credentials Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 11, 2021 The U.S. Justice Department has shut down the Slilpp cybercrime marketplace, which sold stolen credentials related to bank accounts and other payment mechanisms, in a multinational operation. See Also: Live…
Cybercrime , DDoS Protection , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Proofpoint Reports Group Rebrands as Fancy Lazarus, Lowers Ransom Amount Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 11, 2021 Traditional ransomware attacks may have taken over the news cycle, but Proofpoint researchers say the malicious actors who presents themselves as the North Korean-backed Lazarus advanced persistent…
World Health Organization (WHO) special envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro, has called on G7 leaders to take responsibility, “beyond positioning”, and form a worldwide coronavirus response programme. The issue needs to be dealt with as a global challenge, Dr Nabarro told BBC World News, with a adequate finance, vaccines, diagnostics, treatment and political support….
