Avaddon ransomware gang is threatening to carry out DDoS attacks and data leaks if AXA did not corporate with the attackers. French insurance giant AXA Group announced on Sunday that the company has become a victim of a ransomware attack. The incident affected its IT operations of Asia Assistance in Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, and…
Matt Gaetz’s longtime friend and partner in alleged crimes Joel Greenberg has pleaded guilty to six of the charges against him: identity theft, stalking, wire fraud, conspiracy to bribe a public official, and sex trafficking of a minor. While all of those crimes are incredibly serious, that last one carries a mandatory minimum sentence of…
CornerShop is a London-based concept store which aims to test a range of different retail technologies with real customers. Shoppers will be able to use their smartphone to help them either pre-select items or purchase products based on their own preferences such as dietary requirements. There are also options to try on clothing using a…
Forensics , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Elliptic Says It Traced Payments by Colonial Pipeline and Many Others Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • May 18, 2021 Ransom payment amounts generated by DarkSide ransomware (Source: Elliptic) The DarkSide ransomware gang apparently collected over $90 million in ransom payments from about…
Reducing the hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants to a story about Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas does not do the situation justice, the head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK has said. “This isn’t a confrontation between Netanyahu and Hamas, this as a confrontation that has lasted for 100 years, between…
US intelligence agencies suspect Russia is behind the SolarWinds hack on federal agencies last year. But on Monday, Russia’s head of foreign intelligence suggested the UK and US itself might have been behind it. Sergei Naryshkin didn’t give evidence or explain why the US would hack its own agencies. See more stories on Insider’s business…
A total of 158 privacy and security issues have been identified in 58 Android stalkware apps from various vendors that could enable a malicious actor to take control of a victim’s device, hijack a stalker’s account, intercept data, achieve remote code execution, and even frame the victim by uploading fabricated evidence. The new findings, which…
May 17, 2021, 5:31 PM The Colonial Pipeline system, which supplies nearly half the fuel consumed along the Eastern Seaboard, resumed full operations this weekend after a ransomware attack eight days earlier. Following days of higher pump prices, panic buying, and gas stations running out of fuel, the system is beginning to return to normal….
The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has denied carrying out a cyber attack on software business SolarWinds which gave hackers access to large portions of the US government as well as hundreds of businesses. Sergei Naryshkin, the director of Russia’s SVR spy agency, said he was “flattered” by US and UK accusations that his…
RSA 2020, held in February of that year, was one of the last major technology events to take place in person. This year’s event, which continues through May 20, was delayed in hopes that it could go on in person, but was ultimately shifted to a digital format. Speakers will focus on how organizations succeeded…
