Web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare on Thursday disclosed that it mitigated the largest ever volumetric distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack recorded to date. The attack, launched via a Mirai botnet, is said to have targeted an unnamed customer in the financial industry last month. “Within seconds, the botnet bombarded the Cloudflare edge…
Just days after a hacker pulled off an audacious crypto heist, another major public breach has occured. Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid is the latest victim of a cyberattack that has seen hackers make off with an estimated $97 million in stolen assets. The funds include $45 million in Ethereum tokens, which the culprit is converting…
Researchers are calling the HolesWarm the “king of vulnerability exploitation” as the malware has already exploited 20 known Linux and Windows vulnerabilities in just a month. The IT security researchers at Tencent have disclosed details of a newly discovered malware with cryptomining capabilities leveraging over 20 known vulnerabilities, mainly in unpatched Windows and Linux servers….
Google recently removed eight fraudulent cryptocurrency mining apps from its official app store that is Play Store. All the eight fake mining apps removed were loaded with fraudulent functions like watching Ads and paying for subscription services. The cybersecurity experts at Trend Micro analyzed all the eight apps that were removed from the Play Store…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Ransomware Firm Says Singapore Unit Was Targeted Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 20, 2021 Tokio Marine, a Japan-based property and casualty insurer, says its Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore unit was hit by a ransomware attack this week. See Also: 2021 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat…
On the heels of the First American enforcement action and settlement, this week, the SEC announced a settlement with Pearson plc in connection with a 2018 cyber breach. The SEC disclosed that Pearson, a London-based educational company, agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to settle charges that it misled investors about a breach involving…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Discussion Also Tackles Applying ‘Zero Trust’ to OT Environment Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • August 20, 2021 Clockwise, from top left: Suparna Goswami, Anna Delaney, Tony Morbin and Tom Field In the latest…
This article has been indexed from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors – Front Page T-Mobile earlier this week shared details on a data breach where hackers gained access to the personal information of close to 50 million current, former, and prospective customers. At the time, T-Mobile said that data from 7.8 million current customers had…
Action-comedy film Free Guy sees Ryan Reynolds break free of his programming as a video game non-player character. He learns he is part of a massively multi-player game called Free City after wearing a pair of sunglasses from one of the games real world players. But how much did video game culture inspire the film?…
A report by human rights group Amnesty International has said the Taliban recently “massacred” and brutally tortured several members of the Hazara minority in Afghanistan. Following the militant group’s takeover of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, the Taliban have said that there would be “no revenge”. But Amnesty International’s Brian Castner told BBC World…
