A widespread surge in phishing attacks using fake calendar invites is affecting users on Outlook, Gmail, and Apple devices, with events that resist deletion due to cross-device synchronization and urge victims toward financial scams.
Geek Squad Appointment Confirmation Scam Circulates Widely A fraudulent email purporting to confirm a Geek Squad appointment and renew a subscription for Best Buy’s “Total Protection” service has been reported, tricking recipients into believing they owe a fee for computer repair services they did not authorize. Details of the Scam Email The scam email masquerades…
Europe’s energy infrastructure is facing increasingly complex and persistent cybersecurity threats, according to new industry reports and expert analysis. Vulnerabilities in aging hardware, outdated software, and insecure control protocols have left essential systems at risk, prompting urgent calls for modernization and improved security oversight. Legacy Systems Expose Critical Infrastructure Many European power plants and substations…
A London investment bank faced a dramatic IT mishap this week after a code change led to the system mistakenly dispatching two billion error alert emails overnight, causing a major disruption in operations and prompting a late-night scramble by engineering staff to stem the tide.
Cybersecurity researchers are pioneering new approaches to defend Windows PCs against ransomware, presenting early results that suggest so-called “malware vaccines” could proactively block some of the most persistent cyber threats. At a leading security conference in The Hague, experts demonstrated how code that mimics signs of existing infections might discourage ransomware from striking in the…
The Justice Department announced today the coordinated seizure of 39 domains and their associated servers in an international effort against a Pakistan-based network of online marketplaces selling hacking and fraud-enabling tools operated by a group known as Saim Raza (also referred to as HeartSender). The seizures were carried out in coordination with the Dutch National…
On September 26, 2024, The Tor Project and Tails merged their operations, believing that integrating Tails into the Tor Project’s structure would facilitate better collaboration, improved sustainability, reduced overhead, and expanded training and outreach programs to address a wider range of digital threats.
IBM announced today the addition of generative AI capabilities to its managed Threat Detection and Response Services.
A U.S. government contractor was arrested on Aug. 24 based on espionage charges in a complaint unsealed today. Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Ethiopian descent, of Silver Spring, Maryland, is charged with delivering national defense information to aid a foreign government, conspiracy to deliver national defense information to aid a foreign…
Three indictments in three different federal jurisdictions have been unsealed charging multiple Russian cybercrime actors involved in the Trickbot malware and Conti ransomware schemes. Trickbot was a suite of malware tools that aimed to steal money and make it easier to install ransomware. Hospitals, schools, and businesses were among the millions of Trickbot victims who…
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