A Dutch university that fell victim to a massive ransomware attack has partly received back its stolen money… which in the meantime more than doubled in value, a news report said on Saturday.
Dutch Uni Gets Cyber Ransom Money Back… With Interest
QuSecure Scores Post-Quantum Cybersecurity Contract Worth More Than $100M Annually
Post-Quantum company awarded SBIR III contract to combat ‘harvest now, decrypt later’ threat from quantum computing
Google: Half of 2022’s Zero-Days Are Variants of Previous Vulnerabilities
Google Project Zero has observed a total of 18 exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in the first half of 2022, at least half of which exist because previous bugs were not properly addressed.
Google Blocks Domains of Hack-for-Hire Groups in Russia, India, UAE
A blog post published by Google’s Threat Analysis Group on Thursday describes the activities of hack-for-hire gangs in Russia, India and the United Arab Emirates.
The internet giant has added more than 30 domains used by these threat groups to its Safe Browsing mechanism, which prevents users from accessing them.
Cyberattack Disrupts Unemployment Benefits in Some States
A cyberattack on a software company has disrupted unemployment benefits and job seeking assistance for thousands of people in several states.
Oak9 Lands $8 Million in New Venture Investment
Chicago-based Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) startup oak9 has attracted new interest from venture capitalists with Cisco Investments and Morgan Stanley’s Next Level Fund joining a new $8 million funding round.
North Korea Lazarus Hackers Blamed for $100 Million Horizon Bridge Heist
The infamous North Korean Lazarus hacking group is the prime suspect in the $100 million hack of Harmony’s Horizon Bridge, according to new data and research from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic.
Token Raises $13 Million for Its Biometric Authentication Ring
Wearable authentication solutions provider Token this week announced that it has raised $13 million in Series B funding. To date, the company has raised $22.9 million.
Led by Grand Oaks Capital, the investment round will allow Token to accelerate product development and to increase demand for its technology.
Google Workspace Now Warns Admins of Sensitive Changes
Google this week announced that new warnings added in the Google Workspace Alert Center will keep administrators notified of critical and sensitive configuration changes.
SOHO Routers in North America and Europe Targeted With ‘ZuoRAT’ Malware
A remote access trojan (RAT) targeting small office/home office (SOHO) devices has remained undetected for nearly two years, according to security researchers with Black Lotus Labs, the threat intelligence arm of Lumen Technologies.
