Category: Data Protection

FBI Warns of ‘Reverse’ Instant Payments Phishing Schemes

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert on a new phishing scheme aimed at tricking victims into making money transfers to accounts controlled by cybercriminals.

GitHub Warns of Private Repositories Downloaded Using Stolen OAuth Tokens

GitHub has sounded the alarm on a cyberattack that resulted in the private repositories of dozens of organizations being downloaded by an unauthorized party abusing stolen OAuth user tokens.

The incident was identified on April 12, when the code hosting platform observed suspicious activity on its npm production infrastructure.

North Korea APT Lazarus Targeting Chemical Sector

Threat hunters at Symantec have spotted signs that North Korea’s Lazarus APT group is targeting companies in the chemical sector in an ongoing cyberespionage campaign that includes fake job lures and clever social engineering.

Critical Code Execution Flaw Haunts VMware Cloud Director

Cloud computing and virtualization technology firm VMWare on Thursday rolled out patches for an extremely critical security flaw in the VMWare Cloud Director product, warning that unpatched systems are at risk of remote code execution attacks.

Cloud Security Startup DoControl Raises $30 Million

Cloud data security startup DoControl has closed a $30 million Series B funding round that brings the total raised by the company to $43 million.

The financing round was led by Insight Partners, with additional investments from Cardumen Capital, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, RTP Global, and StageOne Ventures.

Microsoft Seizes Control of Notorious Zloader Cybercrime Botnet

Microsoft has disrupted the operation of one of the most notorious cybercrime botnets and named a Crimean hacker as an alleged perpetrator behind the distribution of ransomware to the network of infected machines.

Adobe Patches Gaping Security Holes in Acrobat, Reader, Photoshop

Adobe’s security update engine revved into overdrive this month with the release of patches for at least 78 documented software vulnerabilities, some serious enough to expose corporate customers to remote code execution attacks.

OpenSSH Moves to Prevent ‘Capture Now, Decrypt Later’ Attacks

OpenSSH has joined the high-stakes fight to protect data from quantum computers.

The latest version of the widely used encryption and connectivity tool has been fitted with new features to prevent “capture now, decrypt later” attacks linked to advancements in quantum computing.

Thoma Bravo to Take SailPoint Private in $6.9B All-Cash Deal

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo’s deep push into the cybersecurity market continued Monday with the announcement of plans to spend $6.9 billion to acquire identity and access management powerhouse SailPoint.