Category: NEWS & INDUSTRY

Accounts Deceivable: Email Scam Costliest Type of Cybercrime

A shopping spree in Beverly Hills, a luxury vacation in Mexico, a bank account that jumped from $299.77 to $1.4 million overnight.

Third Member of FIN7 Cybercrime Gang Sentenced to US Prison

A Ukrainian national was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison in the United States for his role in the infamous FIN7 hacking group.

The man, Denys Iarmak, 32, was a high-level hacker within FIN7, also referred to as a “pen tester,” working with the cyber gang between November 2016 and November 2018, documents presented in court show.

Spring4Shell Vulnerability Exploited by Mirai Botnet

Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro on Friday confirmed some earlier reports that the new Spring4Shell vulnerability has been exploited by the Mirai botnet.

Two critical vulnerabilities have been patched recently in the popular Java application development framework Spring: CVE-2022-22965 (aka Spring4Shell and SpringShell) and CVE-2022-22963.

Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Raises $88 Million at $2 Billion Valuation

Blockchain security startup CertiK on Thursday announced that it has raised $88 million in a Series B3 funding round, which boosted its valuation above the $2 billion mark. Over the past nine months, the company has raised $230 million.

Microsoft Disrupts Infrastructure Used by Russia’s Hackers in Ukraine Attacks

Microsoft on Thursday said it has attempted to disrupt cyberattacks launched by the Russian government against Ukraine by seizing some of the domains leveraged by a notorious state-sponsored threat group.

Google Updates Target API Level Requirements for Android Apps

Google this week announced updated target level API requirements for Android applications in an attempt to improve the overall security of the ecosystem.

Windows Autopatch Aims to Make Patch Tuesday ‘Just Another Tuesday’ for Enterprises

Microsoft this week announced Windows Autopatch, a new automatic updates service for Windows 10 and 11 Enterprise E3 customers that will manage all software, firmware, driver, and enterprise app updates.

SharkBot Android Malware Continues Popping Up on Google Play

Over the past couple of months, security researchers identified several applications in Google Play that were designed to download the SharkBot Android trojan.

Facebook Battles Cyber Campaigns Targeting Ukraine

Facebook’s parent company Meta on Thursday said Russian state actors and others are relentlessly trying to use the social network against the Ukraine with deception, hacking and coordinated bullying campaigns.