Tag: Cybersecurity
“Jailbreaking” – cybercrime’s latest buzzword
When cybercriminals speak about “jailbreaking,” they are not discussing springing someone from prison. It refers instead to circumventing safety restrictions on AI-driven chatbots to effectively weaponize AI for criminal purposes.
DarkGate again threatens online computer systems – September 15th
A new phishing attack campaign using DarkGate Loader malware has been identified, with Microsoft Teams users being urged to exercise caution. This malware is specifically a 'loader malware' meaning that it is able to download and execute other malware programs on the infected device. The additional malware then downloads in the infected device's memory structure, making it hard to detect since it isn't in the device's file system.
$53-million in cryptocurrency stolen by hackers – September 14th
Hackers have seized $53 million worth of cryptocurrency from CoinEx. Hackers violated the site's hot wallets, taking the cryptocurrency, with CoinEx reassuring that user assets had not been impacted by the incident.
Europol aims to dismantle the EU’s Euro188bn criminal economy
The European Police Office (Europol)’s first-ever threat assessment on the topic, ‘The other side of the coin: an analysis of financial and economic crime in the EU’, aims to shine a spotlight on a EUR 188 billion-plus international underground criminal economy.
Asia’s power grid target by threat actors – September 13th
A malicious malware attack targeting Asia's power grid has been reported. Called ShadowPad or PoisonPlug the malware allows for credential theft. Reports allege the malware to be the work of novel threat operation RedFly.
Cyberattacks leave school data encrypted – September 12th
In today's roundup; Cyberattacks encrypt UK school data, Russian threat actors may face lengthy imprisonment, and 'Charming Kitten' hacks 34 company systems.
Email Address Forging is a Real Threat – September 11th
In today's roundup; Addresses forged via email forwarding, the Sri Lankan attack causes government data loss, and Pune reports a spike in cybercrime cases.
New SEC rulings aim to tackle cyber-ignorance
Some aspects of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s stringent new
Dunghill Leak group claims responsibility for Sabre attack – September 7th
Dunghill Leak group claims responsibility for Sabre attack The Dunghill Leak
New RAT variant gives control over Android devices – September 6th
New RAT variant gives control over Android devices The Indian government
Russian Threat Actors Target Ukrainian Military – September 5th
In today's roundup; Russian threat actors target the Ukranian Military, browser-hacking malware found on the phones of Xiaomi users, and a LockBit data leak.
Growing diversity in cyber, but still a long way to go
The percentage of ethnic minorities working in cyber in the UK has seen an upward trend over the last three years, although it appears to have plateaued at 22 percent after rising from 16 percent in 2020 to 25 percent in 2022. While the cyber workforce is slightly more diverse than that of the digital sector and UK workforce as a whole, the percentages are still lagging far behind where they should be and the US cyber workforce shows similarly lackluster percentages.