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"Cryptographers Discover a New Foundation for Quantum Secrecy"Researchers have proven the possibility of secure quantum encryption. Computer tasks such as sending private messages rely on encryption to protect user data. That encryption must withstand attacks from codebreakers with their own computers.
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"Google, Microsoft: Russian Threat Actors Pose High Risk to 2024 Paris Olympics"Google and Microsoft warn of increased cyber threats, especially from Russia, to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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"Third of Web Traffic Comes from Malicious Bots, Veracity Says"At Infosecurity Europe 2024, Veracity Trust Network CEO Nigel Bridges warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will likely increase the threat of malicious bots to online businesses.
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"US Authorities Attempting to Recover $5.3 Million Stolen in BEC Scam"The US Justice Department recently announced that it has filed a civil forfeiture action in an attempt to recover more than $5.3 million lost by a Massachusetts workers union in a business email compromise (BEC) scam. The union was not named but i
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"FBI Unveils 7,000 Decryption Keys to Aid LockBit Victims"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has over 7,000 decryption keys to help "LockBit" ransomware victims.
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"Linux Version of TargetCompany Ransomware Focuses on VMware ESXi"A new Linux variant of "TargetCompany" ransomware targets VMware ESXi environments with a custom shell script to deliver and execute payloads.
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"Interpol and FBI Break Up a Cyber Scheme in Moldova to Get Asylum for Wanted Criminals"Interpol and the FBI recently cracked down on attempts in Moldova to sabotage one of the international police agency’s key tools, the Red Notice system.
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"RansomHub Extortion Gang Linked to Now-Defunct Knight Ransomware"Security researchers at Symantec have started analyzing the relatively new RansomHub ransomware-as-a-service and believe it has evolved from the currently defunct Knight ransomware project.
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"Chinese Threat Clusters Triple-Team High-Profile Asia Government Org"A trio of Chinese state-aligned threat clusters under the name "Operation Crimson Palace" stole military and political secrets from a government organization in Southeast Asia.
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"New Techniques Emerge to Stop Audio Deepfakes"Audio deepfakes are becoming more dangerous, which prompted the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch its Voice Cloning Challenge. Academics and industry contestants had to develop ideas to prevent, monitor, and evaluate malicious voice cloning.
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"FBI Warns of Rise in Work-From-Home Scams"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned about increased work-from-home scams. The advisory states that scammers call or message potential victims posing as reputable businesses or recruiting agencies.
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"Ransomware Gang Leaks Data From Australian Mining Company"Northern Minerals, an Australian rare-earth metals producer, reported a data breach after a ransomware group released data stolen from the company.
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