Investigators/the FBI/ransomware negotiators just screw everything up, the ransomware gang said, threatening to publish files if victims look for help.
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IoT Attacks Skyrocket, Doubling in 6 Months
The first half of 2021 saw 1.5 billion attacks on smart devices, with attackers looking to steal data, mine cryptocurrency or build botnets.
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Human Fraud: Detecting Them Before They Detect You
Tony Lauro, director of security technology and strategy at Akamai, discusses how to disrupt account takeovers in the exploitation phase of an attack.
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Bluetooth Bugs Open Billions of Devices to DoS, Code Execution
The BrakTooth set of security vulnerabilities impacts at least 11 vendors’ chipsets.
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NFT Collector Tricked into Buying Fake Banksy
An attacker breached the site of famed street artist Banksy to host a fraudulent NFT auction but then gave back the money.
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Brute-Force Attacks Target Inboxes for Gift Card Data
Cybercriminal enterprise is mass testing millions of usernames and passwords per day in a hunt for loyalty card data.
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FIN7 Capitalizes on Windows 11 Release in Latest Gambit
The financially motivated group looked to steal payment-card data from a California-based point-of-sale service provider.
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The State of Incident Response: Measuring Risk and Evaluating Your Preparedness
Grant Oviatt, director of incident-response engagements at Red Canary, provides advice and best practices on how to get there faster.
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IOTW: Ransomware thieves publish major airlines’ passenger information
Airline’s reputation severely hit due to cyber-attack as aviation industry begins to reopen following coronavirus pandemic closures
SpyFone & CEO Banned From Stalkerware Biz
The FTC’s first spyware ban nixes a company whose “slipshod” security practices led to exposure of thousands of victims’ illegally collected personal data.

