In an era where digital frontiers are the new battlegrounds, the shadows of cyber warfare loom large over global security. At the heart of this digital skirmish is Fancy Bear, a notorious Russian hacking group also known as APT28 or Forest Blizzard, which has recently been implicated in a series of cyber espionage activities targeting...Read More

County commissioners met in emergency session midday Thursday to discuss the cyberattack, but after 90 minutes in closed session they adjourned without taking public action and left without making any comment or taking questions. Notorious hacking group LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack, which took took down many county systems the weekend of Jan. 27....Read More

Note: The video above reflects the top news headlines for morning of February 15, 2024 LUBBOCK, Texas — Three men accused of hacking into ATMs to steal money in Lubbock and throughout the Texas Panhandle area agreed to plead guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Theft, federal documents showed on Thursday. Previous story: Crew caught...Read More

Editor’s Note: On Monday, February 19, the stock market will be closed for the Presidents Day holiday. The InvestorPlace offices and customer service department will also be closed on Monday. I hope you enjoy the long weekend! When was the last time you updated your password? If you have an account with LinkedIn, X (formerly...Read More

Editor’s Note: On Monday, February 19, the stock market will be closed for the Presidents Day holiday. The InvestorPlace offices and customer service department will also be closed on Monday. I hope you enjoy the long weekend! When was the last time you updated your password? If you have an account with LinkedIn, X (formerly...Read More

A Ukrainian man accused of playing key roles in two prolific malware groups that bilked millions from victims around the world over a decade pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court in Nebraska on Thursday. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, was arrested in Switzerland in 2022 and extradited to the U.S. in 2023 for his role...Read More

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has begun seeking proposals from industry sources capable of building a prototype cybersecurity threat intelligence platform under the Threat Intelligence Enterprise Service, or TIES, program. CISA seeks to award an other transaction agreement to develop and establish a CTI exchange platform and data feeds for...Read More

If someone asks you to move money through your bank account in exchange for payment, then they are asking you to be a money mule.   Criminals are targeting students (online and in-person) and offering them payment to receive money into their bank account and transfer it to another account or cryptocurrency exchange. Money mules...Read More

A Ukrainian man accused of playing key roles in two prolific malware groups that bilked millions from victims around the world over a decade pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court in Nebraska on Thursday. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, was arrested in Switzerland in 2022 and extradited to the U.S. in 2023 for his role...Read More

Group-IB, a cybersecurity company based in Singapore, recently attributed the development of sophisticated banking trojans to Chinese-speaking cyber crime group GoldFactory. One of the group’s prominent trojans, GoldPickaxe, is capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and SMS information on iOS and Android devices. The threat group has previously targeted Thailand, Vietnam, and other...Read More