The first two months of 2024 featured several revelations on the extent of China’s extensive hacking network. A joint cybersecurity advisory alert was recently posted from the CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), the NSA, and the FBI on the extent to which Chinese state-backed hackers have had access to key U.S. infrastructures over the...Read More

A White House advisory board is recommending the federal government create new economic incentive programs to prod critical infrastructure owners and operators to raise their cybersecurity standards, develop new liability protections around information sharing and simplify an increasingly complex national cyber regulatory regime. The recommendations are part of a report approved Thursday by the National...Read More

FBI Says It Received Most Attack Reports From Healthcare, Critical ManufacturingMathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) •March 7, 2024     The FBI recorded a surge in cybercrime complaints during 2023. (Image: Shutterstock) Cybercrime reports submitted by victims to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center surged last year, and the total reported losses exceeded $12.5 billion. Investment...Read More

A significant ransomware attack by a group known as AlphV or BlackCat has severely disrupted pharmacies across the U.S., affecting the delivery of prescription medications for over ten days. This attack on Change Healthcare has resulted in considerable difficulties for hospital pharmacies and nationwide drug distribution. Internal conflict within the criminal community has shed light...Read More

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Metro By Kevin Sheehan and Steve Janoski Published March 6, 2024 Updated March 6, 2024, 5:24 p.m. ET Four people were charged Wednesday with hiding pieces of two dead bodies that were hacked up with meat cleavers, then scattered across Long Island — but they were freed on supervised release in an “absurd result” blamed...Read More

A criminal claiming to be an ALPHV/BlackCat affiliate — the gang responsible for the widely disruptive Change Healthcare ransomware infection last month —  may have ties to Chinese government-backed cybercrime syndicates. Menlo Security this week linked Beijing to the cyberattack, which essentially left pharmacies across America unable to look up and process people’s health insurance,...Read More

The Play ransomware group leaked around 65,000 documents belonging to the federal government, including classified documents and login credentials, which were published on its dark web leak site on 14 June 2023. Following the cyberattack on Swiss IT service provider, Xplain, details of the leaked data have been disclosed in a press release from the...Read More

The South African Police Service(SAPS) warns of romance scammers, after a victim was swindled of an estimated R24 million. The 42-year-old Nigerian citizen was apprehended in Table View in Cape Town on Tuesday. ROMANCE SCAMMERS BIG PAY DAY According to police report, the victim- a Canadian citizen- claims she met the suspect who went under...Read More

Sponsored (Left to right) Deon Gordon (TechBirmingham), Willie Clemmons (EBSCO), Mayor Frank Brocato (City of Hoover) + Rish Wood (Catalyst Partners). (Southeast Cybersecurity Summit) Where can you hear firsthand from one of the world’s foremost cybersecurity experts, connect with the Southeast’s top tech leaders and learn about career opportunities? The answer is at the Southeast...Read More