Iran has tried to purchase wiper malware from Russian underground forums that can help hackers irreversibly remove computer data. Sergey Shykevich, threat intelligence expert at cyber security company Check Point said in an interview with digital magazine Computer Weekly, “Nation states understand that to pretend to be involved in hacktivism allows them deniability … They don’t...Read More

New research has found security flaws in the ChatGPT which could have allowed hackers to take over users’ other accounts, such as GitHub. Salt Security discovered various ChatGPT plugins had critical security flaws. These plugins allow the AI tool to access other websites and perform certain tasks, such as committing code in GitHub and retrieving...Read More

CLEVELAND, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Advizex, a leading technology provider of infrastructure and enterprise application solutions is warming up for a full-court press this March Madness season. With the rise of AI, cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and frequent. It is estimated that these attacks, and the general loss of productivity from office betting...Read More

As health systems around the US are still grappling with an unprecedented ransomware attack on the country’s largest health care payment processor, the US Department of Health and Human Services is opening an investigation into whether that processor and its parent company, UnitedHealthcare Group, complied with federal rules to protect private patient data. The attack...Read More

TikTok influencers and finance watchdogs are warning of scammers posing as a ‘sugar daddy’ or ‘sugar mamma’ and conning targets out of thousands of dollars via dating and cash-transfer apps. The scammers find targets on Tinder, Bumble or another dating or social media app, presenting themselves as a wealthy suitor before sucking their victims into...Read More

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic revealed that the North Korea-backed hacker group Lazarus is once again using sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash to obfuscate its transactions. Last year, the group ceased using the crypto mixer after US government sanctions, which were imposed due to allegations of aiding criminals in laundering illegally obtained digital assets. Following the...Read More

North Korea’s hacker organization Lazarus is using Tornado Cash again despite U.S. sanctions against the popular cryptocurrency mixer.  Blockchain analytics startup Elliptic reported on March 14 that Lazarus funneled $12 million into the Ethereum-based crypto tumbler. The funds, denominated in Ether (ETH), originated from a November hack on Justin Sun’s HTX and the exchange’s cross-chain...Read More

Change Healthcare is being investigated over the alleged 6 TB data theft by the ALPHV ransomware group as it continues recovery efforts. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) wrote to the healthcare IT company this week informing it that a formal inquiry into its data protection practices...Read More

A woman who lost tens of thousands of dollars in an apparent online romance scam began to be harassed by scammers posing as federal law enforcement after NBC10 Boston began looking into her case — and she says there is still no sign of her lost life savings. The woman, a Massachusetts native who we’re...Read More

The Cybercrime Atlas, a massive undertaking that aims to disrupt cybercriminals across the globe, enters its operational phase in 2024, two years after organizers laid the groundwork at the RSA Conference. At the time, the public-private collaboration was still in the proof-of-concept stage with one ambitious goal – to map out relationships between criminal groups,...Read More