As synthetic ID fraud in the financial services sector continues to rise next year, organizations must use new technologies to mitigate the risks, says Saif Nawaz of Meridian Credit Union in Canada.
Researchers at the security firm Cybereason have uncovered a multistage malware variant that evades antivirus tools and is targeting users of a major Brazilian e-commerce site.
Organizations need to build security into their cloud environments to help thwart cyberthreats, says Tom Corn of VMware, who describes this "intrinsic security" approach.
An accused ringleader of the notorious FIN7 hacking group, which prosecutors say stole 15 million payment cards over several years, has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Andrii Kolpakov faces up to 25 years in prison.
Waves of support from the InfoSec community continue to pour in for former CISA Director Christopher Krebs, who was fired Tuesday by President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, an acting CISA director reportedly has been named, and Deputy Director Matt Travis has resigned.
Researchers are warning that many domain name system server implementations are vulnerable to a spoofing attack that allows attackers to redirect, intercept and manipulate traffic. Thankfully, fixes are already arriving for this so-called SAD DNS flaw.
A recently identified Chinese hacking group dubbed "FunnyDream" has targeted more than 200 government entities in Southeast Asia since 2018 as part of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, according to research from Bitdefender.
Microsoft's Security Intelligence team is warning users of the Office 365 suite about an ongoing phishing campaign that appears to be harvesting victims' credentials. The emails use several techniques to bypass and evade secure email gateways.
Japanese computer game company Capcom acknowledged this week that a November security incident was a Ragnar Locker ransomware attack that resulted in about 350,000 customer and company records, including sales and shareholder data, potentially being compromised.
North Korean hackers are suspected of carrying out a supply chain attack that targeted businesses in South Korea using stolen digital certificates, according to researchers with ESET. The analysts believe that this campaign is related to the Lazarus Group.
President Donald Trump has fired Christopher Krebs, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency. Experts say that thanks in no small part to CISA, this year's election "was the most secure in American history," free from any major cybersecurity incidents.
Federal CISO Camilo Sandoval's decision to take a leave of absence after two weeks on the job to help investigate claims made by President Donald Trump of wide-scale voting fraud during the recent election is drawing criticism.
Over the past five years, ransomware-as-a-service offerings have largely evolved from putting automated toolkits into the hands of subscribers to recruiting affiliates and sharing profits. To maximize revenue, some larger operators are also seeking affiliates with more advanced IT and hacking skills.
Twitter has hired network security expert Peiter Zatko to serve in the newly created position of head of security following a series of high-profile cyber incidents. Zatko, known as "Mudge," gained fame as a member of the ethical hacking group "Cult of the Dead Cow" and worked for the government and Google.
NOYB, a privacy group run by Austrian Max Schrems, has filed complaints against Apple with Spanish and German data protection regulators alleging the company's Identifier for Advertisers breaks EU privacy laws by allowing Apple and all apps on the iPhone to track a user without consent.
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