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Cyber Security Headlines

Cyber Security Headlines

Cybersecurity News:  Gamaredon hits Ukraine, Paramount suffers breach, OpenFire gets swarmed

Gamaredon hackers hit Ukraine military The Russian hacking group Gamaredon has started to increase its attacks on Ukraine’s military and government. Its primary area of...

Cybersecurity News: China hacked Japan’s NISC, trafficking fuels cyber scams, China approves generative AI

Chinese threat actors breached Japan’s cybersecurity agency Earlier this month, Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy, or NISC, disclosed a data breach exposed...

Cybersecurity News: FBI dismantles Qakbot operation, University of Michigan cuts internet after cyberattack, Microsoft criticizes UN cybercrime treaty

FBI dismantles Qakbot operation that took millions in ransom  On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the dismantling of the notorious Qakbot malware system...

Cybersecurity News: UK flight outage, the malware Big 3, spyware firm breached

UK network outage grounds flights On August 28th, the UK's National Air Traffic Service, or NATS, announced a “technical issue” caused it to  apply “traffic...

Cybersecurity News: Cisco fixes flaws, Windows BSOD reappears, FBI Barracuda warning

Cisco fixes flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Among the flaws that Cisco fixed this past week are three of high severity, found in NX-OS...

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Health hackers evolve, generative AI cyberattacks, NK spooks drills

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Gerald Auger Ph.D., Chief Content Creator, Simply Cyber Cyber...

Cybersecurity News: Lazarus exploits ManageEngine, Rockwell ThinManager vulnerabilities, Mississippi hospital attack

Lazarus Group exploits ManageEngine to drop new RATS on internet and healthcare North Korea’s Lazarus Group has been observed exploiting a critical vulnerability in Zoho's...

Cybersecurity News: Tornado Cash indictment, UN cybercrime treaty, Lazarus crypto cashout

Tornado Cash developers face indictment The court for the Southern District of New York announced it charged Tornado Cash developers Roman Semenov and Roman Storm...

Cybersecurity News: CISOs’ cybersecurity confidence, Healthcare cyberbreach report, Duo outage

CISOs proclaim cybersecurity confidence, but majority admit to SaaS incidents Cybersecurity company AppOmni has released its new State of SaaS Security Posture Management Report, which...

Cybersecurity News: ChatGPT botnet, Brits tip ransomware targets, Tesla’s insider breach

ChatGPT used in crypto botnet We’ve seen threat actors starting to explore uses for generative AI. Now researchers at Indiana University Bloomington discovered a new...

Cybersecurity News: NK attacks drills, Android APK malware, space industry warning

North Korean hackers suspected of targeting S. Korea-US drills A joint military exercise between South Korea and the U.S. is scheduled to start today, Monday...

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Ford WiFi vulnerability, LockBit’s publication struggle, Government ZeroTrust confidence

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest, Jon Oltsik, distinguished analyst and fellow, Enterprise Strategy...

Cybersecurity News: Cybercriminals finetune AI, Government ZeroTrust confidence, Citrix vulnerability warning

Influence operators fine-tuning AI to deceive targets A range of operators including cybercrime groups is continuing to exploit AI technologies such as deepfakes to take...

Cybersecurity News: LockBit struggles, Google’s quantum resilient key, orgs excitedly unprepared for AI

LockBit struggles to publish leaked data Analyst1 Chief Security Strategist Jon DiMaggio published a report showing that the pernicious ransomware group shows signs of “critical...

Cybersecurity News: LinkedIn accounts hijacked, Chinese spies hack US congressman’s email, US watchdog plans to regulate data brokers

LinkedIn accounts hacked in widespread hijacking campaign On Tuesday, a wave of LinkedIn user reports surfaced indicating their accounts had been locked out or hijacked...