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Pivoting from prior cyber espionage, the threat group deployed its backdoor tool set to ultimately push out RA World malware, demanding $2 million from its victim.

With investment in cybersecurity capabilities and proactive measures to address emerging challenges, we can work together to navigate the complexities of combating cybercrime.

Japan is on a mission to catch up to the US standard of national cyber preparedness, and its new legislation is a measure intended to stop escalating Chinese cyber-espionage efforts, experts say.

Sean Cairncross will be one of the primary advisers to the administration on national cybersecurity matters.

The open technology, which tackles disinformation, has gained steam in the past year, surpassing 500 corporate members and continuing to evolve.

US, UK, and Australian law enforcement have targeted a company called Zservers (and two of its administrators) for providing bulletproof hosting services to the infamous ransomware gang.

Sandworm (aka Seashell Blizzard) has an initial access wing called "BadPilot" that uses standard intrusion tactics to spread Russia's tendrils around the world.

When it comes to keeping patient information safe, people empowerment is just as necessary as deploying new technologies.

More than half of attacks on Indian businesses come from outside the country, while 45% of those targeting consumers come from Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos.

The analyst firm recommends defining security and governance processes while reducing friction for business stakeholders.

The combined companies will create a seamless ecosystem of trust, governance, risk, and compliance.

But there's plenty in it — including two zero-days — that need immediate attention.

The vulnerability could allow a threat actor to disable the security feature on a locked device and gain access to user data.

The staffers were tasked with building relationships on the ground across the country in local election jurisdictions, teaching election officials tactics on mitigating cyber threats, cyber hygiene, combating misinformation and foreign influence, and more.

State-led data privacy laws and commitment to enforcement play a major factor in shoring up business data security, an analysis shows.

Salt Typhoon underscores the urgent need for organizations to rapidly adopt modern security practices to meet evolving threats.

The popular generative AI (GenAI) model allows hallucinations, easily avoidable guardrails, susceptibility to jailbreaking and malware creation requests, and more at critically high rates, researchers find.

Improvements in cyber hygiene and resiliency made it possible for victim organizations to skip paying ransom amounts in 2024.

The likely Vietnam-based threat actor has been using two zero-days in VeraCore's warehouse management software in some of its latest cyberattacks.

After claiming responsibility for the ransomware attack in 2024, the "Embargo" ransomware group posted 1.15 terabytes of stolen data to its public Tor site.