Russian hackers breached and modified several Ukrainian state websites on Thursday morning using a backdoor planted nearly two years ago. Ukraine identified the hackers as belonging to a group tracked as UAC-0056, also known as SaintBear, UNC2589 and TA471.
Intel 471 has promoted second-in-command Jason Passwaters to CEO and tasked him with onboarding less-mature security organizations for narrower use cases. The company plans to land more threat intelligence customers by focusing on areas such as vulnerability management and patch prioritization.
The United States is warning domestic and European organizations to be extra vigilant about their presence in cyberspace on the one-year anniversary of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Friday marks 12 months since Moscow initiated a war of conquest against its European neighbor.
One year after Russia intensified its invasion of Ukraine, the cyberwar many feared Moscow might unleash hasn't come to pass. In fact, while cyber operations have been a component of Russia's war - and cybersecurity a necessity of Ukraine's defense - cyber operations remain no silver bullet.
Tools such as image analysis are of little help to banks dealing with check fraud since, most of the time, checks that are deposited are legitimate, says Karen Boyer, senior vice president for financial crimes at M&T Bank. She says the best way to deal with this fraud is to closely monitor accounts.
In the latest weekly update, John Kindervag, creator of zero trust and senior vice president of cybersecurity strategy at ON2IT, joins ISMG editors to discuss the top zero trust storylines of the year, the impact of ChatGPT on the cybersecurity industry and how to tackle MFA bypass attacks.
Watch this video to learn about tips for preparing for incident response, improving threat detection capabilities, and hardening your environment in order to make intrusions like these less likely.
A Russian national accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of developing an application for decrypting login credentials pleaded not guilty during a first appearance in Tampa federal court. The man, Dariy Pankov, faces seven criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and computer fraud.
Embedding OpenAI technology in Microsoft Bing will help both hackers and cyber defenders. The AI tool could make it easier for hackers to drive traffic to malicious sites, avoid search engine blocking and distribute malware, but it could also help security teams with code analysis and threat intel.
Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in the world of digital assets. This week, we look at incidents at Hope Finance, decentralized finance firm new malware demanding crypto and a phishing campaign aimed at Coinbase.
The Los Angeles Unified School District confirmed that records containing mental health data and other sensitive information of about 2,000 students, including 60 current pupils, were among data leaked in a ransomware attack last fall by Russian hacking group Vice Society.
In this week's roundup of cybersecurity incidents happening around the world, ISMG looks at incidents affecting the maker of the video game Call of Duty, Scandinavian Airlines, renowned fruit and vegetable giant Dole, Australian software maker Atlassian, and Russian broadcast company VGTRK.
The European Commission is preparing a proposal mandating more cooperation among national government agencies charged with enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation. Nationally driven enforcement of the regulation has emerged as a sore point for some during the GDPR's first half decade.
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