There isn’t much good to be said about the motives and mindset of cybercriminals, given that they tend to be focused on fraudulently depriving others of their hard-earned funds. But, as Fastly’s Sr. Principal Technologist Zane Lackey told Karen Webster, there is one good thing...
President Joe Biden has said the U.S. appears to have avoided much damage to businesses in the recent ransomware attack, which was the biggest on record, the Associated Press (AP) wrote Tuesday (July 6). The company that saw the software breach affected less than 1,500...
Payments firm Klarna is under the microscope of Sweden’s financial watchdog, over reported violations of security laws, Reuters reported Monday (July 5). On May 27, for around 30 minutes, users of Klarna were able to see other users’ data. The report said that data didn’t...
As many as 1,500 companies worldwide were hit by a ransomware attack on Kaseya, a U.S.-based information technology firm, a report from Reuters reported Monday (July 5). Due to the nature of the attack, in which those primarily victimized were mostly customers of Kaseya’s customers,...
A cyberattack on German data service provider that works with government groups wasn’t a part of a larger, more comprehensive attack, according to Bloomberg. According to industry spokesman Steve Alter, the attack was dealt with promptly and was “marginal,” according to the report. He said...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has postponed the Capital One trial against alleged hacker Paige A. Thompson following new charges after additional victims were revealed, The Record reported Wednesday (June 30). The DOJ filed seven new charges against Thompson, who was a former Amazon...
A bipartisan bill has been introduced to address the shortage of cybersecurity staff within the federal government, CNBC reported. The new bill is headed for the House floor and will allow experts to work among different federal agencies with the goal of creating a uniform...
The FBI has begun to take a more aggressive approach to ferreting out cyberattackers, a move that has some civil liberties advocates concerned. According to Bloomberg News, the agency’s change in tactic may be rooted in an attack by state-backed Chinese hackers who got into...
Google has announced new measures to protect users and advertisers against fraud and scammers in the U.K. Beginning in September, financial service advertisers will be required to show they are authorized by Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or that they qualify for one of the...
