The United States imposed sanctions on Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology Group, which is a People’s Republic of China (PRC) government contractor, saying the company was involved in malicious botnet operations targeting U.S. victims. PRC-based hackers known as Flax Typhoon were working for Integrity Tech...
Cybersecurity took center stage in 2024 as some of the most sophisticated and damaging attacks in history underscored the vulnerabilities of an increasingly digital operating landscape. From ransomware attacks crippling critical infrastructure to data breaches compromising millions of user records, the year’s events highlighted the...
The year of the cyberattack is apparently not going to end quietly. For example, a report Friday (Dec. 13) by Ars Technica deals with a yearlong attack that has been stealing login credentials from both “malicious and benevolent” security personnel by infecting them with Trojanized...
Technology begets opportunity, for both successful companies and fraudsters. And today’s rising tide of cybercrime has unveiled a new frontier of fraud, one where malicious entities and cybercriminals are focused on exploiting the building blocks of digital identity—domain names, hosting services and financial supply chains....
December 06, 2024
Technology begets opportunity, for both successful companies and fraudsters. And today’s rising tide of cybercrime has unveiled a new frontier of fraud, one where malicious entities and cybercriminals are focused on exploiting the building blocks of digital identity—domain names, hosting services and financial supply chains. Among these threats, business email compromise (BEC) attacks have evolved […]
October 10, 2024
Among the meteoric rise of payments innovation, tokenization’s widening adoption has been among the most notable. It’s been around for more than a decade, but even today — with explosive...
August 30, 2024
Contemporary businesses operate in an era marked by surging cyberthreats and data breaches. That’s according to a Thursday (Aug. 29) joint cybersecurity advisory by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
August 01, 2024
Effective cybersecurity programs are critical for today’s traditional industries, where IT spending is low and historically deprioritized relative to other initiatives. As these industries undergo digital transformation, bad actors frequently...
January 03, 2025
The United States imposed sanctions on Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology Group, which is a People’s Republic of China (PRC) government contractor, saying the company was involved in malicious botnet operations targeting U.S. victims. PRC-based hackers known as Flax Typhoon were working for Integrity Tech when they targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and overseas, […]
December 15, 2024
The year of the cyberattack is apparently not going to end quietly. For example, a report Friday (Dec. 13) by Ars Technica deals with a yearlong attack that has been...
December 04, 2024
Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon reportedly has stolen the call record metadata of a “large number” of Americans. The metadata was taken in a broad and ongoing attack on America’s...
November 27, 2024
Unusual activity on T-Mobile network devices reportedly alerted the company to a breach. And as Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Nov. 27), it is possible that breach was part of a larger cyber-spy network, raising...
