It wasn't a sophisticated hack on Jan. 9 that allowed hackers to briefly take control of an official U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account, the agency said Monday. The hackers simply scammed the account's mobile phone provider in a SIM swap attack.
Prosecutors trying the case of a Finnish national accused of attempting to extort tens of thousands of psychotherapy patients and of later posting therapy notes online said Monday that they have traced the cryptocurrency wallet used by the blackmailer to the accused man.
Hackers have reportedly stolen about $7.5 million from a Department of Health and Human Services grant payment system in a series of cyberattacks last year. The news comes in the midst of HHS and other authorities warnings about rising threats involving social engineering and payment scams.
A dedicated cybercrime unit under the French National Police is set to scale up operations ahead of the upcoming Olympics as authorities warn that cyberattacks are among the greatest threats to the event. Authorities on Friday unveiled the unit's new headquarters in Parisian suburb Nanterre.
Non-bank mortgage lending giant LoanDepot says hackers stole "sensitive personal information" pertaining to 16.6 million customers when they breached its systems earlier this month as part of a ransomware attack. The company said it will directly notify all affected customers.
An Akira ransomware attack that hit a data center run by Finnish IT software and services firm Tietoevry has led to widespread outages across Sweden. Healthcare, local governments, retail outlets and the country's largest cinema chain are among the organizations experiencing ongoing disruptions.
As cyberthreats evolve, mobile network operators need offensive security to maintain resilience. Traditional security, such as firewalls and encryption, is not sufficient on its own. Offensive security is proactive; it mimics the strategies of real attackers to stay ahead of potential threats.
A federal judge sentenced "Pompompurin," the administrator of a now-defunct data breach marketplace, to 20 years of supervised release - instead of the recommended 15-year prison sentence - for his role in BreachForums, once considered the largest English-language data breach forum of its kind.
Russian state hackers obtained access to the inboxes of senior Microsoft executives for at least six weeks, the computing giant disclosed late Friday afternoon. "There is no evidence that the threat actor had any access to customer environments, production systems, source code, or AI systems."
A Finnish man accused of hacking and leaking mental health records downplayed his tech skills and said during cross-examination in court he had no part in the data breach. Kivimäki said he's been engaged with computers since aged three but described his programming skills as "pretty insignificant."
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency directed federal agencies to implement mitigation measures for two zero-day exploits that affect Ivanti’s popular VPN products while they await a patch, in what one official described as "a rapidly evolving situation."
A December cyberattack on Ukraine's top telecom operator, which authorities in Kyiv attribute to the Russian military, will cost the parent company nearly $100 million. Ukraine in mid-December accused the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate of perpetuating the incident.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed why crypto-seeking drainer scam-as-a-service operations are thriving, a novel legal move that recovered a hospital's stolen data, and a ground-breaking case involving bitcoin that could streamline recovery for victims.
Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, said during an event at the 2024 World Economic Forum that generative artificial intelligence has the potential to "dramatically accelerate and amplify the erosion of information integrity."
Hackers aligned with the Iranian state are masquerading as journalists to target Middle East experts and deploy a new custom backdoor that supports the Iranian government's spying agenda. Tehran may be harvesting perspectives on the Israel-Hamas conflict, according to Microsoft.
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