A cryptocurrency investor accused a teen hacker and his crew of juvenile hackers for stealing $24 million in cryptocurrency via a SIM swap attack. According to a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, Michael Terpin, the founder...
Members of the “Shiny Hunters” hacking group are flooding the dark web with leaked databases for sale. The hacking group is alleged of compromising 73.2 million user records from over 11 companies, BleepingComputer reported. The hackers are from the...
CISO MAG met Shyam Sundar Ramaswami, Lead Security / Threat Researcher, Cisco, at the NULLCON event held in Goa, in February 2020. Ramaswami is a security researcher who uses superhero characters like Batman and Avengers to spread awareness about...
Five suspected members of a hacking group “InfinityBlack” were arrested on April 29, 2020, in a special operation carried out by the Polish National Police (Policja) in coordination with Europol, Eurojust, and Swiss law enforcement authorities.
InfinityBlack was behind several...
A Chinese hacker group is behind an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting government entities in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, according to a new report from Check Point Research. The group codenamed “Naikon APT” is reportedly undiscovered for five years...
Microsoft recently announced its bug bounty program “The Azure Sphere Research Challenge,” which offers security researchers up to $100,000 bounty to break into its Azure Sphere Linux IoT OS platform and discover vulnerabilities.
Linux IoT OS is a custom made...
Law firms have long been known as a "soft target" for bad actors in the technology space. The amount of sensitive data that exists at a law firm is a treasure chest for hackers or bad actors - privileged...
Researchers discovered a new ransomware codenamed “ColdLock” that targeted several organizations in Taiwan. According to researchers from Trend Micro, the ransomware appears to target databases and email servers for encryption.
The researchers found similarities between ColdLock and previously discovered ransomware...
A report from cybersecurity research firm Stott and May revealed that most of the cybersecurity leaders are struggling with skills shortage. The research report “Cybersecurity in Focus 2020” highlighted that 76% of respondents believe there is a shortage of...
Today is World Password Day. A day meant to remind everyone about the importance of protecting themselves through strong passwords. World Password Day is an annual observance that falls on the first Thursday of every May, also meant to...
