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Blockchain analytics company Elliptic suggested North Korea’s Lazarus Group may be behind last week’s $100m theft from cryptocurrency firm Harmony. In an advisory released on Wednesday, the security experts confirmed Harmony’s initial claims that the funds had been stolen through Horizon Bridge, a platform enabling the transfer of cryptocurrency across blockchains. “The stolen crypto-assets included Ether (ETH), Tether (USDT), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) and BNB,” reads the document. “The thief immediately used Uniswap – a decentralized exchange (DEX)…

Kaspersky explores the ways hackers are able to confuse users through seemingly legitimate email templates. Image: GrafVishenka, Getty Images/iStockPhotos While proper cybersecurity training is imperative to keeping organizations safe, users can still be confused when it comes to different types of attempted phishing attacks, leading to potential data breaches. Kaspersky found as part of its Security Awareness Platform and phishing simulator data the emails that users find the most difficult to understand when it comes…

The infamous ransomware-as-a-service group is offering money to researchers and hackers willing to share personal data for exploitation. Image: Piscine26/Adobe Stock In a new twist on the ransomware game, the LockBit cybercrime group has launched a bug bounty program promising money to people willing to share sensitive data that can be exploited in ransomware attacks. A recent tweet posted by the vx-underground account, which publishes malware samples, says that through the new bounty program, LockBit…

Security researchers from CloudSEK have spotted a new exploit from hacktivist group DragonForce Malaysia capable of performing Windows servers’ local privilege escalation (LPE) and local distribution router (LDR) actions on Indian servers. The attack was reportedly illustrated in a PoC (proof of concept) video earlier this month and subsequently analyzed by CloudSEK in an advisory released on Thursday. The cybersecurity experts said they used the company’s contextual artificial intelligence (AI) digital risk monitoring platform XVigil to identify a post on…

We’ve seen accelerated growth and maturation of digital businesses. First came those driven by cloud, mobile, and advanced security. Then came the arrival of 5G, edge, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Now, it’s the metaverse. This rapid growth opens a whole universe of opportunities. But it also introduces a new set of challenges for the enterprise’s IT infrastructure, not least the need for more powerful tools to process workloads and data faster and more…

Every CIO is acutely aware that their IT infrastructure now underpins the success of the business. Scalable, integrated compute, network, and data platforms are the prerequisites to delivering exceptional experiences for customers and staff. The challenge now? For IT to design a modern, cloud-first infrastructure that is integrated, secure and software-driven, all while ‘keeping the lights on’ for the company’s existing business processes. Why organizations are turning to cloud-first Organizations that have successfully implemented a…