A joint effort across the US and Europe led to the disruption of Emotet and the arrest of two gang members, says Digital Shadows. Image: Europol Taking down a global malware threat and the cybercriminals behind it is a huge challenge. The effort not only requires ingenuity, planning, and stealth but also coordinated action across an array of companies and countries. A report released Wednesday by security firm Digital Shadows looks at how such an…

HelpSystems has announced a new acquisition to further boost its security product offerings. Cloud security company Digital Defense will join HelpSystems’ growing cybersecurity portfolio to enable customers to access a more comprehensive security assessment toolkit. The deal is the latest in a number of recent acquisitions announced by HelpSystems, following the additions of the data classification companies Titus and Boldon James last June, cloud-based data protection provider Vera in December 2020, and FileCatalyst at the…

A 41-year-old man from Virginia who waged a cyber-harassment campaign against the mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and his family has been sentenced to prison. Norfolk resident Adam Maxwell Donn was charged in July 2020 with cyberstalking G.T. Bynum. Between June 11 and June 22, 2020, Donn barraged the mayor and his family with 14 threatening calls and 44 emails in the hope of intimidating Bynum into canceling a political rally scheduled to take place in Tulsa in…

The Illinois company behind a popular fertility app is being sued for allegedly sharing user data with third-party companies without first securing users’ consent.  Easy Healthcare Corp, based in Burr Ridge, is the developer of ovulation tracking app Premom, which helps users to identify the days on which they are most likely to conceive.  A lawsuit filed against the company alleges that a variety of sensitive data belonging to app users was shared non-consensually with at least…

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) declared that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers in a recent cyber attack have been manipulated. In December, a cyber attack hit the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the time of the disclosure of the hack, the EMA did not provide technical details about the attack, nor whether it will have an impact on its operations while it is evaluating and approving COVID-19 vaccines. The European agency plays a…