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DoJ Busts Alleged Global Hacking-for-Hire Network

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DoJ Busts Alleged Global Hacking-for-Hire Network

Image: BirgitKorber, Getty Images/iStockphoto The Justice Department has charged 12 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in global hacker-for-hire activities. According to court documents, targets included the U.S. Treasury Department, journalists, and religious organisations. The attacks aimed to steal data and suppress free speech. The indictment names two officers of China’s Ministry of Public Security, eight employees of a private company known as both Anxun Information Technology and i-Soon, and two members of the hacking…

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$1.5B Hack of Bybit Might Be the Largest Crypto Heist Ever

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.5B Hack of Bybit Might Be the Largest Crypto Heist Ever

Following the revelation Friday from cryptocurrency exchange firm Bybit that hackers stole digital tokens worth about $1.5 billion – in what may be the biggest crypto heist of all time – CEO Ben Zhou wrote on X Sunday that it has replenished its reserves. Bybit was able to do this through a mix of emergency loans and large deposits. Zhou told users on Friday that their funds were “safe,” and the firm would refund anyone…

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What It Costs to Hire a Hacker on the Dark Web

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What It Costs to Hire a Hacker on the Dark Web

The Dark Web is home to illegal and criminal products and services up for sale — and that certainly encompasses the area of cybercrime. From website hacking to DDoS attacks to custom malware to changing school grades, you can buy one of these services from a hacker for hire. But just how much do these types of items cost? In this article, I examine various sources to show you the costs of hiring a hacker on…

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20% of Generative AI ‘Jailbreak’ Attacks are Successful

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20% of Generative AI ‘Jailbreak’ Attacks are Successful

Generative AI jailbreak attacks, where models are instructed to ignore their safeguards, succeed 20% of the time, research has found. On average, adversaries need just 42 seconds and five interactions to break through. In some cases, attacks occur in as little as four seconds. These findings both highlight the significant vulnerabilities in current GenAI algorithms and the difficulty in preventing exploitations in real time. Of the successful attacks, 90% lead to sensitive data leaks, according…

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One-Third of UK Teachers Do Not Have Cybersecurity Training

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One-Third of UK Teachers Do Not Have Cybersecurity Training

Teachers in schools in England are not receiving sufficient cybersecurity training, a new poll has revealed. A third of teachers haven’t completed any in the last academic year, while only 66% of those who did found it useful. These results come from a Teacher Tapp survey of teachers across England from the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, or Ofqual. It also revealed the prevalence of cyber attacks within the education sector in the U.K….

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Global Cyber Attacks to Double from 2020 to 2024, Report Finds

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Global Cyber Attacks to Double from 2020 to 2024, Report Finds

On the first day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the U.S., research has revealed that the number of significant global cyber attacks in 2024 will be double that of 2020. A new report from insurer QBE, Connected Business: digital dependency fuelling risk, predicts that organisations will be hit by 211 disruptive and destructive cyber attacks this year. Disruptive incidents are reversible and only impact data availability, integrity, or access — such as distributed denial-of-service attacks….

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Operation Endgame: The ultimate troll patrol.

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Operation Endgame: The ultimate troll patrol.

Welcome in! You’ve entered, Only Malware in the Building. Join us each month to sip tea and solve mysteries about today’s most interesting threats. Your host is Selena Larson, Proofpoint intelligence analyst and host of their podcast DISCARDED. Inspired by the residents of a building in New York’s exclusive upper west side, Selena is joined by N2K Networks Dave Bittner and Rick Howard to uncover the stories behind notable cyberattacks.  Being a security researcher is…

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Keep Your Network Secure With This $39.99 CompTIA Bundle

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Keep Your Network Secure With This .99 CompTIA Bundle

TL;DR: Secure systems require experts who are up to date on the latest threats, and the Complete 2024 CompTIA Cyber Security Certification Training Bundle gives IT experts and regular users alike the tools they need to protect their networks for less than $40. As a regular internet user, you’ve probably already been targeted by malware, hackers or some other bad actor on the web. It probably happens multiple times a month. Now imagine how bad…

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UK's NCSC Issues Warning as SVR Hackers Target Cloud Services

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UK's NCSC Issues Warning as SVR Hackers Target Cloud Services

Russian state hackers are adapting their techniques to target organizations moving to the cloud, an advisory from the UK National Cyber Security Centre and international security agencies has warned. The advisory details how cyber espionage group APT29 is directly targeting weaknesses in cloud services used by victim organizations to gain initial access to their systems. APT29 is also expanding the scope of its attacks beyond governments, think tanks, healthcare and energy providers to include victims…

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Kaspersky’s Advanced Persistent Threats Predictions for 2024

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Kaspersky’s Advanced Persistent Threats Predictions for 2024

Kaspersky’s new report provides the company’s view on the advanced persistent threats landscape for 2024. Existing APT techniques will keep being used, and new ones will likely emerge, such as the increase in AI usage, hacktivism and targeting of smart home tech. New botnets and rootkits will also likely appear, and hacker-for-hire services might increase, as will supply chain attacks, which might be provided as a service on cybercriminals’ underground forums. Jump to: More exploitation…

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