Scope, Scale of Spurious North Korean IT Workers Emerges

Microsoft warns thousands of North Korean workers have infiltrated tech, manufacturing, and transportation sectors to steal money and data.

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We’ve All Been Wrong: Phishing Training Doesn’t Work

Teaching employees to detect malicious emails isn’t really having an impact. What other options do organizations have?

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Ransomware Reshaped How Cyber Insurers Perform Security Assessments

Cyber insurance companies were forced to adapt once ransomware skyrocketed and highlighted crucial security weaknesses among organizations in all sectors.

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Lock down your AT&T account to prevent SIM swapping attacks – here’s how

The new Wireless Account Lock prevents someone from moving your phone number to a different device.

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DoJ Disrupts North Korean IT Worker Scheme Across Multiple US States

The US also conducted searches of 29 “laptop farms” across 16 states and seized 29 financial accounts used to launder funds.

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Russian bulletproof hosting service Aeza Group sanctioned by US for ransomware work

Support for ransomware, darknet drug markets and other cybercrime activity landed the Russian company Aeza Group on the U.S. government’s sanctions list, the Treasury Department said.

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Cyberattack on Russian independent media had links to US-sanctioned institute, researchers find

A Russian hosting provider allegedly involved in a recent cyberattack against independent media organizations in the country is reportedly connected to a state-affiliated research center sanctioned by the U.S.

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TA829 and UNK_GreenSec Share Tactics and Infrastructure in Ongoing Malware Campaigns

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the tactical similarities between the threat actors behind the RomCom RAT and a cluster that has been observed delivering a loader dubbed TransferLoader.
Enterprise security firm Proofpoint is tracking the activity associated with TransferLoader to a group dubbed UNK_GreenSec and the RomCom RAT actors under the moniker TA829. The latter is also known by the

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FBI Warns of Health Insurance Scam Stealing Personal and Medical Data

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about a scam where criminals pretend to be…

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Browsers Targeted via Chrome Zero-Day, Malicious Firefox Extensions

Separate threats to popular browsers highlight the growing security risk for enterprises presented by the original gateway to the Web, which remains an integral tool for corporate users.

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