So far in 2023, layoffs have resulted in tens of thousands of tech workers losing their jobs. And that’s just in tech. Across sectors, employees are feeling the ramifications of economic uncertainty. Ransomware attacks are continuing and growing more sophisticated. And it’s not only the attacks that are growing more sophisticated; so are cybercrime recruitment ..
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Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a 30-year-old Russian national, has been charged by the US Justice Department for his alleged role in numerous ransomware attacks, including ones targeting critical infrastructure. Matveev — known online as Wazawaka, m1x, Boriselcin, and Uhodiransomwar — has been charged with conspiring to transmit ransom demands, conspiring to damage protected computers, and intentionally ..
Il grande successo registrato dalla Cyber Crime Conference, svoltasi l’11 e 12 maggio all’Auditorium della Tecnica di Roma, segna il ritorno alla tradizione del nostro storico evento sulle minacce informatiche. Per gli oltre 1000 partecipanti è stata un’occasione unica per ascoltare specialisti di fama mondiale e confrontarsi con altri professionisti – tutti di altissimo livello ..
National pharmacy network PharMerica last week started sending out notification letters to more than 5.8 million individuals to disclose a data breach that occurred in March. Owned by BrightSpring Health, a provider of home and community-based health services, PharMerica operates over 2,500 facilities across the US and offers more than 3,100 pharmacy and healthcare programs. ..
The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack. The company was working to restore print operations after a cyber incursion that prevented the printing of the newspaper’s Sunday print edition, the Inquirer reported on its website. The news operation’s website was ..
Spanish authorities this week announced the arrest of 40 individuals for their roles in a criminal organization that performed bank fraud, document forgery, identity theft, and money laundering. Two of the individuals, the authorities say, were in charge of carrying out online bank fraud, while 15 others were involved in other illegal activities. Called ‘Trinitarians’, ..
Nickolas Sharp, the former Ubiquiti employee who posed as a hacker and attempted to extort nearly $2 million from the company, has been sentenced to six years in prison. In addition to the prison sentence, Sharp will be under supervised release for three years and will have to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution. ..
Prende ufficialmente il via il centro europeo di competenza in materia di cibersicurezza (ECCC), il centro con cui l’Unione mira a sostenere l’innovazione e la politica industriale in materia di cibersicurezza, nonché a sviluppare e coordinare i progetti di sicurezza informatica dell’UE. Oggi è stata inaugurata la sua nuova sede a Bucarest, in Romania, presso ..
The US Department of Justice this week announced the takedown of card-checking platform ‘Try2Check’ and charges against its Russian administrator. The individual, Denis Gennadievich Kulkov, 43, created the platform in 2005 and operated it until the takedown. The US is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture. According to the indictment ..
Russian cybercrime group FIN7 has been observed exploiting unpatched Veeam Backup & Replication instances in recent attacks, cybersecurity company WithSecure reports. Around since at least 2015 and also referred to as Anunak, and Carbanak, FIN7 is a financially motivated group mainly focused on credit card information theft. Security researchers believe there are numerous sub-groups operating ..
