Former Execs of Cybersecurity Firm GigaTrust Charged With Financial Fraud
Three former executives of now defunct cybersecurity company GigaTrust have been charged for defrauding investors and lenders in a $50 million fraud scheme. The...
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Google Patches 19 Vulnerabilities in Chrome 95 Browser Refresh
Google has released a new version of its flagship Chrome web browser with patches for a total of 19 vulnerabilities, including 16 reported by...
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Nation-State APT Targets Afghans With New Toolset
A previously unseen threat actor, likely a nation-state, is targeting various entities in South Asia, with a focus on Afghanistan, according to a warning...
Banks Informed U.S. Treasury of $590 Million in Ransomware Payments
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified a total of 177 cryptocurrency wallets associated with the top...
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VirusTotal Shares Analysis of 80 Million Ransomware Samples
At least 130 ransomware families were active in 2020 and in the first half of 2021, according to a recent data analysis from Google’s...
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Necro Python Botnet Starts Targeting Visual Tools DVRs
Security researchers have spotted signs of the Necro Python botnet targeting a vulnerability in Visual Tools DVR systems to install a Monero miner on...
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OpenSSF Bags $10 Million Investment
The Linux Foundation has secured a new $10 million investment that will help expand and support the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). The funding...
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Intel, VMware Join Patch Tuesday Parade
Technology giants Intel Corp. and VMware joined the Patch Tuesday parade this week, rolling out fixes for security defects that expose users to malicious...
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MS Patch Tuesday: 71 Vulns, One Exploited as Zero-Day
The Microsoft Patch Tuesday freight train for October rolled in with fixes for at least 71 security defects in Windows products and components and...
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CISO Forum Panel: Navigating SBOMs and Supply Chain Security Transparency
At SecurityWeek’s 2021 CISO Forum, a high-powered panel of experts discussed specific ways an SBOM can improve supply chain security and where expectations may be overblown. ...