LockBit ransomware affiliate gets four years in jail, to pay $860k
Russian-Canadian cybercriminal Mikhail Vasiliev has been sentenced to four years in prison by an Ontario court for his involvement in the LockBit ransomware operation. Vasiliev was arrested in November 2022 and pleaded guilty to eight charges in February 2024, including cyber extortion, mischief, and weapons offenses. The man was a key member of the notorious LockBit ransomware […]
Cybercriminals Deploying VCURMS and STRRAT Trojans via AWS and GitHub
Mar 13, 2024NewsroomPhishing Attack / Threat Intelligence A new phishing campaign has been observed delivering remote access trojans (RAT) such as VCURMS and STRRAT by means of a malicious Java-based downloader. “The attackers stored malware on public services like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and GitHub, employing a commercial protector to avoid detection of the malware,” […]
Israeli Universities Hit by Supply Chain Cyberattack Campaign
Iranian hacktivists executed a supply chain attack on Israeli universities by initially breaching systems of a local technology provider to the academic sector. The self-styled Lord Nemesis group boasted online that it used credentials snatched from Rashim Software to break into the systems of the vendor’s clients, universities, and colleges in Israel. The hack-and-leak operation […]
Protecting the ballot box and building trust in election integrity
Critical Infrastructure What cyberthreats could wreak havoc on elections this year and how worried should we as voters be about the integrity of our voting systems? 12 Mar 2024 • , 4 min. read This year, billions of people will go to the polls to decide their next political leaders. From India to the US, […]
Scam or Not? How to Tell Whether Your Text Message Is Real
According to reports from the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel database, text message scams swindled $330 million from Americans in 2022 alone. The staggering figure highlights a growing concern for consumers globally, who increasingly interact with brands and service providers via text, email, and even social media. As our reliance on technology continues, it is […]
Empowering Women in Tech: Voices from Cisco’s Global Partner Engineering Team
In the spirit of March being Women’s History Month and National Science & Engineering Week, we’re thrilled to amplify the voices of some extraordinary women from Cisco’s Global Partner Engineering team. They are among the important forces driving our business and industry forward, accelerating progress and growth for Cisco, our partners, and our mutual customers. […]
Sharp increase in installs after iOS DMA update in EU
Brave has seen a sharp increase in users installing its privacy-focused Brave Browser on iPhones after Apple introduced changes to adhere to the new European Digital Markets Act. To comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple introduced a new feature in iOS 17.4 that asks EU users to pick a default web browser from a list […]