This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of “CrowdStrike” cybersecurity technology company in Paris on July 19, 2024, amid massive global IT outage. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Low-level cybercriminals are pouncing on CrowdStrike-connected outage The malicious activity comes as CrowdStrike customers continue to recover from the July 18 outage. Jul 23, 2024 By AJ Vicens
(SEAN GLADWELL/Getty Images) Researchers identify high-grade phishing kits attacking nearly 60,000 Microsoft 365 accounts Hackers compromised roughly 8,000 of those accounts with tools that a cybercrime group known as W3LL sold through its underground marketplace. Sep 6, 2023 By AJ Vicens
(Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images) Researchers unpack massive email scam targeting dozens of companies The campaign is the latest case of business email compromise, which costs victims billions of dollars annually. Jun 13, 2023 By AJ Vicens
An unidentified person on their phone on Feb. 13 during New York Fashion Week in New York City. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images) FCC rules aims to curb scourge of robotexts assaulting Americans’ phones The agency reports that scam text complaints rose 500% between 2015 to 2022, reflecting the increase in robotexts Americans receive annually. Mar 16, 2023 By Tonya Riley
A security guard at Silicon Valley Bank monitors a line of people outside the office on March 13, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Scammers target Cloudflare CEO with Silicon Valley Bank-themed spearphishing The collapse of the U.S. tech industry's bank of choice has prompted a massive amount of fraud attempting to capitalize on its downfall. Mar 16, 2023 By Elias Groll
An Oil Refining and Petrochemical facility. (Getty Images) Russian hackers attempted to breach petroleum refining company in NATO country, researchers say The Russian hacking group Trident Ursa is mostly known for phishing campaigns targeting organizations in NATO states. Dec 20, 2022 By Christian Vasquez
Uruguay’s supporters use their phones ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group H football match between Portugal and Uruguay on Nov. 28. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) Wave of cyber-enabled scams target FIFA World Cup fans Digital scams looking to steal data and dollars from World Cup fans are in full force as the tournament enters week two. Nov 29, 2022 By AJ Vicens
(Lorie Shaull / Flickr) Election workers in battleground states faced onslaught of malicious emails, researchers say The phishing attacks targeted county poll workers in Arizona and Pennsylvania with emails that attempted to steal their login credentials. Oct 12, 2022 By AJ Vicens
The American Airlines logo is seen at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) on May 13, 2020 in Queens, New York. (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images) American Airlines discloses data breach The news follows a White House meeting with airline and other aviation executives to discuss the cybersecurity threat facing the industry. Sep 20, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Uber headquarters in Mission Bay, San Francisco, Nov. 19, 2020. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Blame game follows Uber hack. Experts say don’t fault employee. The Uber hack may be a lesson in poor security design and points to problems with vulnerable multi-factor authentication. Sep 16, 2022