RansomwareFCC approves $200M for cybersecurity in schoolsShaun NicholsJune 7, 2024Ransomware attacks against school districts cited in funding for cybersecurity tech.
Ransomware7K LockBit decryptors offered as FBI seeks trust, cooperation from victimsLaura FrenchJune 6, 2024The FBI’s assistant cyber director outlined its efforts to disrupt threat actors as its victim support strategies evolve.
IdentityGoogle shuts down government disinformation campaigns on its platformsShaun NicholsJune 6, 2024Researchers with Google say they uncovered and shut down a number of government disinformation campaigns.
RansomwareSecurity industry has ransomware-as-a-service model wrong, says expertDan RaywoodJune 6, 2024BitDefender research demonstrates RaaS model of operators and affiliates.
RansomwareQilin ransomware group blamed for attack disrupting London hospitalsLaura FrenchJune 5, 2024The RaaS group leverages double extortion and tends to target large enterprises and healthcare.
Cloud SecuritySnowflake says users with single-factor authentication targeted in attackShaun NicholsJune 5, 2024The cloud IT service provider acknowledged a threat actor accessed demo accounts via stolen credentials.
RansomwareRansomware report finds 43% of data unrecoverable after attackLaura FrenchJune 4, 2024More than 80% of organizations surveyed paid a ransom, but a third still did not recover their data.
AI/MLAI firm Hugging Face discloses leak of secrets on its Spaces platformLaura FrenchJune 3, 2024The AI company revoked exposed tokens and made several security changes in response.
AI/MLOpenAI report reveals threat actors using ChatGPT in influence operationsLaura FrenchMay 31, 2024The report details OpenAI’s disruption of the deceptive campaigns, which had minimal public impact.
Application securityNearly 6M WordPress sites may be affected by bugs in 3 plug-insSteve ZurierMay 31, 2024Fastly says the bugs are prone to unauthenticated XXS attacks that let threat actors inject malicious scrips via WordPress plug-ins.