The US Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a prolific ransomware actor, Mikhail Matveev. The Department of State will also offer a $10 million reward for info that leads to his arrest.
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A social experiment was conducted by a security research firm pitting humans against ChatGPT. This test simulated writing of phishing scam mail and human beings have emerged victorious, for now.
A Ukraine-based hacker who created and coordinated various cyberattacks like DDoS, spamming, or brute-forcing, using his 100,000+ bots has been arrested today by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
In a recent update, Microsoft Teams has fixed a vulnerability that could have allowed cybercriminals to obtain access to the target PC by sending a GIF that exploited the authtoken cookie.
The recent surge in Bitcoin's popularity, and the subsequent increase in the volatility of its value, transaction fees and processing times, are causing ransomware makers to look elsewhere.
Cyber crimes have made several headlines in 2017, rising to the top as the most feared crime in the United States. One of the main reasons may be the lack of cyber security professionals.
The results are in, folks! It turns out that the crime most people worry about is being the target of a cybercrime, whether it be personal or financial information that they lose to a hacker.