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DomainTools has announced the availability of DomainTools Iris Detect, an innovative new product designed to discover and monitor domain names spoofing brands, trademarks, or other domains with unprecedented speed, accuracy, and comprehensiveness. Building on the world’s largest databases of domain registration and Domain Name System (DNS) data developed by DomainTools and Farsight Security, the discovery engine underpinning Iris Detect identifies some 350,000 new domains every day—far more than any other technology available. In fact, in a 12-hour period earlier...

A new study reports that Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust (DHC) experienced the fourth highest number of data breaches in the UK. The trust argues this does not tell the whole story. Security website VPNoverview.com sent out Freedom of Information requests to 229 NHS foundations across the UK regarding data breaches. Of those, 152 responded. DHC was found to have recorded 3,017 total data breaches from 2016 to 2021. They also recorded the most...

Cybersecurity company Kaspersky found that distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks recorded quarterly peaked towards the end of 2021. The company’s DDoS attacks in Q4 2021 Report found the total number of DDoS attacks that occurred in Q4 2021 was 4.65 times higher compared with Q4 the previous year, then showing an increase of 52% over Q3 2021. Q4 2021 saw the emergence of several new DDoS botnets, including a zombie network named Abcbot.  The...

Cryptocurrency experts have warned that ransomware payments will likely surpass both the $602m already identified and the 2020 figure. The Ransomware Crypto Crime Report produced by blockchain investigations and analytics company Chainalysis presents significant insight into industry trends. The report shows that average payment size has soared in recent years. In 2019 it was only $25,000, rising to $88,000 in 2020 and $118,000 in 2021. This is likely due to increasing attacks on large organisations,...

The Cybersecurity of Maryland, Inc (CAMI) announced today plans to expand its membership program alongside setting up Centres of Excellence. CAMI aims to develop cybersecurity in the Old Line State through collaboration and advocacy. The organisation hopes to foster cooperation in cybersecurity through opportunities for companies across all industries. The organisation announced today that it will be expanding its membership qualifications to “companies across all verticals who view cybersecurity as a strategic initiative.” “We are...

Analysts at Sansec found the source of over 500-ecommerce stores involving a single domain loading a credit card skimmer on all of them. The attack became evident in late January when a Sansec crawler discovered 374 infections in one day, all using the same malware. The domain that loaded the malware, naturalfreshmallcom, is currently offline and the goal of threat actors was to steal the credit card information of customers on the targeted websites.

A TikTok rapper and her husband have been charged with conspiring to launder $4.5bn worth of bitcoin. The bitcoin was stolen from a virtual currency exchange in 2016 in the biggest crypto-heist the world has ever seen. Heather Morgan, 31, and Ilya’ Dutch’ Lichtenstein, 34, both of New York, New York, were arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday. The couple is accused of conspiring to launder the proceeds of 119,754 bitcoin swiped from Bitfinex’s platform.  In 2016...

The APT group  tracked as TA402 but widely known as Molerats has been observed using a new implant dubbed 'NimbleMamba'. This comes as part of a cyber-espionage campaign leveraging geofencing and URL redirects to legitimate websites. Proofprint discovered the campaign and their analysts observed three variations of the infection chain, all targeting governments in Middle Eastern countries, foreign policy think tanks, and a state-owned airline. The threat actors first used the new implant in November...

North Korean threat actors, known as the Lazarus group have been posting fake job listings to target the cryptocurrency vertical in the US, UK, Germany, Singapore and more. Lazarus hackers, also known as HIDDEN COBRA by the United States Intelligence Community and Zinc by Microsoft, have targeted cryptocurrency organisations in the past. The North Koreans are believed by UN Security Council Experts to be behind cryptocurrency heists that led to losses of $571 million between 2017...

Following a guilty plea on January 31, Netwalker ransomware gang affiliate Sebastien Vachon-Desjardin  was sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement with the group by an Ontario court. Vachon-Desjardins reportedly pleaded guilty to give charges regarding "theft of computer data, extortion, the payment of cryptocurrency ransoms, and participating in the activities of a criminal organization." On top of his sentence, Vachon-Desjardins agreed to partial restitution, forfeiture of assets seized, and a DNA order....