Dark Power is a relatively new ransomware written in the Nim programming language and launched in early February 2023. PayMe100USD is a new ransomware written in Python that was discovered in March 2023.
The company said the Series A financing was led by Rockefeller Asset Management through its Technology Ventures Group with equity investments from Uncorrelated Ventures, the Partnership Fund for New York City.
The flaw, described as a case of broken access control, impacts versions 3.11.6 and earlier. It was addressed by the plugin maintainers in version 3.11.7 released on March 22.
In a data breach notification letter sent yesterday to impacted individuals, the Canadian finance giant informs that hackers breached its systems in early December 2022 but did not detect the breach until February 13th, 2023.
Acoalition of 11 countries committed on Thursday to counter the misuse of commercial spyware, a step toward building an international agreement to curb technology deployed by authoritarian countries to spy on dissidents and journalists.
The leaked documents, referred to as The Vulkan Files, were obtained by a whistleblower and analyzed by Mandiant in collaboration with several major media outlets in Europe and the United States.
Soon after Latitude Financial revealed it suffered a cyberattack, DXC Technology quietly published a note on its website stating its global network and customer support networks were not compromised.
While hack-for-hire groups may advertise, they aren’t usually helping clients get a cryptocurrency payout. And you can’t sign up for a subscription service. It’s more than likely that hack-for-hire clients have a specific target and goal in mind.
Officials noted that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had its app, finance system, and jail networks disrupted by a ransomware attack between February 21 and early March, with the attack claimed by LockBit on February 27.
Almost a year after the crisis began, a senior White House official told reporters today that the United States plans to provide $25 million in cybersecurity assistance to help Costa Rica strengthen its digital infrastructure.