Razvan Negrea The European Council voted on Wednesday to locate the EU’s future cybersecurity research hub in Bucharest, Romania’s capital. …
Hackers hide web skimmer inside a website’s CSS files
Over the past two years, cybercrime groups have used quite an assortment of tricks to hide credit card stealing code …
Norway says Russian hacking group APT28 is behind August 2020 Parliament hack
APT28, one of Russia’s military hacking units, was most likely responsible for hacking the email accounts of the Norwegian Parliament, …
NortonLifeLock buys Avira in $360 million cash deal
Image: Avira Cybersecurity firm NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec) has agreed today to acquire German antivirus maker Avira from Bahrain-based Investcorp Technology …
Ransomware gangs are now cold-calling victims if they restore from backups without paying
Image: Jim Reardan In attempts to put pressure on victims, some ransomware gangs are now cold-calling victims on their phones …
Ransomware hits helicopter maker Kopter
Image: Kopter Helicopter maker Kopter has fallen victim to a ransomware attack after hackers breached its internal network and encrypted the company’s …
Ransomware attack cripples Vancouver public transportation agency
[embedded content] A ransomware attack has crippled the operations of TransLink, the public transportation agency for the city of Vancouver, Canada. …
Mysterious phishing campaign targets organizations in COVID-19 vaccine cold chain
IBM’s cyber-security division says that hackers are targeting companies associated with the storage and transportation of COVID-19 vaccines using temperature-controlled …
Open source software security vulnerabilities exist for over four years before detection
It can take an average of over four years for vulnerabilities in open source software to be spotted, an area …
‘Hacker_R_US’ gets eight years in prison for bomb threats and DDoS extortion
Image: Blake Cheek A US judge has sentenced a 22-year-old hacker to eight years in prison for engaging in DDoS …