Cybercrime China Crackdown on Cyber Scams in Southeast Asia Nets Thousands but Leaves Networks Intact Chinese authorities have netted thousands of people in a crackdown on cyber scams, but the criminal networks remain intact. Associated PressOctober 23, 2023
Cybercrime In Other News: Energy Services Firm Hacked, Tech CEO Gets Prison Time, X Glitch Leads to CIA Channel Hijack Summary of notable cybersecurity news stories that may be top headlines, but are important for the week of October 16, 2023. SecurityWeek NewsOctober 20, 2023
Cybercrime Authorities Shut Down RagnarLocker Ransomware Infrastructure The RagnarLocker ransomware group’s dark web leak site has been seized in a coordinated law enforcement operation. Ionut ArghireOctober 20, 2023
Cybercrime Fraud Detection Firm Spec Raises $15 Million Silicon Valley fraud detection startup attracts $15 million in new financing from SignalFire, Legion Capital and Rally Ventures. Ionut ArghireOctober 20, 2023
Cybercrime Operations of Healthcare Solutions Giant Henry Schein Disrupted by Cyberattack Healthcare solutions giant Henry Schein has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that disrupted operations and possibly led to a data breach. Eduard KovacsOctober 19, 2023
Cybercrime Finland Charges Psychotherapy Hacker With Extortion Finland charged a hacker, accused of the theft of tens of thousands of records from psychotherapy patients, with over 21,000 counts of extortion. AFPOctober 18, 2023
Cybercrime Three Months After Patch, Gov-Backed Actors Exploiting WinRAR Flaw Google says it is still catching government-backed groups linked to China and Russia launching WinRAR exploits in targeted attacks. Ryan NaraineOctober 18, 2023
Cybercrime Darwinium Raises $18 Million for Edge-Based Fraud Prevention Tech Since launching in 2021, Darwinium has raised $26 million to build a bot and fraud prevention platform running on the perimeter edge. Ryan NaraineOctober 18, 2023
Cybercrime Former Navy IT Manager Sentenced to Prison for Hacking, Selling PII Former Navy IT manager Marquis Hooper was sentenced to prison for stealing PII and selling it on the dark web. Ionut ArghireOctober 18, 2023
Cybercrime WordPress Websites Hacked via Royal Elementor Plugin Zero-Day A critical vulnerability in the Royal Elementor WordPress plugin has been exploited as a zero-day since August 30. Ionut ArghireOctober 17, 2023
Cybercrime Simpson Manufacturing Takes Systems Offline Following Cyberattack Simpson Manufacturing is experiencing disruptions after taking IT systems offline following a cyberattack. Ionut ArghireOctober 12, 2023
Cybercrime Cable Giant Volex Targeted in Cyberattack UK-based cable manufacturing giant Volex has been targeted in a cyberattack that involved unauthorized access to IT systems and data. Eduard KovacsOctober 10, 2023