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[ad_1] A prolific dark web drugs vendor has pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit $150m, the largest single seizure ever taken by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Banmeet Singh, 40, of Haldwani, India, sold controlled substances including fentanyl, LSD, ecstasy, Xanax, ketamine and tramadol... Continue reading

[ad_1] North Korea-backed threat actors hacked more crypto platforms than ever in 2023 but stole less of the digital currency in total than in 2022. Crypto research firm Chainalysis has found that North Korean adversaries stole slightly over $1.0bn in 2023, compared with around $1.7bn... Continue reading

[ad_1] More than a quarter (27%) of organizations have banned the use of generative AI among their workforce over privacy and data security risks, at least temporarily, according to the Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study. Most organizations have also instituted controls on these tools.... Continue reading

[ad_1] New evidence shows that Iran’s intelligence and military services are associated with cyber activities targeting Western countries through their network of contracting companies. A string of multi-year leaks and doxxing efforts led by anti-Iranian government hacktivists and dissident networks has uncovered an intricate web... Continue reading

[ad_1] Ukrainian security services have arrested a hacker for allegedly targeting government websites and providing intelligence to Russia to carry out missile strikes on the city of Kharkiv. Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) revealed that its cyber unit has identified the individual, who it accused... Continue reading

[ad_1] The government sector has witnessed the most significant growth in crowdsourced security in 2023, marking a 151% increase in vulnerability submissions and a substantial 58% rise in Priority 1 (P1) rewards for critical vulnerabilities. Noteworthy increases in vulnerability submissions were also observed in retail... Continue reading

[ad_1] ESET researchers have recently unveiled a highly sophisticated implant known as NSPX30, which has been linked to a newly identified Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group named Blackwood. The findings, detailed in a Wednesday publication on the ESET blog, indicate that Blackwood has been actively... Continue reading

[ad_1] UK water supplier Southern Water has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after the Black Basta ransomware group appeared to leak customer data held by the firm. The utilities company, which serves around 4.6 million customers across Southern England, admitted in a post... Continue reading

[ad_1] Threat actors could soon strike after a proof-of-concept exploit was published for a critical vulnerability in managed file transfer (MFT) software Fortra GoAnywhere MFT yesterday. Horizon3 published details on how to exploit CVE-2024-0204, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability which was patched by Fortra on... Continue reading