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San Francisco 49ers Hit by Blackbyte Ransomware Attack
San Francisco 49ers Hit by Blackbyte Ransomware Attack
The NFL’s San Francisco 49ers fell victim to a cyberattack on Saturday by the Blackbyte ransomware group, which claims to have stolen data from the organization. The 49ers confirmed the attack in a media statement and said that...
Cybersecurity Authorities Issue Advisory on Significant Increase in Ransomware Attacks
Cybersecurity Authorities Issue Advisory on Significant Increase in Ransomware Attacks
Cybersecurity authorities from Australia, the UK, and the US published a joint advisory on Wednesday warning of an increase in organized, high-impact ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations across the wo...
FTC: Americans Lost Over $547 Million to Romance Scams in 2021
FTC: Americans Lost Over $547 Million to Romance Scams in 2021
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday that Americans reported record high losses of more than $547 million to romance scams in 2021. This is up 80% compared to 2020 and over 6 times compared to reported losses in...
Meta and Chime Sue Nigerians Behind Phishing Attacks
Meta and Chime Sue Nigerians Behind Phishing Attacks
Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has filed a lawsuit with financial technology and digital banking company Chime against two Nigerian individuals who allegedly used Instagram and Facebook accounts to impersonate Chime and target...
Canadian Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for His Role in NetWalker Ransomware Attacks
Canadian Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for His Role in NetWalker Ransomware Attacks
Canadian national Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins was charged by the US for his involvement in NetWalker ransomware attacks and sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison after pleading guilty before an Ontario judge on Monday to mul...
Q&A With Cyber 2.0
Q&A With Cyber 2.0
Safety Detectives: Please share your company background, how you got started, and your mission. Cyber 2.0: Cyber 2.0 was created because of one question: in the cyber world, with thousands of cyber companies that employ the bes...
Q&A With East-Tec
Q&A With East-Tec
Safety Detectives: Please share your company background, how you got started, and your mission East-Tec: At East-Tec, our primary goal is to provide cybersecurity solutions that enable both individuals and companies to feel sec...
Q&A With ThreatGEN
Q&A With ThreatGEN
Safety Detectives: What is the main service your company offers? ThreatGEN: We provide a cybersecurity gamification platform, ThreatGEN® Red vs. Blue.  ThreatGEN® Red vs. Blue is a cutting-edge cybersecurity simulation and trai...
Microsoft Fixes Windows Active Directory Issue Caused by Recent Updates
Microsoft Fixes Windows Active Directory Issue Caused by Recent Updates
Microsoft says it has fixed an issue caused by last month’s Windows updates that would cause apps using Microsoft.NET to experience problems, close, or throw errors when acquiring or setting Active Directory Forest Trust Informati...
Microsoft Blocked Billions of Brute-Force and Phishing Attacks in 2021
Microsoft Blocked Billions of Brute-Force and Phishing Attacks in 2021
Microsoft successfully blocked billions of phishing emails and brute force attacks that targeted Office 365 and Azure Active Directory customers in 2021. “From January 2021 through December 2021, we've blocked more than 25.6 bi...