Latest news as of 7/13/2025, 9:42:09 AM
Dark Reading
AI's proficiency at creating software code won't put developers out of a job, but the job will change to one focused on security, collaboration, and "mentoring" AI models.
Bleeping Computer
Belarusian-Ukrainian national Maksim Silnikau was arrested in Spain and extradited to the USA to face charges for creating the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation in 2021 and for running a malvertising operation from 2013 to 2022. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Maksim Silnikau, a Belarusian-Ukrainian national, was extradited from Poland to the United States, where he faces charges for creating the Ransom Cartel ransomware strain in 2021 and also for leading a malvertising operation from 2013 to 2022. [...]
Dark Reading
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency launches TRACTOR program to work with university and industry researchers on creating a translation system that can turn C code into secure, idiomatic Rust code.
The Hacker News
Traditionally, the focus has been on defending against digital threats such as malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks by detecting them and responding. However, as cyber threats become more sophisticated. There is a growing recognition of the importance of measures that stop new attacks before they are recognized. With high-value assets, it’s not good enough to have the protection, it’s
The Register
Incident sounds like a BEC fraud targeting an unwitting staffer Luxembourg-based chemicals and manufacturing giant Orion SA is telling US regulators that it will lose out on around $60 million after it was targeted by a criminal wire fraud scheme.…
The Register
Because apps talking like pirates and creating ASCII art never gets old Despite worries about criminals using prompt injection to trick large language models (LLMs) into leaking sensitive data or performing other destructive actions, most of these types of AI shenanigans come from job seekers trying to get their resumes past automated HR screeners – and people protesting generative AI for various reasons, according to Russian security biz Kaspersky.…
The Hacker News
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware group called Dispossessor (aka Radar). The effort saw the dismantling of three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based criminal domains, and one German-based criminal domain. Dispossessor is said to be led by
The Hacker News
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign that masquerades as the Security Service of Ukraine to distribute malware capable of remote desktop access. The agency is tracking the activity under the name UAC-0198. More than 100 computers are estimated to have been infected since July 2024, including those related to government bodies in the
The Register
Bad guys claim they're cops, keep you on hold for hours until you pay to make loved ones' crimes go away A woman in the Indian city of Delhi last week found herself under "digital arrest" – a form of scam in which victims make payments to criminals posing as law enforcement officers.…