Recent data breaches at NVIDIA, Samsung and Ubisoft have brought a new cybercrime group to light: Lapsus$. Here’s what we know about the malicious hacking crew that’s been targeting Big Tech.
Welcome to Changelog for 3/13/22, published by Synack! Congress last week sent a major piece of cybersecurity legislation to President Biden’s desk as part of a $1.5 trillion spending package.
Leaked internal message traffic makes the ruthless Conti ransomware gang look like any other struggling agile software startup — complete with millennial buzzwords and complaints about pay and working conditions.
Welcome to Changelog for 3/6/22, published by Synack! Blake Sobczak here, checking in from a new, FBI-friendly D.C. neighborhood.
A government-backed push in Ukraine to get grassroots support for hacking Russia is raising legal and ethical questions.
Welcome to Changelog for 2/27/22, published by Synack! Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ushered in a bleak new era for Europe.
The sudden demise of darknet site Monopoly Market may have coincided with an exit scam. Experts say such con jobs could grow more common as law enforcement takedowns pressure dark web operators.
HermeticWiper, much like the WhisperGate malware discovered in Ukrainian networks last month, deletes the Master Boot Record that allows the Windows operating system to load.
Welcome to Changelog for 2/20/22, published by Synack! The past week brought rapid-fire U.S. attribution of Russian cyberattacks, an unusually frank U.S. government hearing on China’s cyber capabilities and previously unreported connections between the infamous Turla hacking group and Moscow’s FSB spy agency.