In Other News: Disney Ditches Slack, Binance Malware Warning, Defense Conference Targeted

September 20, 2024 at 08:51AM SecurityWeek’s roundup presents noteworthy cybersecurity stories that may have gone unnoticed. This week’s highlights include settlements for data breaches at 23andMe and Disney, a warning about cryptocurrency transfer hijacking, findings from CISA’s assessments, a targeted attack on a US-Taiwan conference, Salesforce’s vulnerability, Rockwell Automation’s patches, North Korean fake employees at … Read more

FBI: Akira ransomware raked in $42 million from 250+ victims

April 18, 2024 at 02:18PM The Akira ransomware has targeted 250+ organizations and amassed $42 million in ransom payments. It gained notoriety in March 2023, deploying a Linux encryptor for VMware ESXi virtual machines. Ransoms ranged from $200,000 to millions. The FBI, CISA, Europol, and NCSC-NL issued guidance to mitigate the attacks’ impact and risk. … Read more