Автор: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

Clandestine kill switch was designed to lock out other users if the developer’s account in the company’s Windows Active Directory was ever disabled.

The group is using the Medusa malware and taking up space once held by other notable ransomware groups like LockBot, increasing its victim list to 400 and demanding astoundingly high ransoms.

The pair found a loophole through StubHub’s services, allowing them to steal tickets and resell them for personal profit, amassing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Many women are finding that they are unhappy in their cybersecurity roles, largely due to the layoffs their companies are experiencing, cutbacks, and return to in-office work policies.

YouTube creators are being targeted by scammers seeking out their credentials, using deepfake tactics to lure them in with a false sense of legitimacy.

The chipmakers patched bugs, mostly critical and high severity, that affect everything from smartphones to TVs to artificial intelligence platforms.

Fraudulent IT workers are looking for engineering and developer positions in the US and Japan, and this time it’s not about espionage.

The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) cybercrime group intends to leak the stolen information in just two days, it claims; but oddly, it doesn’t seek a ransom payment from its victim.

The federal government views the defendant as a flight risk and danger to the community due to his ability to access sensitive and private information.

No details yet on what forced the court to shut down affected systems and halt operations as of late Feb. 23.