Richard Giddey

3 million smart toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack after all, but it could happen It sounds more like science fiction than reality, but Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung reported that approximately three million smart toothbrushes were hijacked by hackers to launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. These innocuous bathroom gadgets — […]

UN sanctions monitors are investigating dozens of suspected cyber-attacks by North Korea that raked in $3bn to help it further develop its nuclear weapons programme, according to excerpts of an unpublished UN report reviewed by the Reuters news agency. “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) continued to flout security council sanctions,” a panel of

3 million smart toothbrushes were just used in a DDoS attack. Really It sounds more like science fiction than reality, but Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung reports that approximately three million smart toothbrushes were hijacked by hackers to launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. These innocuous bathroom gadgets — transformed into soldiers in a

The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for anyone providing information to the agency regarding the whereabouts of cybersecurity expert Mu’min Al-Mawji Mahmud Salim, also known as ‘Taqni al-Mujahedeen’. The US Treasury Department announced sanctions today against two Egyptian nationals, Mu’min Al-Mawji Mahmud Salim (alias “Taqni al-Mujahedeen”) and Sarah Jamal Muhammad Al-Sayyid, for allegedly running

Free ransomware recovery tool White Phoenix now has a web version White Phoenix is a free ransomware recovery tool for situations where files are encrypted with intermittent encryption. It was tested on BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware, Play Ransomware, Qilin/Agenda Ransomware, BianLian Ransomware, and DarkBit. Intermittent encryption occurs when ransomware chooses not to encrypt every part of each

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to the “democratization” of the phishing ecosystem owing to the emergence of Telegram as an epicenter for cybercrime, enabling threat actors to mount a mass attack for as little as $230. “This messaging app has transformed into a bustling hub where seasoned cybercriminals and newcomers alike exchange illicit tools and

The Daily Mirror is facing a claim for almost £2m in legal costs after Prince Harry won substantial damages in his phone-hacking case against the publisher. Mr Justice Fancourt ruled at the high court last month that “extensive” phone hacking took place at Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) from 2006 to 2011, “even to some extent”

It is a well-known fact that cybercriminals have evolved over the years. The emergence of AI-powered malicious chatbots, such as WormGPT and FraudGPT, has enabled malicious threat actors to not only refine their skills but also consolidate all their malicious activities and tools into one, like a toolbox. Understanding these tools is the first step

Who is the hacker being linked to the Medibank cyberattack? The government has named 33-year-old Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, a Russian citizen, IT worker and alleged cybercriminal, in new sanctions legislation in connection with the most damaging cyberattack on Australians in 2022. When the UK, the US and Australia announced sanctions against him this week over

What makes ransomware victims less likely to pay up? There’s a good reason why ransomware gangs started exfiltrating victims’ data instead of just encrypting it: those organizations pay more. University of Twente researcher Tom Meurs and his colleagues wanted to know which factors influence victims to pay the ransom or not, and which factors have