Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos:
RansomHouse: Bug bounty hunters gone rogue?
A new cybercrime outfit that calls itself RansomHouse is attempting to carve out a niche of the cyber extortion market for itself by hitting organizations, stealing their data, and offering to delete it and provide a full report on how and what vulnerabilities were exploited in the process – all for a fee, of course.
Account pre-hijacking attacks possible on many online services
Online accounts getting hijacked and misused is an everyday occurrence, but did you know that account pre-hijacking attacks are also possible?
Verizon 2022 DBIR: External attacks and ransomware reign
There has been an alarming rise (13%) in ransomware breaches – a jump greater than the past 5 years combined, Verizon Business has revealed in its 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (2022 DBIR).
GM, Zola customer accounts compromised through credential stuffing
Customers of automaker General Motors (GM) and wedding planning company Zola have had customer accounts compromised through credential stuffing, and the criminals have used the access to…
