December 2021

Sure, Apache got a patch out fast when the Log4j logging library vulnerability – aka Javageddon or “up there with Shellshock” – exploded last week. Read More

Cybersecurity professionals across the world have been scrambling to shore up their systems against a critical remote code-execution (RCE) flaw (CVE-2021-44228) in the Apache Log4j Read More

Riot Games, the developer behind League of Legends, has filed a California lawsuit against scammers, whose identities aren’t yet known, for ripping off job seekers Read More

Investigations that ran in parallel over nearly two years by Canadian and U.S. law enforcement have led to this week’s arrest of an Ottawa man, Read More

There is a new financially motivated threat group on the rise and for a change, it doesn’t appear to be interested in deploying ransomware or Read More

The internet has a fast-spreading, malignant cancer – otherwise known as the Apache Log4j logging library exploit – that’s been rapidly mutating and attracting swarms Read More

Consumer electronics giant Panasonic’s data breach raises questions, researchers say – given that more than two weeks after the incident was discovered, it’s unclear if Read More

Fallout from nation-state sponsored cyberattacks will no longer be covered under cyber-insurance policies issued by famed insurer Lloyd’s of London. The insurance juggernaut’s underwiring director Read More

The Flubot banking trojan is blanketing Finland, spreading via Android phones that are sending millions of malicious text messages. On Friday, the National Cyber Security Read More

A threat actor previously tied to the Thieflock ransomware operation may now be using the emerging Yanluowang ransomware in a series of attacks against U.S. Read More