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Decryptor released for FunkSec ransomware; Avast works with law enforcement to help victims
Cybersecurity company Avast released a decryptor for the short-lived FunkSec ransomware and said it is assisting dozens of the gang’s targets with the process. Go to Source
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Minnesota governor activates National Guard after cyberattack on state capital
Mayor Melvin Carter said during a press conference on Tuesday that the city is most concerned about the data it holds on government employees, arguing that the city does not carry much information on its residents. Go to Source
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Scattered Spider is targeting victims’ Snowflake data storage for quick exfiltration
The latest advisory on Scattered Spider from the FBI and agencies in the U.K., Canada and Australia says the cybercrime group is often looking for Snowflake data storage credentials when it picks a company to attack. Go to Source
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Cybercrime Magazine’s Radio Station Celebrates Its 4-Year Anniversary
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 30, 2025 – Listen to Cybercrime Radio In Jul. 2021, Newsday visited Cybercrime Magazine’s HQ and studios and ran the headline “Live from Long Island: Northport radio station rolls out round-the-clock coverage on cybercrime“, as we turned on WCYB Digital Radio aka…
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Every Professional — Developer, Data Scientist, Designer — Needs To Know Cybersecurity
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 29, 2025 – Read the full story in BusinessMirror Cybercrime is expected to cost $10 trillion globally by the end of this year alone, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. By 2030, every professional — developer, data scientist, designer — will need to…
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Ingram Micro Ransomware Attack Shakes IT Supply Chain
Your weekly dose of the most urgent cyber threats is here. Adam Pilton distilled it all into five critical stories and five things you should actually do about them. Let’s get into it. Ingram Micro Ransomware Attack Disrupts Global IT Supply Chain Ingram Micro, the lifeline distributor for countless MSPs, was slammed by a SafePay…
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Black Hat USA 2025: AI In The Mojavi Desert
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 25, 2025 – Listen to the podcast With a week left before boarding your flight to Las Vegas, it’s time to prep for the Black Hat USA 2025 experience Aug. 2-7. The conference’s Welcome Guide is a good place to start. But to really get…
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Cybercrime Magazine To Distribute Two-Pager At Industry Conferences
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 24, 2025 – Read the Blog Microsoft recently launched Signal, a 125-page magazine targeting business leaders. Steve Clayton, the vice president of Microsoft’s communications strategy, told the Columbia Journalism Review that he was inspired to launch Signal after reading an Oct.…
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Challenging the Status Quo: Why NDR Needs a New Playbook
Why the Old Playbook No Longer Works – Subo Guha, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Stellar Cyber San Jose, Calif. – Jul. 23, 2025 In a cybersecurity market saturated with buzzwords, overlapping toolsets, and decades-old architectures dressed up with AI, many security leaders are asking the same question: Is this really the best we can…
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What Comes After Detection Rules? Smarter Detection Strategies in ATT&CK
By Lex Crumpton Defenders have often used the information in ATT&CK Detections to help build useful analytics. But as detection engineering has matured, the current format hasn’t always scaled well. The text in ATT&CK’s Detections often packed too many behaviors into a single block of text, making them hard to interpret or apply. Important platform differences…