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5 days ago | 
healthcareinfosecurity.com | Mathew Schwartz
Governance & Risk Management Despite Last-Minute Reprieve, Fresh Approach and Ownership Required, and Soon Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • April 18, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Life comes at you fast when you're the world's authoritative source of information about software vulnerabilities.
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1 week ago | 
inforisktoday.com | Mathew Schwartz
Card Not Present Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , PCI Standards Last-Minute PCI DSS 4.0 Changes Highlight Challenge of Battling Malicious Scripts Merchants versus security mavens is a story as old as the standard governing digital payments. Security devotees push for stricter standards. Merchants, especially smaller ones, say stricter standards are unaffordable.
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1 week ago | 
bankinfosecurity.com | Mathew Schwartz
But BakerHostetler's Incident Response Report Sees Fraudulent Transfer Losses Surge Fraudulent wire transfers are the new hot thing in criminal hacking as ransomware continues a slow decline.
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2 weeks ago | 
inforisktoday.co.uk | Mathew Schwartz
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Rising Attacks Masks Lowering Profits, Attention Economy Competition Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • April 7, 2025 "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" (Image: Shutterstock) Ransomware groups' collective power to command victims' attention and compel extortion is waning, notwithstanding the disruption and chaos that continues to be their hallmark.
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3 weeks ago | 
thetechstreetnow.com | Anna Delaney |Mathew Schwartz |Michael Novinson |Tony Morbin
7 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Also: Rapid7's Boardroom Shake-Up, China's Shift Tactical Cyber Shift Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • March 28, 2025 In this week's update, ISMG editors unpacked stealth vs. spectacle in ransomware attacks, Rapid7’s boardroom shake-up led by activist investors and China's shift from cyber espionage to infrastructure sabotage - driving key shifts in global cybersecurity strategy and resilience.
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3 weeks ago | 
healthcareinfosecurity.com | Mathew Schwartz
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Newcomer VanHelsing and a Supposedly Revitalized LockBit Enter Victim-Hunting Fray Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 27, 2025 Borrowing it's name from Bram Stoker's famous character, VanHelsing, the ransomware-as-a-service operation, is holding companies for ransom .Image: Shutterstock Ransomware-tracking experts say the number of organizations hit with crypto-locking malware appears to be on the rise.
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4 weeks ago | 
inforisktoday.com | Mathew Schwartz
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Highly Targeted Ransomware Hit Traced to Long-Running Cyberespionage Group Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 26, 2025 Image: Shutterstock A long-running, stealthy group of mercenary hackers appears to have diversified into hitting hypervisors with ransomware in highly targeted attacks.
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1 month ago | 
cuinfosecurity.com | Mathew Schwartz
Cloud Security , Security Operations Immediate Patching Urged to Address Flaws in Widely Used Ingress Nginx Controller Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 24, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Critical vulnerabilities in the popular Kubernetes container management system need immediate patching to prevent attackers from taking control of cloud-based applications, management interfaces and more, researchers warn.
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1 month ago | 
cuinfosecurity.com | Mathew Schwartz
Expect Malicious Insiders to Pose 'Big Challenge' This Year for CISOs, Expert Warns Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 14, 2025 Imagine laying off a senior developer after 12 years of employment, only to find that systems across the company crashed due to a "kill switch" he left behind.
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1 month ago | 
healthcareinfosecurity.com | Mathew Schwartz
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Self-Described Hacktivists Appear to Remain Moscow Foreign Policy Extension Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 7, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Russia's use of high-profile online nuisance attacks to amplify Moscow's geopolitical agenda continues.
