Cryptika Cybersecurity News

Mastercard has announced a significant expansion of its cybersecurity services through an agreement to acquire Recorded Future, a leading global threat intelligence company. The acquisition, valued at $2.65 billion, aims to enhance Mastercard’s ability to secure the digital economy, particularly …

Beginning on October 1st, 2024, WordPress will mandate two-factor authentication (2FA) for plugin and theme creators as a new security measure. Themes and plugins that are used by millions of WordPress websites worldwide can be updated and changed by accounts …

The cybersecurity landscape in 2024 has been marked by a significant surge in malware and vulnerabilities.  The Key trends include the expansion of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), an increase in software supply chain attacks, and the exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities by APTs. …

A new phishing scam is targeting employees by exploiting their sense of responsibility and concern for email security. The attack begins with an email purportedly from “The Office 365 Team,” alerting the recipient of a suspicious forwarding rule or unauthorized …

The investment will drive the company’s advancement of scalable workload access management for enterprises Aembit, the leading non-human identity and access management (IAM) company, has secured $25 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to nearly $45 …

Google Cloud has introduced air-gapped backup vaults as part of its enhanced Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) service. This new feature, currently available in preview, aims to provide robust protection against the rising threat of ransomware attacks and unauthorized data …

Threat actors often exploit legitimate software for malicious purposes as it enables them to evade security measures and gain unauthorized access to systems.  By using legitimate software, threat actors can avoid detection and blend in with normal network traffic which …

Lazarus Group is a notorious APT hacker group believed to be state-sponsored by North Korea, primarily linked to the country’s intelligence agency.  This group has been involved in a wide range of cybercriminal activities since at least 2009, and it’s …

Banking malware is a type of malicious software that targets financial institutions and their customers. There is a rise in Android banking malware, which exploits vulnerabilities in the Android operating system to steal sensitive user information. Cleafy’s Threat Intelligence team …

A critical vulnerability has been identified in the multicast traceroute version 2 (Mtrace2) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software, posing significant risks to network stability and security. This flaw allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to exhaust the UDP packet memory of …