News July 13, 2022

Feds Offer $5 Million for Information on North Korean Cyber Threats

2 min read - North Korean-based actors have allegedly run company breaches, crypto crime, weapons sales, money laundering, human rights abuses and WMD program funding. Given the high stakes involved, the U.S. Department of State Rewards for Justice program is offering $5 million for…

Intelligence & Analytics July 7, 2022

Unprecedented Shift: The Trickbot Group is Systematically Attacking Ukraine

13 min read - Following ongoing research our team, IBM Security X-Force has uncovered evidence indicating that the Russia-based cybercriminal syndicate “Trickbot group” has been systematically attacking Ukraine since the Russian invasion — an unprecedented shift as the group had not previously targeted Ukraine.…

News June 22, 2022

CISA Warns of Russia-Sponsored Threats to Critical Infrastructure

2 min read - Cybersecurity authorities from the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning of increased cyber threats related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As per the alert, attacks may occur as a response…

News May 4, 2022

Arrests Made in Relation to LAPSUS$ Cyber Gang 

2 min read - The cyber criminal organization LAPSUS$ has claimed responsibility for a number of high-profile attacks. Did they give away too much in their bragging? It could be since the City of London police say they have arrested seven teenagers in relation…

Banking & Finance January 24, 2022

TrickBot Bolsters Layered Defenses to Prevent Injection Research

7 min read - This post was written with contributions from IBM X-Force’s Limor Kessem and Charlotte Hammond. The cyber crime gang that operates the TrickBot Trojan, as well as other malware and ransomware attacks, has been escalating activity. As part of that escalation,…