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Cybrfunk was created on January 17, 2021 with the intent of making reliable cyber security news and threat intelligence more accessible to the public. With this in mind, we aim to provide a central hub for all of the best cyber security news and threat intelligence. In an ever changing landscape we hope to make your trip a little easier and safer.
Latest Articles:
Canadian cybersecurity executive arrested in federal extortion case
Details of the case align with the investigation into ShinyHunters’ attack on FBI IT systems.
Criminal IP Introduces AITEM as the Next Evolution of Attack Surface Management
Traditional attack surface management helps organizations discover exposed assets, but visibility alone is not enough to address threats. Criminal IP introduces AITEM, an AI-powered approach…
AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals
Anti-cybercrime initiatives are increasingly using AI to scam the scammers by tricking them into talking to lifelike bots that they think are real victims.
Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison
The former core infrastructure engineer deleted admin accounts, reset hundreds of passwords, and demanded 20 bitcoin to spare the company’s servers.
FBI Arrests Founder of Ransomware Negotiation Firm
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested the co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the…
OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks
The ChatGPT maker said the researchers "violated clear policies on handling sensitive information.”
ASOS Breach Reveals the Risks in Customer-Facing SaaS
The attack on the British retailer shows that compromising a single identity can lead to much deeper penetration of the corporate network.
Hackers abuse Google Ads, Bing redirects to push Claude ClickFix attacks
Hackers are abusing legitimate Bing search-result redirects as click URLs in Google search ads to direct users to fake Claude installers that deliver ClickFix attacks.
Friday Squid Blogging: I Caught a Squid
On Wednesday I spent a day fishing, on a small boat out of Gloucester, MA. We caught many cod (none of which we could keep),…
AI Scramble Drives Cybersecurity M&A Boom
Welcome to another gangbuster year for strategic M&A activity in cyber, with 117 deals announced in the latest quarter. What's different: Many of the buyers…
What We Missed: FBI Strikes Back at ShinyHunters
In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from the arrest of a suspected…
Security Threats Don’t Stop at the Office: Why Executives’ Families Need Training Too
Those closest to executives must match their security postures because the weakest link in a family becomes the entry point for attacks.
Hundreds of thousands impacted by data breach at biosensor firm iRhythm
A company known for wearable cardiac sensors, iRhythm, has begun notifying states of the impact of a data breach from the summer.
FBI touts another ShinyHunters arrest in response to data breach
“We will continue to work closely with our partners to disrupt what’s left of the ShinyHunters group and their associates, no matter where they operate,"…
Belarusian hacktivists admit to 2023 breach of Russian state healthcare network
The Belarusian Cyber Partisans concurred with Russian research that they indeed spent months inside the network for the Moscow Department of Health.