SecurityWeek reports that Trickbot Group, also known as ITG23 or Wizard Spider, has moved to quickly expand its operations following the deployment of the TrickBot malware family six years ago, while moving to automated malware encryption.
New data-extortion cybercrime operation RansomHouse has claimed to leveraged vulnerabilities to infiltrate targets' networks and later blame attacks on improperly secured networks and "ridiculously small" security flaw disclosure rewards, reports BleepingComputer.
The annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations report shows external actors were the driving cause in security incidents in healthcare last year, driven by a spike in web application attacks.
TechRepublic reports that artificial intelligence has continued to be the key priority for CEOs for the third straight year, with 97% of senior executives intending to place significant AI investments.
Interactive chatbots are being used in phishing attacks in an effort to increase victim confidence, while reducing their attention, according to SecurityWeek.
Cybersecurity firm Nisos discovered that the Fronton botnet, which was first discovered by a hacktivist group to have been created on behalf of Russia's intelligence service, had more extensive capabilities beyond enabling distributed denial-of-service attacks, ZDNet reports.
