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The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against two men from New York and Rhode Island over their alleged roles in a doxing operation that involved hacking into a law enforcement portal and a police official’s email account. The suspects, 19-year-old Sagar Steven Singh (aka Weep) and 25-year-old Nicholas Ceraolo (aka Convict and Ominous), have been charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, for which they face up to five years in prison. Ceraolo…

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The last three years have been fueled by turbulent change — especially when it comes to an organization’s tech structure. The unanticipated global pandemic drastically accelerated digital transformation (DX) and a borderless workforce, forcing businesses to fast-track projects they had previously scheduled to take years. These years-long projects began to be completed in the matter of months, or even weeks, and propelled the industry forward momentously, but also highlighted that cybersecurity must be interwoven in…

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The National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has appointed Antwan Banks as its director of enterprise security as the organization shifts focus to end-to-end security for the trucking industry. The NMFTA told SecurityWeek that this is a newly created position. Banks will lead the organization’s cybersecurity practice, and work with its partners and members to ensure the safety and security of the supply chain in the United States.  “As you can imagine, this is increasingly…

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As bracket-mania sweeps across the country for the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, commonly referred to as “March Madness,” SecurityWeek will host its own “Cyber Madness” bracket challenge for those in the cybersecurity community to compete for a chance to win great prizes, earn bragging rights, and have some fun!  SecurityWeek’s Cyber Madness Bracket Challenge is a contest designed to bring the community together in a fun, competitive way through one of America’s top sporting…

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seized the assets of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, marking the largest bank failure since Washington Mutual during the height of the 2008 financial crisis. The bank failed after depositors — mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies — began withdrawing their money creating a run on the bank. Silicon Valley was heavily exposed to tech industry and there is little chance of contagion in the banking sector as there…

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The White House on Thursday published its $6.9 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024 and the administration wants to increase cybersecurity spending. Several sections of President Biden’s budget plan mention cybersecurity-related spending.  The administration has proposed an additional $145 million for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which will receive a total of $3.1 billion. This amount includes $425 million to improve the agency’s internal cybersecurity and analytical capabilities, and $98 million for…

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Revelstoke Security on Wednesday announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round that brings the total investment in the company to $38 million. The new funding round was co-led by ClearSky Security and SYN Ventures, with additional investment from Crosslink Capital and Rally Ventures. Founded in 2020, the San Jose, California-based company provides a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform built using a common data language that integrates disparate…

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Russia is continuing its campaign of disinformation around the Ukraine war through advanced social engineering delivered by a threat group tracked as TA499. According to a report from Proofpoint, TA499 targets US and European politicians, and leading businessmen and celebrities who have spoken out against Putin’s invasion. The primary purpose is to persuade the victims to take part in phone calls or video chats from which pro-Putin snippets can be elicited and published – thereby…

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A ransomware cyberattack on one of Barcelona’ s main hospitals has crippled the center’s computer system and forced the cancellation of 150 nonurgent operations and up to 3,000 patient checkups, officials said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona shut down computers at the facility’s laboratories, emergency room and pharmacy at three main centers and several external clinics. “We can’t make any prediction as to when the system will be back up…

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German industrial automation solutions provider Wago has released patches for several of its programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to address four vulnerabilities, including ones that can be exploited to take full control of the targeted device. The vulnerabilities were discovered by Ryan Pickren from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Cyber-Physical Security Lab. The issues were identified by the researcher as part of a PhD project on the security of industrial control systems (ICS). Pickren previously earned…

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