MEOW ransomware is a significant cyber threat known for its disruptive activities. Unlike the infamous Conti ransomware, MEOW is a modified version that retains many of Conti’s core functionalities and encryption techniques.

A wave of X account hacks has led to the rapid success of a pump-and-dump scheme for the $HACKED Solana token, with users rushing to buy in. High-profile accounts compromised in this attack include MoneyControl (1.4 million followers), People Magazine (7.8 million), and EUinmyRegion, run by the European Commission, with nearly 100,000 followers. Moreover, Computer brand Lenovo’s India division, film director Oliver Stone, Yahoo News UK, and Brazilian soccer player Neymar Jr.

The digital footprint of organizations has evolved and grown significantly over the past 10 years, now its important to not only protect just IP addresses and domains but also social media, payment platforms, and third-party services. Identifying risks like vulnerabilities, supply chain attacks, and credential leaks are crucial for organizational security. The Cyberint team have analyzed 1000s of risks and threats and narrowed down the top 4 risks facing Latin America in 2024 and going into 2025.

To platform or not to platform. That is the question. At least, that’s the question that businesses increasingly face as they chart strategies for managing external risk and consider cybersecurity platform consolidation. Historically, the go-to approach for identifying and mitigating external risks was to adopt point solutions – meaning individual tools that focused on doing one thing and doing it well.

If you’ve worked in the Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) industry for a while, you might remember the era when the MSSP tool set consisted only of internal risk management solutions – like software that scanned client endpoints and application source code. Those days are gone. Today, external risk management has become just as critical a part of an MSSP’s job.

If you’re in the Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) business, landing new customers is great. What’s even better, however – and more crucial for long-term business success – is retaining existing customers. After all, keeping customers can cost up to 25 times less than acquiring new ones, according to Harvard Business Review.

Initial Access Brokers (IABs) are threat actors who infiltrate networks, systems, or organizations and sell this unauthorized access to other malicious actors. Instead of executing the entire cyberattack, IABs focus on the initial breach and monetize it by selling access to compromised systems. They assist ransomware operations, particularly RaaS schemes, by streamlining attacks and reducing workload at the start.

The cyber threat landscape is complex and includes many vectors of attack. Organizations face critical security challenges every day, such as stolen employee credentials, fake websites, and social media impersonation. Taking a binary point of view, those threats can be divided into two simplistic dimensions: external and internal. According to the 2023 Verizon DBIR, the external threats consume 83% of the total threats.

Indicators of Compromise, or IOCs, refer to artifacts or clues that may be identified on a network or system indicating a potential security breach. They can be Ips, domain names and more.

Amid the disruption of the Hive ransomware group by law enforcement agencies, Hunters International emerged onto the cyber scene in Q3 of 2023, displaying notable technical similarities with Hive, hinting at an evolutionary progression or branch-off from the dismantled group. This transition underscores the adaptive nature of cybercriminal networks, persisting in their illicit activities despite law enforcement actions.