Crims SIM swap execs' kids to freak out their parents, Mandiant CTO says RSAC  Ransomware infections and extortion attacks have become "a psychological attack against the victim organization," as criminals use increasingly personal and aggressive tactics to force victims to pay up, according to Google-owned Mandiant.…

And the iOS titan doesn't seem that bothered with data leaking out Last week, Apple began requiring iOS developers justify the use of a specific set of APIs that could be used for device fingerprinting. Yet the iGiant doesn't appear to be making much effort to ensure that Google, Meta, and Spotify comply with the rules, it's claimed.…

After very boring first reveal, this could be the real deal Cops around the world have relaunched LockBit's website after they shut it down in February – and it's now counting down the hours to reveal documents that could unmask the ransomware group.…

Decentralization is great until everyone wants to grab data from your web server Updated  Mastodon has pushed back an update that's expected to fully address the issue of link previews sparking accidental distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.…

Accused of stealing data after losing his job A cybersecurity expert could face a 20-year prison sentence after being accused of trying to extort a multinational IT infrastructure services biz to the tune of $1.5 million.…

Recent attacks on healthcare thrust infosec agency into alert mode CISA is calling on the software industry to stamp out directory traversal vulnerabilities following recent high-profile exploits of the 20-year-old class of bugs.…