Researchers at Human Security Inc. today said they have disrupted a sophisticated advertising fraud operation that was distributing apps on both Google LLC’s Play store and Apple Inc.’s App Store. The campaign, dubbed “Scylla,” involves using mobile applications pretending to be legitimate apps to trick users into downloading them. The apps contained hidden ads which the ...

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. has today announced the development of the Cloudflare Zero Trust SIM, a solution that secures every data packet leaving mobile devices. The Zero Trust SIM allows organizations to connect employee devices quickly and securely to Cloudflare’s global network, directly integrating devices with Cloudflare’s Zero Trust platform to protect their network ...

Weeks after the launch of the iPhone 14, speculation has begun on what to expect from Apple Inc. next — and a lack of an expected event next month is one of the more surprising predictions. Noted Apple analyst Mark Gurman at Bloomberg predicts that Apple might not have enough things left to announce this ...

Microsoft Corp. researchers today detailed a recent attack involving malicious OAuth applications that were deployed on compromised cloud tenants to control Exchange servers and spread spam. The threat actor launched credential-stuffing attacks against high-risk accounts that did not have multifactor authentication enabled and then leveraged unsecured administrator accounts to gain initial access. With this access, the ...

Security researchers today said they’ve discovered a never-before-seen advanced threat actor primarily targeting telecommunications, internet service providers and universities in several countries in the Middle East and Africa. Dubbed “Metador” by researchers at SentinelOne Inc.’s SentinelLabs, the advanced persistent threat group is described as highly sophisticated and acutely aware of operations security, deploying intricate countermeasures ...

Chaos engineering platform startup Steadybit GmbH today launched its reliability and chaos engineering platform in general availability and announced that it has raised $7.8 million in seed funding led by Boldstart Ventures. Including the new funding, Steadybit has raised $9.3 million to date, according to data from Crunchbase. Previous investors include Angular Ventures and New Forge. ...

Cybersecurity researchers at Vade Secure SASU today detailed a new phishing campaign that impersonates Capital One Financial Corp. in an attempt to steal personal identities rather than simply account credentials. First detected in July, the ongoing phishing campaign exploits Capital One’s partnership with Authentify Inc. to verify customer identities. The phishing email leads with a subject ...

2K, a game developer owned by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., has been hacked days after Rockstar Games Inc., another division of Take-Two, was also hacked, and footage from the upcoming “Grand Theft Auto 6” game was leaked online. The hack of 2K, which publishes games such as “Borderlands,” “Civilization” and “Bioshock,” involved an unauthorized third ...

Data protection and management software company Commvault System Inc. today announced the general availability of Metallic ThreatWise, a data security service that offers threat detection technology that surfaces unknown “zero-day” threats. Metallic ThreatWise is pitched as further redefining data security with early warnings that are claimed to be unmatched by rivals, reducing the risk of data being ...

Cybersecurity insurance provider Cowbell Cyber Inc. today announced the launch of its new Adaptive Cyber Insurance product and a new subsidiary, Cowbell Specialty Insurance Co. Adaptive Cyber Insurance is pitched as offering a dynamic approach to insuring constantly changing risk. Cowbell argues that the dynamic nature of cyber risk requires insurance policies to evolve accordingly, so the new product ...