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FBI: Fake Cryptocurrency Apps Defrauded Hundreds of U.S. Investors

U.S. investors have been scammed out of millions by cybercriminals impersonating legitimate cryptocurrency investment apps.

Cryptocurrency

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 7/15

Welcome back to Source Code, Decipher’s weekly news wrap podcast with input from our sources.

Source Code

North Korean Threat Actors Target Small Businesses With Ransomware

The H0lyGh0st ransomware group has spent the last year targeting small and medium-sized businesses - but has not yet successfully extorted ransom payments from victims, said Microsoft researchers.

Microsoft, North Korea

Cyber Safety Review Board: Exploitation of ‘Endemic’ Log4j Flaw Will Evolve

The Cyber Safety Review Board’s report on the Log4j flaw pointed to an open-source software ecosystem riddled with security challenges.

Log4j

New Retbleed Speculative Execution Flaw Emerges

A new speculative execution flaw called Retbleed affects many AMD and Intel chips running any modern operating system.

Hardware Security, Intel, Spectre