Virginia State Police recoup $300K stolen in BEC scam

Organizations around the world have improved their cyber incident detection capabilities last year, with median dwell times dropping to 10 days, which is the lowest in a decade, and internal compromise detection rates rising from 37% in 2022 to 46% in 2023, SiliconAngle reports.

Operations at major medical diagnosis service provider Synlab Italia's laboratories, medical centers, and sampling points have been disrupted by a cyberattack on April 18, which initially temporarily interrupted telephone and computer access before resulting in the complete takedown of its computer systems, Security Affairs reports.

Intrusions hijacking the eScan antivirus software's updating mechanism have been conducted by threat actors suspected to be linked to North Korean advanced persistent threat operation Kimsuky to facilitate the delivery of the sophisticated GuptiMiner malware that would then distribute cryptocurrency mining payloads, according to BleepingComputer.