The annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations report shows external actors were the driving cause in security incidents in healthcare last year, driven by a spike in web application attacks.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against Idris Dayo Mustapha for engaging in various cybercrime activities over a seven-year period, most of which targeted financial institutions and brokerage companies across the U.S., and resulted in more than $5 million in losses.

Report from CardinalOps speaks to how SIEMs fall short and the industry needs more effective analytics and automation.

Cybercrime is big business, and techniques of bad actors are growing increasingly sophisticated. That leaves security teams thirsting for near realtime intelligence about the threat landscape.

The cybersecurity authorities of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance say they expect managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers to continue to be targets of malicious cyber activity.

The European Union, United States and United Kingdom condemned Russia for February's destructive cyberattack on the Viasat KA-SAT internet service, formally attributing the attack to Moscow.

Microsoft released a timeline of nearly 250 cyber operations from six separate Russian-aligned threat groups since the waning days before Russia began its physical assault. Microsoft also detailed cyber operations dating back almost a year in preparation for the physical attack.

By combining its ransomware resource with its flagship cybersecurity framework, NIST can ensure healthcare providers are best utilizing the resources amid the persistence of malware attacks.

Mandiant researchers said state-sponsored groups are the primary actors exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities, led by Chinese threat groups.

ALPHV, aka BlackCat, recently emerged as a large player in the ransomware marketplace using an updated version of BlackMatter/Darkside malware.