Brazilian Hacker Charged for Selling Data Stolen From Hacked Computers

Junior Barros De Oliveira, a 29-year-old resident of Curitiba, Brazil, has been indicted in the United States for orchestrating an extortion scheme involving data stolen from the computer systems of a Brazilian subsidiary of a New Jersey-based company. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the charges after the indictment was unsealed in Newark federal court. Allegations of…

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NETSCOUT LEVERAGES AI/ML TO GUARD CRITICAL IT INFRASTRUCTURE & MINIMIZE BUSINESS RISK

NETSCOUT announced updates to its industry-leading Arbor Edge Defense (AED) and Arbor Enterprise Manager (AEM) products as part of its Adaptive DDoS Protection Solution to combat AI-enabled DDoS threats and protect critical IT infrastructure. NETSCOUT’s DDoS Threat Intelligence Report noted that application-layer and volumetric attacks have increased by over 43% and 30%, respectively. DDoS-for-hire services have…

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Major Cyberattacks in India, 2024. What is the message for CISO’s?

For CTO’s, CISO’, the message is straight and clear ‘Prioritising data protection be the most import pillar of foundation to consider for operations and business continuity, not an afterthought. A survey by PWC,  ‘2024 Global Digital Trust Insights’ on cyber risk perspective highlighted  in the beginning of 2024 that over next 12 months, Indian organisations…

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