Stephen Weigand

RedLine malware was used to steal more than 170 million passwords over the last six months, which makes it the most notorious credential stealer during that time, according to research published March 12.

Manufacturing organizations across North America have been targeted by financially motivated threat operation Blind Eagle, also known as APT-C-36, in new attacks leveraging the Ande Loader malware for remote access trojan delivery, reports The Hacker News.

BleepingComputer reports that the StopCrypt ransomware, also known as STOP Djvu, has been upgraded with a new multi-stage execution process to better circumvent detection by security systems.

Significant improvements have been implemented in the new variant of the AcidRain wiper malware leveraged by Russia to compromise satellite internet provider Viasat.

U.S.-based private equity firm Thoma Bravo purchased British company Darktrace for $5.32 billion on Friday, according to reports

Ukraine had its systems subjected to attacks involving the exploitation of an almost seven-year-old Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8570, to facilitate Cobalt Strike deployment late last year, reports The Hacker News.

Attacks deploying a malicious Python backdoor via fraudulent NPM packages spoofing as job interviews have been targeted at software developers by suspected North Korea-linked threat actors as part of the ongoing DEV#POPPER social engineering campaign, according to The Hacker News.

Officials at the California Statewide Automated Welfare System disclosed that over 19,000 accounts in the state's BenefitsCal welfare program portal were compromised for almost a year, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Growing security and privacy concerns surrounding artificial intelligence have prompted the Department of Homeland Security to unveil its new AI Safety and Security Board, which includes Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su, and other artificial intelligence and civil rights experts, FedScoop reports.

The guidelines are part of Homeland Security’s ongoing efforts to reduce the risks, and maximize the benefits of artificial intelligence.