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How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by [...]

By |2024-12-20T13:14:29-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: BMT Announcement|

BMT Named One of the Top Cybersecurity Companies in NJBIZ 2024 Reader Rankings

We are excited to share that BMT has once again been recognized as one of the top three companies for the Cybersecurity Company category for the 2024 NJBIZ Reader Rankings. The designation comes as part of the business journal’s yearly Reader Rankings, which are decided by nominations and votes [...]

By |2024-12-18T13:36:13-05:00December 16th, 2024|Categories: Awards, BMT Announcement, News|Tags: , , |

Catch-IT: Ransomware on the Rise

 Ransomware Continues to Gain Momentum Ransomware continues to dominate the threat landscape, posing significant risks to organizations. The NJCCIC continues to receive reports of ransomware incidents impacting New Jersey private and public sector organizations, including educational institutions and local governments. Fog ransomware and 3AM ransomware are two significant variants [...]

How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. Meanwhile, an investigation into the Vancouver street address used by this company shows it is home to dozens of foreign [...]

By |2024-12-12T02:09:58-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: BMT Announcement|

Patch Tuesday, December 2024 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 70 security holes in Windows and Windows software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in active attacks. The zero-day seeing exploitation involves CVE-2024-49138, a security weakness in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver — used by applications to [...]

By |2024-12-11T02:08:02-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: BMT Announcement|

Safety Tips for Online Holiday Shoppers!

 Tis the Season for Holiday Scammers!  3 Useful Tips When Shopping Online Holiday shopping is in full swing! We wanted to let you know about a few online shopping trends we've noticed and give some tips about how to stay safe online while buying gifts for everyone on your list!  [...]

U.S. Offered $10M for Hacker Just Arrested by Russia

In January 2022, KrebsOnSecurity identified a Russian man named Mikhail Matveev as “Wazawaka,” a cybercriminal who was deeply involved in the formation and operation of multiple ransomware groups. The U.S. government indicted Matveev as a top ransomware purveyor a year later, offering $10 million for information leading to his [...]

By |2024-12-09T11:25:48-05:00December 4th, 2024|Categories: BMT Announcement|

Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz

Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — such as .shop, .top, .xyz — that attract scammers with rock-bottom prices and no meaningful registration requirements, new research finds. [...]

By |2024-12-04T08:56:33-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: BMT Announcement|

Alder Hey children’s hospital explores ‘data breach’ after ransomware claims

Screenshots purporting to be from systems of Liverpool NHS health facility have been posted on dark web.  A ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from the Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool, allegedly including patient records. The INC Ransom group said it had published screenshots of data on the [...]

By |2024-12-02T08:17:24-05:00November 29th, 2024|Categories: BMT Announcement|

Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier

Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data storage company Snowflake, but a third suspect — a prolific hacker known as Kiberphant0m — remains at large and continues to publicly extort victims. However, this person’s identity may [...]

By |2024-11-27T08:59:42-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: BMT Announcement|

Catch-IT: Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered in Apple Products

Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-44308 and CVE-2024-44309) have been discovered in Apple products, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged on user.  Depending on the privileges [...]

By |2024-11-21T15:35:45-05:00November 21st, 2024|Categories: Catch IT, News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass, MailChimp, Okta, T-Mobile and Twilio. A visual depiction of the attacks [...]

By |2024-11-27T08:56:13-05:00November 21st, 2024|Categories: BMT Announcement|
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