A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers
An unusually advanced hacking group has spent almost two years infecting a wide range of routers in North America and Europe with malware …
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A Guide to Surviving a Ransomware Attack
Surviving ransomware is possible with a combination of preparation and intentionality. Often, there is a misguided characterization of …
Ex-Canadian Government Employee Pleads Guilty Over NetWalker Ransomware Attacks
A former Canadian government employee this week agreed to plead guilty in the U.S. to charges related to his involvement with the NetWalker …
Smashing Security podcast #281: Debug ransomware and win $1,000,000, period-tracking apps, and AI gets emotional
A new version of the LockBit ransomware offers a bug bounty, women uninstall period-tracking apps in fear of how their data might be used …
Cybersecurity Researchers Launch New Malware Hunting Tool YARAify
A group of security researchers from Abuse.ch and ThreatFox launched a new hub for scanning and hunting files. Dubbed YARAify, the …
EFF to European Court: Keep Encryption Alive
EFF and our partners filed an amicus brief before the ECtHR, asking the ECtHR to safeguard encrypted online communications. Electronic …
RSA 2022: Omdia Research Take Aways
The RSA conference in San Francisco always feels like drinking from a fire hose but especially this year at the first in-person RSA since …
Carnival Cruises bruised by $6.25 million fine after series of cyberattacks
Carnival Cruises, the world’s largest travel leisure firm which operates over 100 ships for millions of vacationing customers, has been …
Black Basta Ransomware Emerging From Underground to Attack Corporate Networks
Two months have passed since the Black Basta Ransomware first surfaced. Nearly 50 victims have already been reported from the following …
Mitel VoIP Bug Exploited in Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware groups are abusing unpatched versions of a Linux-based Mitel VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) application and using it as a …
Log4Shell Vulnerability Targeted in VMware Servers to Exfiltrate Data
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) released a joint advisory warning the …
New Android Banking Trojan ‘Revive’ Targeting Users of Spanish Financial Services
A previously unknown Android banking trojan has been discovered in the wild, targeting users of the Spanish financial services company …
Drunk worker loses USB stick containing details of every resident of his city
It’s all too easy to imagine. After a hard day at work, you head off with some mates into the …
New Matanbuchus Campaign drops Cobalt Strike beacons
Matanbuchus malware-as-a-service (Maas) has been observed spreading through phishing campaigns, dropping Cobalt Strike beacons. Threat …