July 29, 2021
Via: The Hacker NewsBusiness email compromise (BEC) refers to all types of email attacks that do not have payloads. Although there are numerous types, there are essentially two main mechanisms through which attackers penetrate organizations utilizing BEC techniques, spoofing and account take-over attacks. […]
June 3, 2021
Via: Security AffairsOn May 30, the American food processing giant JBS Foods, the world’s largest processor of fresh beef, was forced to shut down production at multiple sites worldwide following a cyberattack. The cyberattack impacted multiple production plants of the company worldwide, […]
May 17, 2021
Via: Panda SecurityLast week, the FBI confirmed that a ransomware attack organized by a cybercrime group called DarkSide forced the Colonial Pipeline into a voluntary shut down. During the six-day outage, panic buying caused a gas shortage across more than a dozen […]
May 13, 2021
Via: Security AffairsFBI and DHS’s CISA have published a joint alert to warn of ransomware attacks conducted by the DarkSide group. The alert comes after the disruptive attack that hit Colonial Pipeline that caused chaos and disruption. The Darkside ransomware gang first […]
April 27, 2021
Via: Security AffairsLast week, European law enforcement has conducted an operation aimed at performing a mass-sanitization of computers infected with the infamous Emotet Windows malware. The authorities automatically wiped the infamous Emotet malware from infected systems across the world as part of […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
April 26, 2021
Via: Security WeekThe company, Radixx, said it noticed “unusual activity” around its reservations program on Tuesday. It did not describe the malware or say how it got into the program. A spokeswoman for Radixx’s parent, Southlake, Texas-based Sabre Corp., said Friday that […]
April 14, 2021
Via: Security AffairsA US judge granted the FBI the power to log into web shells that were injected by nation-state hackers on Microsoft Exchange servers across the US and remove the malware, announced the US Department of Justice. “Authorities have executed a […]
April 13, 2021
Via: Hot for SecurityLast Thursday, a Wichita Falls resident was arrested for allegedly attempting to bomb an AWS data center in Virginia. According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), 28-year Seth Aaron Pendley was detained after a concerned citizen alerted authorities to […]
March 23, 2021
Via: Hot for SecurityDespite newly created opportunities for fraudsters to rip-off unsuspecting citizens during the ongoing pandemic, tech support scams inflicted nearly $150 million in reported losses in 2020. According to the 2020 Internet Crime Report, the FBI’s Internet Crime Center received 15,421 […]
Cyber-crime, Malware, Phishing
March 18, 2021
Via: Security WeekIn a joint advisory published on Wednesday, the two agencies revealed that a sophisticated group of cybercrime actors is leveraging a traffic infringement phishing scheme to lure victims into downloading the TrickBot malware. Initially observed in 2016 and believed to […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
March 15, 2021
Via: Dark ReadingBuffalo Public Schools was forced to cancel both remote and in-person learning today due to a ransomware attack that hit the school district on March 12, local news outlets report. Remote learning was also canceled Friday. The cyberattack struck as […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
February 9, 2021
Via: Security WeekThe factsheet has been developed by an interagency group of experts in ransomware, from more than 15 government agencies, and is meant to help increase awareness on the threat that ransomware poses to critical infrastructure. The two-page document explains that, […]
January 22, 2021
Via: DataBreach TodayThe new Biden administration has vowed to hold Russia accountable for its recent “reckless and adversarial” actions and has ordered a full-scale intelligence review of the SolarWinds hack. “Even as we work with Russia to advance U.S. interests, so too […]
Cyber-crime, Hacker, Identity theft, Threats & Malware
January 19, 2021
Via: Hot for SecurityCybercriminals use various social engineering attacks to impersonate trusted organizations and steal employee login credentials and sensitive corporate information, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns. The latest Private Industry Notification (PIN) cautions enterprises and workers about the versatility of […]
January 18, 2021
Via: DataBreach TodayThe U.S. Capitol siege is being exploited for disinformation purposes ahead of Inauguration Day by Russia, Iran and China, intelligence officials warn. A “joint threat assessment” released on Thursday by the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and eight other agencies […]
January 8, 2021
Via: Threat PostThe FBI has alerted companies in the private sector to a spate of attacks using the Egregor ransomware. The malware currently is raging a warpath across businesses worldwide and has already compromised more than 150 organizations. The agency issued an […]
December 18, 2020
Via: Security IntelligenceThis holiday season, many people will turn to charities to give back. The last thing they want to do is give money to scammers instead of a cause they truly support. According to the FBI’s website, charity fraud rises during […]
Cyber-crime, Malware, Phishing
December 18, 2020
Via: DataBreach TodayThe FBI is warning of increased activity – including disruption of a police dispatch system – by the operators of DoppelPaymer, a ransomware variant linked to high-profile attacks over the last several months. The operators of DoppelPaymer, or their affiliates, […]
December 11, 2020
Via: Security AffairsThe US CISA and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector aimed at data theft and disruption of distance learning services. The number of attacks surged at the beginning of the 2020 […]
December 3, 2020
Via: Security WeekCybercriminals are exploiting the mass shift to telework during the COVID-19 pandemic to conduct malicious operations, including BEC scams that are more likely to succeed due to the targeting of an email rule forwarding vulnerability. In 2019, BEC losses surpassed […]
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