August 19, 2019
Via: Threat PostUp to 23 Texas entities – the majority of which are local governments – were hit by a ransomware attack on Friday that Texas officials say is part of a targeted attack launched by a single threat actor. Details remain […]
August 8, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityThe US government has extradited 34-year-old Muhammad Fahd from Hong Kong and charged him for his part in a criminal scheme that is said to have cost AT&T millions of dollars. Fahd, a citizen of Pakistan, is alleged to have […]
August 7, 2019
Via: The HillThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday warned internet users to watch out for potential “malicious cyber activity” that seeks to take advantage of the shootings over the weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Specifically, DHS’s Cybersecurity […]
August 6, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityA piece of wiper malware is making the rounds erasing people’s important files, with its authors demanding a modest ransom to restore the data. However, the ransomware campaign is a lie, and the operators have no intention of decrypting the […]
August 5, 2019
Via: Security AffairsIt has happened again, for the second time in a few days, Houston County Schools in Alabama delayed the school year’s opening due to a malware attack. The long wave of malware attacks against US schools continues, for the second […]
Hacker, Malware, Threats & Malware
July 29, 2019
Via: Threat PostAn unusual steganographic technique that an attacker can use to implant a malicious webshell on unsuspecting websites has been spotted in Latin America. According to research from Trustwave shared exclusively with Threatpost, a forensic investigation showed that an adversary is […]
July 29, 2019
Via: Security AffairsIn 2018, global malware volume recorded by SonicWall hit a record-breaking 10.52 billion attacks. The situation is better in the first half of 2019, when SonicWall recorded 4.8 billion attacks, a 20% drop compared to the same time period last […]
July 23, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityThrough the first half of 2019, a growing number of municipalities across the US were hit with crippling ransomware attacks, while several large companies disclosed data breaches that exposed more than 625 million records. A new AppRiver report also highlighted […]
July 22, 2019
Via: Security AffairsExperts at FireEye have uncovered a new espionage campaign carried out by APT34 APT group (OilRig, and HelixKitten. Greenbug) through LinkedIn. Members of the cyberespionage group were posing as a researcher from Cambridge and asking victims to join their social […]
Malware, Mobile security, Vulnerabilities
July 17, 2019
Via: Threat PostThough WhatsApp and Telegram tout themselves as secure messaging services, faulty developer coding that allows cyberattackers to intercept media files sent on the Android versions of the services (like photos and videos, documents and voice memos) undercuts that claim. The […]
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