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Keyloggers, spyware, and stealers dominate SMB malware detections

March 13, 2024

Via: Help Net Security

In 2023, 50% of malware detections for SMBs were keyloggers, spyware and stealers, malware that attackers use to steal data and credentials, according to Sophos. Attackers subsequently use this stolen information to gain unauthorized remote access, extort victims, deploy ransomware, […]


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Change Healthcare Restores Pharmacy Services Disrupted by Ransomware

March 8, 2024

Via: Security Week

In an incident update on Thursday, the company revealed that it continues to work aggressively on restoring its systems and services and that key functionality is coming back online. “Electronic prescribing is now fully functional with claim submission and payment […]


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New Linux variant of BIFROSE RAT uses deceptive domain strategies

March 4, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers discovered a new Linux variant of Bifrost (aka Bifrose) RAT that uses a deceptive domain (download.vmfare[.]com) that mimics the legitimate VMware domain. The Bifrost RAT has been active since 2004, it allows its operators […]


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China warns of fake digital currency wallets fleecing netizens

February 27, 2024

Via: The Register

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has warned local netizens that fake wallet apps for the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) are already circulating and being abused by scammers. The digital renminbi – aka the e-Yuan or e-CNY […]


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LockBit registered nearly 200 “affiliates” over the past two years

February 22, 2024

Via: Tech Xplore

More information about the business operations of the LockBit ransomware gang have emerged, a day after the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and partners were able to apparently disrupt the group and deface its leak site. According to The Register, […]


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Cactus ransomware gang claims the theft of 1.5TB of data from Energy management and industrial automation firm Schneider Electric

February 20, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

The Cactus ransomware group claims responsibility for pilfering 1.5TB of data from the Energy management and industrial automation giant Schneider Electric. Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation. In January, BleepingComputer […]


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Wyze users slammed by service outage, severing connection to app and cameras

February 16, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Smart home brand Wyze Labs recently suffered through a massive service outage with users flooding the internet with reports stating their security cameras no longer work. The issues people are experiencing vary case by case. There are posts on the […]


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Prudential Financial finds cybercrims lurking inside its IT systems

February 14, 2024

Via: The Register

Prudential Financial, the second largest life insurance company in the US and eight largest worldwide, is dealing with a digital break-in that exposed some internal company and customer records to a criminal group. The Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 […]


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China’s Volt Typhoon spies broke into emergency network of ‘large’ US city

February 14, 2024

Via: The Register

The Chinese government’s Volt Typhoon spy team has apparently already compromised a large US city’s emergency services network and has been spotted snooping around America’s telecommunications’ providers as well. According to a report on Tuesday by industrial cybersecurity biz Dragos, […]


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Korean eggheads crack Rhysida ransomware and release free decryptor tool

February 13, 2024

Via: The Register

Some smart folks have found a way to automatically unscramble documents encrypted by the Rhysida ransomware, and used that know-how to produce and release a handy recovery tool for victims. Rhysida is a newish ransomware gang that has been around […]


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Meet VexTrio, a network of 70K hijacked websites crooks use to sling malware, fraud

February 12, 2024

Via: The Register

More than 70,000 presumably legit websites have been hijacked and drafted into a network that crooks use to distribute malware, serve phishing pages, and share other dodgy stuff, according to researchers. This mesh of compromised sites is known as VexTrio, […]


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The ever-present state of cyber security alert

February 9, 2024

Via: The Register

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes increasingly complex so do the threats from bad actors. It is like a forever war. Half the time too, we barely know that we’re using AI, largely because it’s getting progressively cheaper and easier […]


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Cybercrime duo accused of picking $2.5M from Apple’s orchard

February 8, 2024

Via: The Register

A cybersecurity researcher and his pal are facing charges in California after they allegedly defrauded an unnamed company, almost certainly Apple, out of $2.5 million. Noah Roskin-Frazee and Keith Latteri are alleged to have gained access to Apple’s systems via […]


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Fake LastPass lookalike made it into Apple App Store

February 8, 2024

Via: The Register

LastPass says a rogue application impersonating its popular password manager made it past Apple’s gatekeepers and was listed in the iOS App Store for unsuspecting folks to download and install. The software maker went public about the fake mobile app […]


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SBF likely off the hook for misplaced FTX funds after cops bust SIM swap ring

February 5, 2024

Via: The Register

The recent indictment of a massive SIM-swapping ring may mean convicted crypto conman Sam Bankman-Fried is innocent of at least one allegation still hanging over his head: The theft of more than $400 million in crypto hacked from wallets belonging […]


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AnyDesk revokes signing certs, portal passwords after crooks sneak into systems

February 5, 2024

Via: The Register

AnyDesk has copped to an IT security “incident” in which criminals broke into the remote-desktop software maker’s production systems. The biz has told customers to expect disruption as it attempts to lock down its infrastructure. The application developer, which is […]


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Rise of deepfake threats means biometric security measures won’t be enough

February 1, 2024

Via: The Register

Cyber attacks using AI-generated deepfakes to bypass facial biometrics security will lead a third of organizations to doubt the adequacy of identity verification and authentication tools as standalone protections. Or so says consultancy and market watcher Gartner, as deepfakes dominate […]


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Tesla hacks make big bank at Pwn2Own’s first automotive-focused event

January 29, 2024

Via: The Register

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) held its first-ever automotive-focused Pwn2Own event in Tokyo last week, and awarded over $1.3 million to the discoverers of 49 vehicle-related zero day vulnerabilities. Researchers from French security outfit Synacktiv took home $450,000 after […]


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Guess the company: Takes your DNA, blames you when criminals steal it, can’t spot a cyberattack for 5 months

January 26, 2024

Via: The Register

Biotech and DNA-collection biz 23andMe, the one that blamed its own customers for the October mega-breach, just admitted it failed to detect any malicious activity for the entire five months attackers were breaking into user accounts. In a collection of […]


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Safeguarding against the global ransomware threat

January 22, 2024

Via: The Register

Ransomware is used by cybercriminals to steal and encrypt critical business data before demanding payment for its restoration. It represents one of, if not the most, serious cybersecurity threat currently facing governments, public/private sector organizations and enterprises around the world. […]