Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
January 20, 2023
Via: Security WeekA government filing posted Thursday says the attack impacted information technology systems. Yum Brands said the attackers took company data, but that there is no evidence customer data was stolen. Around 300 U.K. stores were closed for one day but […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
January 20, 2023
Via: TechRadarThe amount of money cybercriminal groups extorted through ransomware(opens in new tab) attacks is down 40% year-on-year, suggesting that businesses are increasingly refusing to pay to get their sensitive data back. A report from Chainalysis examined cryptocurrency wallets known to […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
January 19, 2023
Via: SecureWorldIn a digital age when ships navigating the seas are as dependent on technology as they are on winds and tides, a cyberattack on a key software supplier can cripple a significant portion of the shipping industry. DNV, a Norwegian […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
January 12, 2023
Via: Security WeekThe company fell victim to the attack just days before Christmas, when it instructed staff to work from home, announcing network disruptions that mostly impacted the print newspaper. Right from the start, the Guardian said it suspected ransomware to have […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
January 10, 2023
Via: Dark ReadingDelinea, a leading provider of Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, today published its 2022 State of Ransomware Report which finds that things may be looking up in the fight against ransomware. Cyber-attacks using the popular compromising tactic […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
January 6, 2023
Via: Security WeekAt a US-led summit in 2021, roughly 30 nations vowed to intensify the battle against ransomware, but ransomware groups remain a constant threat to both public and private sectors in the US and abroad. Ransomware Resilience & Recovery SummitLast year, […]
January 6, 2023
Via: Security AffairsAntivirus firm Bitdefender released a decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware, which can allow victims of the group to restore their data for free. The MegaCortex ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in May 2019 when it was spotted by […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
January 4, 2023
Via: The Hacker NewsIn April 2021, Dutch supermarkets faced a food shortage. The cause wasn’t a drought or a sudden surge in the demand for avocados. Rather, the reason was a ransomware attack. In the past years, companies, universities, schools, medical facilities and […]
December 28, 2022
Via: TechRadarNorth Korean state-sponsored threat actors have been observed using ransomware against companies and organizations in neighboring South Korea for the first time, police have reported. According to the South China Morning Post, the South Korean National Police Agency said threat […]
December 27, 2022
Via: DataBreach TodayA Chicago construction and engineering firm that designs power grids is telling consumers it detected “unauthorized activity” that resulted in the theft of names and Social Security numbers. According to a report by CNN, a memo distributed to members of […]
December 22, 2022
Via: Security AffairsSentinelOne researchers discovered that the Vice Society ransomware gang has started using a custom ransomware that implements a robust encryption scheme, using NTRUEncrypt and ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithms. Vice Society ransomware has been active since June 2021, it is considered by researchers […]
December 22, 2022
Via: SecurelistOn July 17, 2022, Albanian news outlets reported a massive cyberattack that affected Albanian government e-services. A few weeks later, it was revealed that the cyberattacks were part of a coordinated effort likely intended to cripple the country’s computer systems. […]
December 21, 2022
Via: The Hacker NewsThreat actors affiliated with a ransomware strain known as Play are leveraging a never-before-seen exploit chain that bypasses blocking rules for ProxyNotShell flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server to achieve remote code execution (RCE) through Outlook Web Access (OWA). “The new […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
December 19, 2022
Via: The Hacker NewsA Rust variant of a ransomware strain known as Agenda has been observed in the wild, making it the latest malware to adopt the cross-platform programming language after BlackCat, Hive, Luna, and RansomExx. Agenda, attributed to an operator named Qilin, […]
December 12, 2022
Via: Security WeekOn Friday, the researchers warned that a threat actor was typosquatting popular PyPI packages to direct developers to malicious dependencies containing code to download payloads written in Golang (Go). The purpose of the attack is to infect victims with ransomware […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
December 2, 2022
Via: The Hacker NewsThe threat actors behind Cuba (aka COLDDRAW) ransomware have received more than $60 million in ransom payments and compromised over 100 entities across the world as of August 2022. In a new advisory shared by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
November 21, 2022
Via: TechRadarA new ransomware family has been detected targeting the cryptocurrency community. Cybersecurity researchers from Cyble recently discovered a strain they dubbed “AXLocker” which, aside from the usual encrypting of all files found on the endpoint, also ends up stealing Discord […]
November 18, 2022
Via: Security WeekDEV-0569 has been relying on malicious ads (malvertising), blog comments, fake forum pages, and phishing links for the distribution of malware. Over the past few months, however, Microsoft noticed that the threat actor has started using contact forms to deliver […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
November 18, 2022
Via: Help Net SecurityTrellix released The Threat Report: Fall 2022 from its Advanced Research Center, which analyzes cybersecurity trends from the third quarter (Q3) of 2022. The report includes evidence of malicious activity linked to ransomware and nation-state backed advanced persistent threat (APT) […]
November 14, 2022
Via: Help Net SecurityThe Ukrainian CERT (CERT-UA) has uncovered an attack campaign aimed at compromising Ukrainian organizations and irretrievably encrypting their files. To do that, they are leveraging a specific version of the Somnia ransomware that, “according to the attackers’ theoretical plan, does […]
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