- QBot phishing lures victims using US election interference emails
November 4, 2020
The Qbot botnet is now spewing U.S. election-themed phishing emails used to infect victims with malicious payloads designed to harvest user data and emails for use in future campaigns. Qbot (aka Qakbot, Pinkslipbot, and Quakbot) is a banking trojan with worm features actively used since at least 2009 to steal financial data and ...
- As Maze retires, clients turn to Sekhmet ransomware spin-off Egregor
November 4, 2020
As the developers of the Maze ransomware announce their exit from the malware scene, clients are now thought to be turning to Egregor as a substitute. The Maze group has been a devastating force for companies that have fallen victim to the cybercriminals over the past year. What has separated Maze in the past from many other ...
- Ransomware-as-a-Service Becomes Increasingly Accessible via Social Media and Open Sources
November 4, 2020
Hackers need not search the dark web for access to their very own ransomware platforms these days. Cybercriminals are continually finding new ways to promote their underground businesses and gain the attention of new customers and novice hackers. Several threat actors have recently taken to popular social media and open sources like YouTube, Vimeo, and Sellix ...
- GrowDiaries Exposes Emails, Passwords of 1.4M Cannabis Growers
November 4, 2020
A database linked to GrowDiaries, an online community of cannabis growers, has exposed more than a million users’ email addresses, passwords, IP address records and posts. GrowDiaries is a robust online community of cannabis growing enthusiasts from around the world, where they can share tips, tricks and pictures of their progress. On Oct. 10, researcher Volodymyr ...
- REvil ransomware gang ‘acquires’ KPOT malware
November 4, 2020
The operators of the REvil ransomware strain have “acquired” the source code of the KPOT trojan in an auction held on a hacker forum last month. The sale took place after the KPOT malware author decided to auction off the code, desiring to move off to other projects. The sale was organized as a public auction on ...
- Healthcare system facing ‘increased and imminent’ cyber threat
November 3, 2020
Federal agencies warn that cybercriminals are escalating their extortion attempts against the healthcare sector even as hospitals are facing a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases. In a joint alert, the FBI and two federal agencies warned that they had “credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to US hospitals and healthcare providers”. The alert ...
- Cybersecurity: One in three attacks are coronavirus-related
November 3, 2020
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is ‘stepping up support’ for the National Health Service to help protect UK hospitals and other healthcare organisations against cyberattacks. The NCSC’s Annual Review 2020 reveals that the cyber arm of GCHQ has handled more 200 cyber incidents related to coronavirus during the course of this year – almost ...
- New RegretLocker ransomware targets Windows virtual machines
November 3, 2020
A new ransomware called RegretLocker uses a variety of advanced features that allows it to encrypt virtual hard drives and close open files for encryption. RegretLocker was discovered in October and is a simple ransomware in terms of appearance as it does not contain a long-winded ransom note and uses email for communication rather than a ...
- Cybersecurity threats to corporate America are present now ‘more than ever,’ SEC chair says
November 2, 2020
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton is telling corporate America it needs to get much more vigilant on security. In an interview Monday on CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” stressed that significant cybersecurity threats remain, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and election season. “Cyber risks have not gone away with the unfortunate, unforeseen risks we’ve faced with ...
- Hacker is selling 34 million user records stolen from 17 companies
October 31, 2020
A threat actor is selling account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records that they claim were stolen from seventeen companies during data breaches. On October 28th, a data breach broker created a new topic on a hacker forum to sell the stolen user databases for seventeen companies. In a conversation with BleepingComputer, the ...