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The U.S. State Department has increased rewards paid to anyone providing information on any North Korean-sponsored threat groups’ members to $10 million. “If you have information on any individuals associated with the North Korean government-linked malicious cyber groups (such as Read More …
Software vulnerabilities remain a key avenue of initial access for attackers according to the 2022 Unit 42 Incident Response Report. While this underscores the need for organizations to operate with a well-defined patch management strategy, we’ve observed that attackers are Read More …
The LockBit ransomware crew is claiming to have stolen 78GB of data from Italy’s tax agency and is threatening to leak it if a ransom isn’t paid by July 31. The notorious gang put a notice on its dark-web site Read More …
A new version of the Amadey Bot malware is distributed through the SmokeLoader malware, using software cracks and keygen sites as lures. Amadey Bot is a malware strain discovered four years ago, capable of performing system reconnaissance, stealing information, and Read More …
Twitter has suffered a data breach after threat actors used a vulnerability to build a database of phone numbers and email addresses belonging to 5.4 million accounts, with the data now up for sale on a hacker forum for $30,000. Read More …
Details have emerged on how the Conti ransomware gang breached the Costa Rican government, showing the attack’s precision and the speed of moving from initial access to the final stage of encrypting devices. This is the last attack from the Read More …
A new and previously undetected malware dubbed ‘Lightning Framework’ targets Linux systems and can be used to backdoor infected devices using SSH and deploy multiple types of rootkits. Described as a “Swiss Army Knife” in a report published today by Read More …
LockBit affiliates using servers to spread ransomware throughout networks. Symantec, a division of Broadcom Software, has observed threat actors targeting server machines in order to spread the LockBit ransomware threat throughout compromised networks. In one attack observed by Symantec, LockBit Read More …
In Kaspersky crimeware reporting service, they analyze the latest crime-related trends we come across. If Kaspersky look back at what they covered last month, they will see that ransomware (surprise, surprise!) definitely stands out. In this blog post, Kaspersky researchers Read More …
The use of legitimate Windows tools as part of malicious actors’ malware arsenal has become a common observation in cyber incursions in recent years. We’ve discussed such use in a previous article where PsExec, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), simple batch Read More …