REvil Ransomware Ground Down JBS: Sources
Responsible nations don't harbor cybercrooks, the Biden administration admonished Russia, home to the gang that reportedly froze the global food distributor's systems. [...]
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Cyber-Insurance Fuels Ransomware Payment Surge
Companies relying on their cyber-insurance policies to pay off ransomware criminals are being blamed for a recent uptick in ransomware attacks. [...]
Where Bug Bounty Programs Fall Flat
Some criminals package exploits into bundles to sell on cybercriminal forums years after they were zero days, while others say bounties aren't enough. [...]
Cyberattack Forces Meat Producer to Shut Down Operations in U.S., Australia
Global food distributor JBS Foods suffered an unspecified incident over the weekend that disrupted several servers supporting IT systems and could affect the supply chain for some time. [...]
On the Taxonomy and Evolution of Ransomware
Not all ransomware is the same! Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra AI, discusses the different species of this growing scourge. [...]
Hackers Exploit Post-COVID Return to Offices
Spoofed CIO ‘pandemic guideline’ emails being used to steal credentials. [...]
Nobelium Phishing Campaign Poses as USAID
Microsoft uncovered the SolarWinds crooks using mass-mail service Constant Contact and posing as a U.S.-based development organization to deliver malicious URLs to more than 150 organizations. [...]
Building Multilayered Security for Modern Threats
Justin Jett, director of audit and compliance for Plixer, discusses the elements of a successful advanced security posture. [...]
Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Puts Emphasis on the Wrong Issues
David Wolpoff, CTO at Randori, argues that the call for rapid cloud transition Is a dangerous proposition: "Mistakes will be made, creating opportunities for our adversaries. [...]
BazaLoader Masquerades as Movie-Streaming Service
The website for “BravoMovies” features fake movie posters and a FAQ with a rigged Excel spreadsheet for “cancelling” the service, but all it downloads is malware. [...]
New Disk Wiping Malware Targets Israel
Apostle seems to be a new strain of malware that destroys data. In a post published Tuesday, SentinelOne researchers said they assessed with high confidence that based on the code and the servers Apostle reported to, the malware was being used by a newly discovered group with ties to …
A Peek Inside the Underground Ransomware Economy
Threat hunters weigh in on how the business of ransomware, the complex relationships between cybercriminals, and how they work together and hawk their wares on the Dark Web. [...]
Threat Actor ‘Agrius’ Emerges to Launch Wiper Attacks Against Israeli Targets
The group is using ransomware intended to make its espionage and destruction efforts appear financially motivated. [...]
Bose Admits Ransomware Hit: Employee Data Accessed
The consumer-electronics stalwart was able to recover without paying a ransom, it said. [...]
Apple Patches Zero-Day Flaw in MacOS that Allows for Sneaky Screenshots
Security researchers at Jamf discovered the XCSSET malware exploiting the vulnerability, patched in Big Sur 11.4, to take photos of people’s computer screens without their knowing. [...]
Actively exploited macOS 0-day let hackers take screenshots of infected Macs
Enlarge (credit: CHUYN / Getty Images ) Malicious hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in fully updated versions of macOS that allowed them to take screenshots on infected Macs without having to get permission from victims first. The zero-day was exploited by XCSSET, a piece of malware discovered by security firm …
Actively exploited macOS 0day let hackers take screenshots of infected Macs
Enlarge (credit: CHUYN / Getty Images ) Malicious hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in fully updated versions of macOS that allowed them to take screenshots on infected Macs without having to get permission from victims first. The zeroday was exploited by XCSSET, a piece of malware discovered by security firm …
DarkSide Getting Taken to ‘Hackers’ Court’ For Not Paying Affiliates
A shadow court system for hackers shows how professional ransomware gangs have become. [...]
Double-Encrypting Ransomware
This seems to be a new tactic : Emsisoft has identified two distinct tactics. In the first, hackers encrypt data with ransomware A and then re-encrypt that data with ransomware B. The other path involves what Emsisoft calls a “side-by-side encryption” attack, in which attacks encrypt some of an organization …
Email Campaign Spreads StrRAT Fake-Ransomware RAT
Microsoft Security discovered malicious PDFs that download Java-based StrRAT, which can steal credentials and change file names but doesn't actually encrypt. [...]
Four Android Bugs Being Exploited in the Wild
On Wednesday, Google quietly slipped updates into its May 3 Android security bulletin for bugs that its Project Zero group has confirmed are zero-days. [...]
Bizarro Banking Trojan
Bizarro is a new banking trojan that is stealing financial information and crypto wallets....the program can be delivered in a couple of ways — either via malicious links contained within spam emails, or through a trojanized app. Using these sneaky methods, trojan operators will implant the malware onto a …
Apple Exec Calls Level of Mac Malware ‘Unacceptable’
Company is using threat of attacks as defense in case brought against it by Epic Games after Fortnite was booted from the App Store for trying to circumvent developer fees. [...]
Can Nanotech Secure IoT Devices From the Inside-Out?
Work's being done with uber-lightweight nanoagents on every IoT device to stop malicious behavior, such as a scourge of botnet attacks, among other threats. [...]
Keksec Cybergang Debuts Simps Botnet for Gaming DDoS
The newly discovered malware infects IoT devices in tandem with the prolific Gafgyt botnet, using known security vulnerabilities. [...]
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