Collaborate Disseminate
Digital attackers used spearphishing campaigns to target oil and gas companies with samples of the AgentTesla infostealer family. In the first campaign spotted by Bitdefender, malicious actors sent out emails that appeared to originate from Egyptian st… Continue reading Oil and Gas Sectors Targeted by AgentTesla Infostealer Campaigns
Scams leveraging coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as a lure have stolen tens of millions of dollars from their victims. As of April 16, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had received 20,334 consumer reports of fraud attempts pertaining to the coronav… Continue reading COVID-19 Scam Roundup – April 20, 2020
An internal government letter revealed that Zoom-bombers had disrupted a meeting held by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In a letter sent to Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on … Continue reading U.S. House Oversight Committee Meeting Disrupted by Zoom-Bombers
Ragnar Locker ransomware demanded 1580 bitcoin (approximately $11 million) as ransom from Portuguese electric utilities company Energias de Portuga (EDP). As reported by Bleeping Computer, the operators of Ragnar Locker published a new post on their da… Continue reading Ragnar Locker Ransomware Demands 1580 BTC from EDP
Officials revealed that malicious actors had succeeded in infiltrating the computer network serving New York’s state government. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), officials revealed on April 13 that New York’s Office of Informatio… Continue reading Bad Actors Infiltrated New York’s State Government Computer Network
A new wiper malware falsely informed victims in its infection notice that two security researchers had been responsible for attacking them. According to Bleeping Computer, users who downloaded programs from free software and crack sites found that they… Continue reading New Wiper Malware Blames Two Security Researchers for Infection
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed an unprecedented $2 trillion stimulus package into law. The legislation received support from both chambers of the U.S. Congress for its goal to minimize the economic effects of the global coronavirus 2019 (COV… Continue reading COVID-19 Scam Roundup – April 14, 2020
Digital fraudsters have seized upon coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as a lure for their new scams and attack campaigns. Together, these malicious operations constitute nothing short of a deluge. Barracuda revealed that it spotted 9,116 coronavirus-themed s… Continue reading COVID-19 Scam Roundup – April 6, 2020
A survey revealed that approximately half of employees didn’t know how to respond in the event their organization suffered a ransomware infection. In its survey of North American business employees, Kaspersky found that 45% of respondents overall… Continue reading Nearly Half of Employees Don’t Know What to Do When Ransomware Hits
An attack campaign leveraged the Excel VelvetSweatshop encryption technique to deliver samples of the LimeRAT malware family. According to Mimecast, those responsible for this attack campaign turned to VelvetSweatshop to enhance the efficacy of their e… Continue reading VelvetSweatshop Technique Used by Attack Campaign to Deliver LimeRAT