Collaborate Disseminate
Ransomware gangs are increasingly buying their way into corporate networks, purchasing access from ‘vendors’ that have previously installed backdoors on targets. Continue reading Researchers: Booming Cyber-Underground Market for Initial-Access Brokers
Decision throws out previous ruling in favor of hiQ Labs that prevented Microsoft’s business networking platform to forbid the company from harvesting public info from user profiles. Continue reading Microsoft Gets Second Shot at Banning hiQ from Scraping LinkedIn User Data
Raft of other proprietary game data and related software and developer kits also pilfered in the unspecified attack, which the company is investigating. Continue reading Hackers Steal FIFA 21 Source Code, Tools in EA Breach
The decision to pay the ransom demanded by the cybercriminal group was to avoid any further issues or potential problems for its customers, according to the company’s CEO. Continue reading JBS Paid $11M to REvil Gang Even After Restoring Operations
Attackers accessed a VPN account that was no longer in use to freeze the company’s network in a ransomware attack whose repercussions are still vibrating. Continue reading DarkSide Pwned Colonial With Old VPN Password
The cybercriminals try to pin new ransomware on Babuk Locker in an effort to fly under the radar of an ongoing FBI investigation. Continue reading Evil Corp Impersonates PayloadBin Group to Avoid Federal Sanctions
Judges rule that Georgia police officer did not violate CFAA when he accessed law-enforcement data in exchange for bribe money, a ruling that takes heat off ethical hackers. Continue reading Supreme Court Limits Scope of Controversial Hacking Law
REvil threat actors may be behind a set of PowerShell scripts developed for encryption and weaponized to exploit vulnerabilities in corporate networks, the ransom note suggests. Continue reading Exchange Servers Targeted by ‘Epsilon Red’ Malware
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. Continue reading Cyberattack Forces Meat Producer to Shut Down Operations in U.S., Australia
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. Continue reading Nobelium Phishing Campaign Poses as USAID