CISA pushes guide for high-value targets to secure mobile devices

The guide comes as the government continues to deal with the fallout of the Salt Typhoon hack.

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Clop is back to wreak havoc via vulnerable file-transfer software

In what we can assure you is a new cybersecurity incident despite sounding incredibly similar to incidents of past notoriety: threat actors tied to a notorious ransomware and extortion group have exploited file-transfer software to carry out attacks.  Clop has claimed responsibility for attacks tied to vulnerabilities in software made by Cleo, an Illinois-based IT […]

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PHP backdoor looks to be work of Chinese-linked APT group

Known as Glutton, researchers at QiAnXin’s XLab believe Winnti is responsible for the malware.

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Cybercriminal marketplace Rydox seized in international law enforcement operation

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had participated in a coordinated effort to seize and dismantle Rydox, an online marketplace for stolen personal information and cybercrime tools. The operation led to the arrest of three individuals alleged to be the site’s administrators. Rydox has been linked to over 7,600 illicit sales and generated substantial […]

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Notorious Nigerian cybercriminal tied to BEC scams extradited to U.S.

Abiola Kayode, a 37-year-old Nigerian national, has been extradited from Ghana to the United States to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.  Kayode, who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted cybercriminal list, is charged with participating in a business email compromise (BEC) scheme and romance fraud from January 2015 to September 2016, defrauding […]

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International crackdown disrupts DDoS-for-hire operations

An operation known as PowerOFF led to the arrest of three individuals and the shutdown of 27 domains.

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Turla living off other cybercriminals’ tools in order to attack Ukrainian targets

A Russian nation-state threat actor has been observed leveraging tools from other cybercriminal groups to compromise targets in Ukraine, a recent report by Microsoft Threat Intelligence disclosed. This clandestine approach, which is the second time in as many weeks that Microsoft has highlighted the group’s effort, shows how Turla uses a wide range of attack […]

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Latest round of MITRE ATT&CK evaluations put cybersecurity products through rigors of ransomware 

The sixth round of tests included two ransomware variants, while also incorporating macOS for the first time.

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