Collaborate Disseminate
A newly discovered backdoor and double chats could have enabled REvil ransomware-as-a-service operators to hijack victim cases and snatch affiliates’ cuts of ransom payments. Continue reading How REvil May Have Ripped Off Its Own Affiliates
“Time to find out who in your family secretly ran … [a] QAnon hellhole,” said attackers who affiliated themselves with the hacktivist collective Anonymous, noting that Epik had laughable security. Continue reading Epik Confirms Hack, Gigabytes of Data on Offer
“TinyTurla,” simply coded malware that hides away as a legitimate Windows service, has flown under the radar for two years.
Continue reading Turla APT Plants Novel Backdoor In Wake of Afghan Unrest
A spyware effort bent on stealing cookies and logins is being driven by unsophisticated attackers cashing in on the initial-access-broker boom. Continue reading Airline Credential-Theft Takes Off in Widening Campaign
The incident that occurred Sept. 8 and affected its EMEA IT systems seems to signal a return to business as usual for ransomware groups. Continue reading BlackMatter Ransomware Hits Japanese Tech Giant Olympus
The incident raises considerations for security for critical data housed in third-party infrastructure, researchers say. Continue reading MyRepublic Data Breach Raises Data-Protection Questions
Threat actors accessed the organization’s proprietary project management software, Umoja, in April, accessing the network and stealing info that can be used in further attacks. Continue reading Stolen Credentials Led to Data Theft at United Nations
John Hammond, security researcher with Huntress, discusses how financially motivated cybercrooks use and abuse cryptocurrency. Continue reading Financial Cybercrime: Why Cryptocurrency is the Perfect ‘Getaway Car’
Grayfly campaigns have launched the novel malware against businesses in Taiwan, Vietnam, the US and Mexico and are targeting Exchange and MySQL servers. Continue reading SideWalk Backdoor Linked to China-Linked Spy Group ‘Grayfly’
There are a lot of "tells" that the ransomware group doesn’t understand how negotiators work, despite threatening to dox data if victims call for help. Continue reading What Ragnar Locker Got Wrong About Ransomware Negotiators – Podcast