Two Florida Cities Paid $1.1 Million to Ransomware Hackers This Month

In the last two weeks, Florida has paid more than $1.1 million in bitcoin to cybercriminals to recover encrypted files from two separate ransomware attacks—one against Riviera Beach and the other against Lake City.

Lake City, a city in northern Florid… Continue reading Two Florida Cities Paid $1.1 Million to Ransomware Hackers This Month

Report Reveals TeamViewer Was Breached By Chinese Hackers In 2016

The German software company behind TeamViewer, one of the most popular software in the world that allows users to access and share their desktops remotely, was reportedly compromised in 2016, the German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed today.

TeamViewer… Continue reading Report Reveals TeamViewer Was Breached By Chinese Hackers In 2016

Baltimore City Shuts Down Most of Its Servers After Ransomware Attack

For the second time in just over a year, the city of Baltimore has been hit by a ransomware attack, affecting its computer network and forcing officials to shut down a majority of its computer servers as a precaution.

Ransomware works by encryption fi… Continue reading Baltimore City Shuts Down Most of Its Servers After Ransomware Attack

Hackers Found Exploiting Oracle WebLogic RCE Flaw to Spread Ransomware

Taking advantage of newly disclosed and even patched vulnerabilities has become common among cybercriminals, which makes it one of the primary attack vectors for everyday-threats, like crypto-mining, phishing, and ransomware.

As suspected, a recently-… Continue reading Hackers Found Exploiting Oracle WebLogic RCE Flaw to Spread Ransomware

‘Karkoff’ Is the New ‘DNSpionage’ With Selective Targeting Strategy

The cybercriminal group behind the infamous DNSpionage malware campaign has been found running a new sophisticated operation that infects selected victims with a new variant of the DNSpionage malware.

First uncovered in November last year, the DNSpion… Continue reading ‘Karkoff’ Is the New ‘DNSpionage’ With Selective Targeting Strategy

Sophisticated ‘TajMahal APT Framework’ Remained Undetected for 5 Years

Cybersecurity researchers yesterday unveiled the existence of a highly sophisticated spyware framework that has been in operation for at least last 5 years—but remained undetected until recently.

Dubbed TajMahal by researchers at Kaspersky Lab, the AP… Continue reading Sophisticated ‘TajMahal APT Framework’ Remained Undetected for 5 Years