Destructive ‘HermeticWiper’ Malware Targets Computers in Ukraine

Just as Russia was preparing to launch an invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian government websites were disrupted by DDoS attacks and cybersecurity firms reported seeing what appeared to be a new piece of malware on hundreds of devices in the country.
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Chinese Researchers Detail Linux Backdoor of NSA-Linked Equation Group

A team of researchers from China’s Pangu Lab on Wednesday published a 50-page report detailing a piece of Linux malware allegedly used against many targets by the threat actor known as the Equation Group, which has been linked to the U.S. National Secu… Continue reading Chinese Researchers Detail Linux Backdoor of NSA-Linked Equation Group

CISA Warns of Attacks Exploiting Recent Vulnerabilities in Zabbix Monitoring Tool

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week expanded its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with two critical flaws in the Zabbix enterprise monitoring solution.
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Increasing Number of Threat Groups Targeting OT Systems in North America

An increasing number of threat groups have been targeting organizations with industrial control system (ICS) or other operational technology (OT) environments, according to a new report from industrial cybersecurity company Dragos.
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Conti Ransomware ‘Acquires’ TrickBot as It Thrives Amid Crackdowns

Experts at threat intelligence and ransomware disruption company AdvIntel believe the notorious TrickBot malware has reached its limits, but its development team appears to have been “acquired” by the Conti ransomware gang, which has been thriving amid… Continue reading Conti Ransomware ‘Acquires’ TrickBot as It Thrives Amid Crackdowns