Hacked WordPress Sites Abusing Visitors’ Browsers for Distributed Brute-Force Attacks
Mar 07, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Web Security
Threat actors are conducting brute-force attacks against WordPress sites by leveraging malicious JavaScript injections, new findings from Sucuri reveal.
The attacks, which take the form...
Alert: GhostSec and Stormous Launch Joint Ransomware Attacks in Over 15 Countries
The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker.
"TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double extortion ransomware attacks...
Exit Scam: BlackCat Ransomware Group Vanishes After $22 Million Payout
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomCyber Crime / Ransomware
The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law...
Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities, outlining the various tactics and techniques the threat actors have adopted to...
FBI Warns U.S. Healthcare Sector of Targeted BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. government is warning about the resurgence of BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare sector as recently as this month.
"Since mid-December 2023, of the nearly 70...
Why We Must Democratize Cybersecurity
With breaches making the headlines on an almost weekly basis, the cybersecurity challenges we face are becoming visible not only to large enterprises, who have built security capabilities over...
CISA Warning: Akira Ransomware Exploiting Cisco ASA/FTD Vulnerability
Feb 16, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a now-patched security flaw impacting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense...
FBI’s Most-Wanted Zeus and IcedID Malware Mastermind Pleads Guilty
Feb 18, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cybercrime
A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to his role in two different malware schemes, Zeus and IcedID, between May 2009 and February...