The ransomware ‘industry’ is becoming more commercial and professional than ever
by Adi Gaskell
Recently my wife’s hospital trust in the UK received a rather aggressive sounding email demanding large sums of money or the sender would release large quantities of patient...
Emotet’s SkyRocketing Activities Big Threat for U.S. Agencies, CISA Warns
Emotet, the notorious banking trojan that was first seen in 2014 and became one of the most prominent global cyber threats in the past few months, is showing no indications...
Ransomware Attacks Slows Down AstraZeneca Coronavirus Clinical Trial
The ransomware attack at eResearchTechnology that provides software to manage clinical trials data forced researchers to switch to pen and paper, halting their progress at a crucial time
By Krishnendu Banerjee
As...
Chinese APT SilentFade Defrauded Facebook Users of 4 Million
At the Virus Bulletin 2020 conference , the Facebook security team revealed one of the most challenging malware operations it has ever faced.
The expert report was dedicated to the Chinese hack group...
Magento Based Stores See Biggest Attack Due to 0day flaw
Well-known cybersecurity expert and founder of Sanguine Security (SanSec) Willem de Groot (Willem de Groot) warned of the largest ever campaign aimed at compromising online stores based on the e-commerce platform...
Largest Attack On health Services firm UHS by Ryuk Ransomware
The Ryuk ransomware is suspected to be the culprit.
A ransomware attack has shut down Universal Health Services, a Fortune-500 owner of a nationwide network of hospitals.
The attack occurred in...
REvil Ransomware Operators Actively Recruiting & Putting Up a 1 Million Dollar Bond
REvil ransomware deposits $1 million in hacker recruitment drive
By Lawrence Abrams
The REvil Ransomware (Sodinokibi) operation has deposited $1 million in bitcoins on a Russian-speaking hacker forum to prove to potential affiliates...
Polish Hacking Group Responsible for Ransoms Fraud & Bomb Threats Arrested
The hackers also distributed Windows and Android malware, and even ran 50 fake online stores where they defrauded buyers.
By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day
Polish authorities have shut down today a hacker super-group...
How the Trickbot C2 uses rDNS to disguise as a legitimate Australian government service
By Gabor Szathmari
One interesting offshoot of researching .gov.au websites running outside Australia was an odd service running from Russia. How the Service NSW – a website offering government services online – ended...
Major Arrests Stem From Takedown of Wall Street Market on the Dark Web
Operation DisrupTor began nine months ago and spanned the United States and Europe. It comes more than a year after officials took down the “Wall Street Market,” which was...
