The Drop in Ransomware Attacks in 2024 and What it Means
The ransomware industry surged in 2023 as it saw an alarming 55.5% increase in victims worldwide, reaching a staggering 5,070. But 2024 is starting off showing a very different...
Massive Phishing Campaign Strikes Latin America: Venom RAT Targeting Multiple Sectors
Apr 02, 2024NewsroomMalvertising / Threat Intelligence
The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a new massive phishing campaign that targets a wide range of sectors in Latin...
Detecting Windows-based Malware Through Better Visibility
Despite a plethora of available security solutions, more and more organizations fall victim to Ransomware and other threats. These continued threats aren't just an inconvenience that hurt businesses...
CISA Alerts on Active Exploitation of Flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and Nice Products
Mar 26, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday placed three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of...
German Police Seize ‘Nemesis Market’ in Major International Darknet Raid
Mar 24, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Threat Intelligence
German authorities have announced the takedown of an illicit underground marketplace called Nemesis Market that peddled narcotics, stolen data, and various cybercrime services.
The Federal...
Making Sense of Operational Technology Attacks: The Past, Present, and Future
When you read reports about cyber-attacks affecting operational technology (OT), it's easy to get caught up in the hype and assume every single one is sophisticated. But are OT...
TeamCity Flaw Leads to Surge in Ransomware, Cryptomining, and RAT Attacks
Multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity software to deploy ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, Cobalt Strike beacons, and a Golang-based remote access trojan called...
E-Root Marketplace Admin Sentenced to 42 Months for Selling 350K Stolen Credentials
Mar 19, 2024NewsroomThreat Intel / Cybercrime
A 31-year-old Moldovan national has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in the U.S. for operating an illicit marketplace called E-Root Marketplace that...
LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada
Mar 14, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Cyber Crime
A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation.
Mikhail...
BianLian Threat Actors Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity Flaws in Ransomware Attacks
Mar 11, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Vulnerability
The threat actors behind the BianLian ransomware have been observed exploiting security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity software to conduct their extortion-only attacks.
According to a new...
