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
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Federal agency has suffered a successful espionage-related cyberattack
By: Tara Seals
The attack featured a unique, multistage malware and a likely PulseSecure VPN exploit.
A federal agency has suffered a successful espionage-related cyberattack that led to a backdoor and...
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...
EasyJet Brittish Airline Suffers Hack – 9 Million Customers Data Leaked
British low-cost airline EasyJet today admitted that the company has fallen victim to a cyber-attack, which it labeled "highly sophisticated," exposing email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of...
Clop Ransomware Gang Likely Aware of MOVEit Transfer Vulnerability Since 2021
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Jun 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Zero-Day
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have published a joint advisory regarding the active exploitation...
Don’t Click That ZIP File! Phishers Weaponizing .ZIP Domains to Trick Victims
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A new phishing technique called "file archiver in the browser" can be leveraged to "emulate" a file archiver software in a web browser when a victim visits a...
Kubernetes RBAC Exploited in Large-Scale Campaign for Cryptocurrency Mining
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Apr 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananKubernetes / Cryptocurrency
A large-scale attack campaign discovered in the wild has been exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to create backdoors and run cryptocurrency...
Researchers Uncover Powerful Backdoor and Custom Implant in Year-Long Cyber Campaign
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May 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware
Government, aviation, education, and telecom sectors located in South and Southeast Asia have come under the radar of a new hacking group...
Experts Uncover Year-Long Cyber Attack on IT Firm Utilizing Custom Malware RDStealer
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Jun 20, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan
A highly targeted cyber attack against an East Asian IT company involved the deployment of a custom malware written in Golang called RDStealer.
"The operation was...
China’s Mustang Panda Hackers Exploit TP-Link Routers for Persistent Attacks
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May 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Intel
The Chinese nation-state actor known as Mustang Panda has been linked to a new set of sophisticated and targeted attacks aimed...