New Stealthy Rootkit Infiltrated Networks of High-Profile Organizations
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An unknown threat actor with the capabilities to evolve and tailor its toolset to target environments infiltrated high-profile organizations in Asia and Africa with an evasive Windows...
New Pingback Malware Using ICMP Tunneling to Evade C&C Detection
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Researchers on Tuesday disclosed a novel malware that uses a variety of tricks to stay under the radar and evade detection, while stealthily capable of executing arbitrary...
New Chinese Malware Targeted Russia’s Largest Nuclear Submarine Designer
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A threat actor believed to be working on behalf of Chinese state-sponsored interests was recently observed targeting a Russia-based defense contractor involved in designing nuclear submarines for...
Passwordstate Warns of Ongoing Phishing Attacks Following Data Breach
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Click Studios, the Australian software firm which confirmed a supply chain attack affecting its Passwordstate password management application, has warned customers of an ongoing phishing attack by...
LuckyMouse Hackers Target Banks, Companies and Governments in 2020
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An adversary known for its watering hole attacks against government entities has been linked to a slew of newly detected intrusions targeting various organizations in Central Asia...
FBI, CISA Uncover Tactics Employed by Russian Intelligence Hackers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday published a new joint advisory...
Hackers Threaten to Leak D.C. Police Informants’ Info If Ransom Is Not Paid
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of the District of Columbia has become the latest high-profile government agency to fall victim to a ransomware attack.
The Babuk Locker gang...
Emotet Malware Destroys Itself From All Infected Computers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Emotet, the notorious email-based Windows malware behind several botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, was automatically wiped from infected computers en masse following a European law enforcement...
Passwordstate Password Manager Update Hijacked to Install Backdoor on Thousands of PCs
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Click Studios, the Australian software company behind the Passwordstate password management application, has notified customers to reset their passwords following a software supply chain attack.
The Adelaide-based firm...
Hackers Exploit VPN to Deploy SUPERNOVA malware on SolarWinds Orion
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed details of a new advanced persistent threat (APT) that's leveraging the Supernova backdoor to compromise SolarWinds Orion...
