MrbMiner Crypto-Mining Malware Links to Iranian Software Company
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A relatively new crypto-mining malware that surfaced last year and infected thousands of Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases has now been linked to a small software development...
FreakOut! Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An ongoing malware campaign has been found exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities in network-attached storage (NAS) devices running on Linux systems to co-opt the machines into an IRC...
Researchers Discover Raindrop — 4th Malware Linked to the SolarWinds Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a fourth new malware strain—designed to spread the malware onto other computers in victims' networks—which was deployed as part of the SolarWinds supply...
Researchers Disclose Undocumented Chinese Malware Used in Recent Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a series of attacks by a threat actor of Chinese origin that has targeted organizations in Russia and Hong Kong with malware —...
Experts Uncover Malware Attacks Against Colombian Government and Companies
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off an ongoing surveillance campaign directed against Colombian government institutions and private companies in the energy and metallurgical industries.
In a report published...
Hackers Steal Mimecast Certificate Used to Securely Connect with Microsoft 365
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Mimecast said on Tuesday that "a sophisticated threat actor" had compromised a digital certificate it provided to certain customers to securely connect its products to Microsoft 365...
Unveiled: SUNSPOT Malware Was Used to Inject SolarWinds Backdoor
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
As the investigation into the SolarWinds supply-chain attack continues, cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a third malware strain that was deployed into the build environment to inject the...
Warning — 5 New Trojanized Android Apps Spying On Users In Pakistan
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off a new spyware operation targeting users in Pakistan that leverages trojanized versions of legitimate Android apps to carry out covert surveillance...
Russian Hacker Gets 12-Years Prison for Massive JP Morgan Chase Hack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A U.S. court on Thursday sentenced a 37-year-old Russian to 12 years in prison for perpetrating an international hacking campaign that resulted in the heist of a...
Researchers Find Links Between Sunburst and Russian Kazuar Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers, for the first time, may have found a potential connection between the backdoor used in the SolarWinds hack to a previously known malware strain.
In new...
