Ransomware Cyber Attack Forced the Largest U.S. Fuel Pipeline to Shut Down
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of the fuel consumed on the U.S. East Coast, on Saturday said it halted operations due to a ransomware attack, once again...
Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities (Part II)
Malicious Tor Exit Relays Using MITM Proxy Attacks on Tor Users
nusenu21 hours ago·19 min read
>25% of the Tor network’s exit capacity has been attacking Tor users
In August 2020 I...
Top 12 Security Flaws Russian Spy Hackers Are Exploiting in the Wild
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cyber operatives affiliated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) have switched up their tactics in response to previous public disclosures of their attack methods, according to...
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...
Global Phishing Attacks Spawn Three New Malware Strains
The never-seen malware strains have "professionally coded sophistication" and were launched by a well-resourced APT using nearly 50 domains, one hijacked.
Two waves of global financial phishing attacks that swamped...
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...
The UNC2529 Triple Double: A Trifecta Phishing Campaign
In December 2020, Mandiant observed a widespread, global phishing campaign targeting numerous organizations across an array of industries. Mandiant tracks this threat actor as UNC2529. Based on the considerable...
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...
