The Evil Corp Groups New Ransomware WastedLocker
New Ransomware Developed By Evil Corp Attempts To Bypass Crowdstrike and is encrypted by a private crypter.
Stefano Antenucci
June 23, 2020 22 Minutes
Authors: Nikolaos Pantazopoulos, Stefano Antenucci (@Antelox) and Michael Sandee
1. Introduction
WastedLocker is a new ransomware...
North Koreas Built A Silent 7000 Strong Cyber Army
ELLEN IOANES, BUSINESS INSIDERJUN 17, 2020 10:06 AM EDT
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Business Insider.
North Korea's state-sponsored hack of Sony Pictures in 2014 over the movie "The Interview" was...
269GB Of Police & Law Enforcement Confidential Data Leaked by DDoSecrets & Anonymous Hackers
A group of hacktivists and transparency advocates has published a massive 269 GB of data allegedly stolen from more than 200 police departments, fusion centers, and other law enforcement...
Maze Ransomware Attackers Hijacked Cognizant’s Tax ID, Social Security & Passport Data
'We have determined that the personal information involved in this incident included your name and one or more of: your Social Security number and/or other tax identification number, financial...
Amazon Stops Largest DDoS Ever Recorded By Their Systems
Amazon says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded
By @JonPorty Jun 18, 2020, 7:31am EDT
An attack with a previously unseen volume of 2.3 Tbps
Amazon Web Services recently had to defend...
FBI Reveals Cryptocurrency Hacks & Cyebrcrime Rose 75% During COVID-19 Pandemic
KEY POINTS
Online crime increased by 75% during the COVID-10 pandemicSome of the crimes are enabled by cryptocurrencies, due to which increased regulations are being proposedWork-from-home employees are targeted by...
In 2020 about 13% of all phishing attacks are related to COVID-19
In the first quarter of 2020, 22.5% more cyber attacks were detected than in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Positive Technologies experts analyzed cyber attacks in the first quarter of...
Misconfigured Kubernetes Target Of XMRig Mining Campaign
XMRig Campaign Target Misconfigured Kubernetes to Mine Cryptocurrency
Kubernetes clusters, due to their cloud computing capabilities and widespread use, are the perfect target for crypto-mining campaigns. A widespread XMRig Monero-mining...
Major DDoS Cyberattack Dismissed As T-Mobile Misconfiguration
Security experts say there is no evidence the U.S. was hit by a major DDoS cyberattack this week—despite rampant social media speculation.
Yesterday, rumors circulated on Twitter after telecom operators, games, social networks, banks and...
Coordinated DDoS Attack on US Service Providers
Anonymous Tweets U.S. Hit By Major DDoS Attack on June 15
Following a massive cell phone service outage that affected hundreds of thousands T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint customers on Monday,...
