Healthcare’s Diagnosis is Critical: The Cure is Cybersecurity Hygiene
Cybersecurity in healthcare has never been more urgent. As the most vulnerable industry and largest target for cybercriminals, healthcare is facing an increasing wave of cyberattacks. When a hospital's...
Wherever There’s Ransomware, There’s Service Account Compromise. Are You Protected?
Until just a couple of years ago, only a handful of IAM pros knew what service accounts are. In the last years, these silent Non-Human-Identities (NHI) accounts have become...
Progress WhatsUp Gold Exploited Just Hours After PoC Release for Critical Flaw
Sep 13, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Threat Intelligence
Malicious actors are likely leveraging publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for recently disclosed security flaws in Progress Software WhatsUp Gold to conduct...
17-Year-Old Arrested in Connection with Cyber Attack Affecting Transport for London
Sep 13, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Crime
British authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male in connection with a cyber attack affecting Transport for London (TfL).
"The 17-year-old...
CosmicBeetle Deploys Custom ScRansom Ransomware, Partnering with RansomHub
The threat actor known as CosmicBeetle has debuted a new custom ransomware strain called ScRansom in attacks targeting small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South...
Veeam Releases Security Updates to Fix 18 Flaws, Including 5 Critical Issues
Sep 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Prevention / Software Security
Veeam has shipped security updates to address a total of 18 security flaws impacting its software products, including five critical vulnerabilities that...
New Rust-Based Ransomware Cicada3301 Targets Windows and Linux Systems
Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked the inner workings of a new ransomware variant called Cicada3301 that shares similarities with the now-defunct BlackCat (aka ALPHV)...
Hacktivists Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability in Attacks Against Russia and Belarus
Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Malware
A hacktivist group known as Head Mare has been linked to cyber attacks that exclusively target organizations located in Russia and Belarus.
"Head Mare uses...
Next-Generation Attacks, Same Targets – How to Protect Your Users’ Identities
Sep 02, 2024The Hacker NewsCybercrime / CISO Insights
The FBI and CISA Issue Joint Advisory on New Threats and How to Stop Ransomware
Note: on August 29, the FBI and CISA...
RansomHub Ransomware Group Targets 210 Victims Across Critical Sectors
Threat actors linked to the RansomHub ransomware group encrypted and exfiltrated data from at least 210 victims since its inception in February 2024, the U.S. government said.
The victims span...
