Massive Phishing Campaign Strikes Latin America: Venom RAT Targeting Multiple Sectors
Apr 02, 2024NewsroomMalvertising / Threat Intelligence
The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a new massive phishing campaign that targets a wide range of sectors in Latin...
Detecting Windows-based Malware Through Better Visibility
Despite a plethora of available security solutions, more and more organizations fall victim to Ransomware and other threats. These continued threats aren't just an inconvenience that hurt businesses...
CISA Alerts on Active Exploitation of Flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and Nice Products
Mar 26, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday placed three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of...
German Police Seize ‘Nemesis Market’ in Major International Darknet Raid
Mar 24, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Threat Intelligence
German authorities have announced the takedown of an illicit underground marketplace called Nemesis Market that peddled narcotics, stolen data, and various cybercrime services.
The Federal...
Making Sense of Operational Technology Attacks: The Past, Present, and Future
When you read reports about cyber-attacks affecting operational technology (OT), it's easy to get caught up in the hype and assume every single one is sophisticated. But are OT...
TeamCity Flaw Leads to Surge in Ransomware, Cryptomining, and RAT Attacks
Multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity software to deploy ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, Cobalt Strike beacons, and a Golang-based remote access trojan called...
E-Root Marketplace Admin Sentenced to 42 Months for Selling 350K Stolen Credentials
Mar 19, 2024NewsroomThreat Intel / Cybercrime
A 31-year-old Moldovan national has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in the U.S. for operating an illicit marketplace called E-Root Marketplace that...
LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada
Mar 14, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Cyber Crime
A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation.
Mikhail...
How to Identify a Cyber Adversary: What to Look For
Cyber-incident attribution gets a lot of attention, for good reasons. Identifying the actor(s) behind an attack enables taking legal or political action against the adversary and helps cybersecurity researchers...
How to Identify a Cyber Adversary: Standards of Proof
COMMENTARYPart one of a two-part article.In cybersecurity, attribution refers to identifying an adversary (not just the persona) likely responsible for malicious activity. It is typically derived from collating many...
