Interpol Busted 11 Members of Nigerian BEC Cybercrime Gang
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A coordinated law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 11 members allegedly belonging to a Nigerian cybercrime gang notorious for perpetrating business email compromise (BEC)...
Ukraine: Recent Cyber Attacks Part of Wider Plot to Sabotage Critical Infrastructure
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The coordinated cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian government websites and the deployment of a data-wiper malware called WhisperGate on select government systems are part of a broader wave of...
FIN8 Hackers Spotted Using New ‘White Rabbit’ Ransomware in Recent Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The financially motivated FIN8 actor, in all likelihood, has resurfaced with a never-before-seen ransomware strain called "White Rabbit" that was recently deployed against a local bank in...
Ukrainian Government Officially Accuses Russia of Recent Cyberattacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The government of Ukraine on Sunday formally accused Russia of masterminding the attacks that targeted websites of public institutions and government agencies this past week.
"All the evidence...
A New Destructive Malware Targeting Ukrainian Government and Business Entities
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity teams from Microsoft on Saturday disclosed they identified evidence of a new destructive malware operation targeting government, non-profit, and information technology entities in Ukraine amid brewing...
North Korean Hackers Stole Millions from Cryptocurrency Startups Worldwide
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Operators associated with the Lazarus sub-group BlueNoroff have been linked to a series of cyberattacks targeting small and medium-sized companies worldwide with an aim to drain their...
US Cyber Command Links ‘MuddyWater’ Hacking Group to Iranian Intelligence
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) on Wednesday officially confirmed MuddyWater's ties to the Iranian intelligence apparatus, while simultaneously detailing the various tools and tactics adopted by the...
Researchers Decrypted Qakbot Banking Trojan’s Encrypted Registry Keys
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers have decoded the mechanism by which the versatile Qakbot banking trojan handles the insertion of encrypted configuration data into the Windows Registry.
Qakbot, also known as...
FBI, NSA and CISA Warns of Russian Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Amid renewed tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine and Kazakhstan, American cybersecurity and intelligence agencies on Tuesday released a joint advisory on how to detect,...
Microsoft Warns of Continued Attacks Exploiting Apache Log4j Vulnerabilities
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Microsoft is warning of continuing attempts by nation-state adversaries and commodity attackers to take advantage of security vulnerabilities uncovered in the Log4j open-source logging framework to deploy...
