Gootkit Malware Adopts New Tactics to Attack Healthcare and Finance Firms
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Feb 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware
The Gootkit malware is prominently going after healthcare and finance organizations in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, according to new findings from...
Sydney Man Sentenced for Blackmailing Optus Customers After Data Breach
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Feb 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / SMS Fraud
A Sydney man has been sentenced to an 18-month Community Correction Order (CCO) and 100 hours of community service for attempting...
Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Linked to Ryuk Ransomware
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Feb 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Endpoint Security
A Russian national on February 7, 2023, pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering charges and for attempting to conceal the...
VMware Finds No Evidence of 0-Day in Ongoing ESXiArgs Ransomware Spree
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Feb 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Zero-Day
VMware on Monday said it found no evidence that threat actors are leveraging an unknown security flaw, i.e., a zero-day, in its...
Linux Variant of Clop Ransomware Spotted, But Uses Faulty Encryption Algorithm
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Feb 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Linux
The first-ever Linux variant of the Clop ransomware has been detected in the wild, but with a faulty encryption algorithm that has made...
GuLoader Malware Using Malicious NSIS Executables to Target E-Commerce Industry
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Feb 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Endpoint Security
E-commerce industries in South Korea and the U.S. are at the receiving end of an ongoing GuLoader malware campaign, cybersecurity firm...
Cybersecurity Budgets Are Going Up. So Why Aren’t Breaches Going Down?
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Over the past few years, cybersecurity has become a major concern for businesses around the globe. With the total cost of cybercrime in 2023 forecasted to reach $8...
Prilex PoS Malware Evolves to Block Contactless Payments to Steal from NFC Cards
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Feb 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananPayment Security / Risk
The Brazilian threat actors behind an advanced and modular point-of-sale (PoS) malware known as Prilex have reared their head once again with...
New Report Reveals NikoWiper Malware That Targeted Ukraine Energy Sector
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Jan 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber War / Malware
The Russia-affiliated Sandworm used yet another wiper malware strain dubbed NikoWiper as part of an attack that took place in October 2022...
British Cyber Agency Warns of Russian and Iranian Hackers Targeting Key Industries
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Jan 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananNation-State-Sponsored Attacks
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on Thursday warned of spear-phishing attacks mounted by Russian and Iranian state-sponsored actors for information-gathering operations.
"The attacks...
