BlackByte Tackles the SF 49ers & US Critical Infrastructure
Hours before the Superbowl and two days after the FBI warned about the ransomware gang, BlackByte leaked what are purportedly the NFL team’s files.
The San Francisco 49ers were...
TA2541: APT Has Been Shooting RATs at Aviation for Years
Since 2017, the attacker has flung simple off-the-shelf malware in malicious email campaigns aimed at aviation, aerospace, transportation and defense.
Researchers have identified an advanced persistent threat (APT) group...
Cybercrooks Frame Targets by Planting Fabricated Digital Evidence
The ‘ModifiedElephant’ threat actors are technically unimpressive, but they’ve evaded detection for a decade, hacking human rights advocates’ systems with dusty old keyloggers and off-the-shelf RATs.
Threat actors are...
‘Cities: Skylines’ Gaming Modder Banned Over Hidden Malware
35K+ players were exposed to an auto-updater that planted a trojan that choked performance for fellow modders and Colossal Order employees.
The developer of several popular mods for the Cities:...
Don’t let scammers ruin your Valentine’s Day
No matter the occasion, you can always count on scammers to show up.
Today is Valentine’s Day, so we thought we’d show you how cybercriminals use special times...
Decryptor Keys Published for Maze, Egregor, Sekhmet Ransomwares
The Maze gang are purportedly never going back to ransomware and have destroyed all of their ransomware source code, said somebody claiming to be the developer.
The shackles have been...
3 Tips for Facing the Harsh Truths of Cybersecurity in 2022, Part I
Sonya Duffin, ransomware and data-protection expert at Veritas Technologies, shares three steps organizations can take today to reduce cyberattack fallout.
Be forewarned—I’m about to lay down some harsh truths here.
First,...
Cybercriminals Swarm Windows Utility Regsvr32 to Spread Malware
The living-off-the-land binary (LOLBin) is anchoring a rash of cyberattacks bent on evading security detection to drop Qbot and Lokibot.
A Windows living-off-the-land binary (LOLBin) known as Regsvr32 is seeing...
MoleRats APT Flaunts New Trojan in Latest Cyberespionage Campaign
Researchers from Proofpoint have spotted a new Middle East-targeted phishing campaign that delivers a novel malware dubbed NimbleMamba.
Known Palestinian threat actor MoleRats is likely behind a recent malicious email...
Ex-Gumshoe Nabs Cybercrooks with FBI Tactics
Crane Hassold, former FBI analyst turned director of threat intel at Abnormal Security, shares stories from his covert work with cyberattackers.
Crooks are crooks, right?
Whatever motivates serial violent offenders doesn’t...
