‘White Rabbit’ Ransomware May Be FIN8 Tool
It’s a double-extortion play that uses the command-line password ‘KissMe’ to hide its nasty acts and adorns its ransom note with cutesy ASCII bunny art.
A new ransomware family, White...
US Military Ties Prolific MuddyWater Cyberespionage APT to Iran
US Cyber Command linked the group to Iranian intelligence and detailed its multi-pronged, increasingly sophisticated suite of malware tools.
U.S. Cyber Command has confirmed that MuddyWater – an advanced...
Russian Security Takes Down REvil Ransomware Gang
The country’s FSB said that it raided gang hideouts; seized currency, cars and personnel; and neutralized REvil’s infrastructure.
At the request of U.S. authorities. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has...
New GootLoader Campaign Targets Accounting, Law Firms
GootLoader hijacks WordPress sites to lure professionals to download malicious sample contract templates.
Once prolific spreaders of REvil ransomware, the GootLoader malware gang has pivoted to actively targeting employees...
FIN7 Mails Malicious USB Sticks to Drop Ransomware
The FBI warned that attackers are impersonating Health & Human Services and/or Amazon to mail BadUSB-poisoned USB devices to targets in transportation, insurance & defense.
Ransomware gangs are mailing malicious...
Amazon, Azure Clouds Host RAT-ty Trio in Infostealing Campaign
A cloudy campaign delivers commodity remote-access trojans to steal information and execute code.
Cyberattackers are abusing Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure Cloud services to deliver a trio of remote...
‘Fully Undetected’ SysJoker Backdoor Malware Targets Windows, Linux & macOS
The malware establishes initial access on targeted machines, then waits for additional code to execute.
A brand-new multiplatform malware, likely distributed via malicious npm packages, is spreading under the radar...
FIN7 Mailing Malicious USB Sticks to Drop Ransomware
The FBI warned that attackers are impersonating Health & Human Services and/or Amazon to mail BadUSB-poisoned USB devices to targets in transportation, insurance & defense.
Ransomware gangs are mailing malicious...
EoL Systems Stonewalling Log4j Fixes for Fed Agencies
End of life, end of support, pandemic-induced shipping delays and remote work, scanning failures: It’s a recipe for a patching nightmare, federal cybersecurity CTO Matt Keller says.
Last month,...
Cyber-Spike: Orgs Suffer 925 Attacks per Week, an All-Time High
Cyberattacks increased 50 percent YoY in 2021 and peaked in December due to a frenzy of Log4j exploits, researchers found.
2021 dragged itself to a close under a Log4Shell-induced...
