2021 Wants Another Chance (A Lighter-Side Year in Review)
The year wasn’t ALL bad news. These sometimes cringe-worthy/sometimes laughable cybersecurity and other technology stories offer schadenfreude and WTF opportunities, and some giggles.
Dear everybody who’s developed stress-related hives over...
Global Cyberattacks from Nation-State Actors Posing Greater Threats
Casey Ellis, CTO at Bugcrowd, outlines how international relations have deteriorated into a new sort of Cold War, with espionage playing out in the cyber-domain.
The macro-trend I’m most alarmed...
The 5 Most-Wanted Threatpost Stories of 2021
A look back at what was hot with readers in this second year of the pandemic.
As 2021 draws to a close, and the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, it’s time...
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Download Installs Cryptominer
The origin of the Monero cryptominer file has been traced to a Russian torrent website, researchers report.
Global buzz around the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home is making...
Telegram Abused to Steal Crypto-Wallet Credentials
Attackers use the Telegram handle “Smokes Night” to spread the malicious Echelon infostealer, which steals credentials for cryptocurrency and other user accounts, researchers said.
Attackers are targeting crypto-wallets of Telegram...
Conti Ransomware Gang Has Full Log4Shell Attack Chain
Conti has become the first professional-grade, sophisticated ransomware group to weaponize Log4j2, now with a full attack chain.
The Conti ransomware gang, which last week became the first professional...
PYSA Emerges as Top Ransomware Actor in November
Overtaking the Conti ransomware gang, PYSA finds success with government-sector attacks.
PYSA, which is also known by Mespinoza, has overtaken Conti as the top ransomware threat group for the month...
Facebook Bans Spy-for-Hire Firms for Targeting 50K People
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, said that the seven banned actors run fake accounts on its platforms to deceive users and plant malware on targets’ phones.
Meta, Facebook’s parent company,...
Malicious Joker App Scores Half-Million Downloads on Google Play
Joker malware was found lurking in the Color Message app, ready to fleece unsuspecting users with premium SMS charges.
The Joker malware is back again on Google Play, this time...
Convergence Ahoy: Get Ready for Cloud-Based Ransomware
Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra AI, takes us inside the coming nexus of ransomware, supply-chain attacks and cloud deployments.
The two types of cyberattacks that have dominated the news over...
