Linux Variant of REvil Ransomware Targets VMware’s ESXi, NAS Devices
Criminals behind the potent REvil ransomware have ported the malware to Linux for targeted attacks.
Cybercriminals behind a string of high-profile ransomware attacks, including one extorting $11...
Why MTTR is Bad for SecOps
Kerry Matre, senior director at Mandiant, discusses the appropriate metrics to use to measure SOC and analyst performance, and how MTTR leads to bad behavior.
Mean time to resolution (MTTR)...
Indexsinas SMB Worm Campaign Infests Whole Enterprises
The self-propagating malware’s attack chain is complex, using former NSA cyberweapons, and ultimately drops cryptominers on targeted machines.
The Indexsinas SMB worm is on the hunt for vulnerable environments to...
Cobalt Strike Usage Explodes Among Cybercrooks
The legit security tool has shown up 161 percent more, year-over-year, in cyberattacks, having “gone fully mainstream in the crimeware world.”
The use of Cobalt Strike – the legitimate,...
Users Clueless About Cybersecurity Risks: Study
The return to offices, coupled with uninformed users (including IT pros) has teed up an unprecedented risk of enterprise attack.
Organizations are facing yet another unprecedented threat to their...
Microsoft Signs Malware That Spreads Through Gaming
The driver, called “Netfilter,” is a rootkit that talks to Chinese C2 IPs and aims to spoof gamers’ geo-locations to cheat the system and play from anywhere, Microsoft said.
Microsoft...
Attackers Breach Microsoft Customer Service Accounts
American IT companies and government have been targeted by the Nobelium state-sponsored group.
The same group behind the SolarWinds supply-chain attacks has been targeting Microsoft’s corporate networks to gain...
Hackers Crack Pirated Games with Cryptojacking Malware
Threat actors have so far made about $2 million from Crackonosh, which secretly mines Monero cryptocurrency from affected devices.
A new Monero cryptojacking malware distributed via “cracked” versions of popular...
FIN7 ‘Pen Tester’ Headed to Jail Amid $1B in Payment-Card Losses
One of the Carbanak cybergang’s highest-level hackers is destined to serve seven years while making $2.5 million in restitution payments.
A so-called “pen-tester” for the financial cybergang known as FIN7...
