Telcom and BPO Companies Under Attack by SIM Swapping Hackers
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Dec 06, 2022Ravie LakshmananSIM Swapping / Network Intrusion
A persistent intrusion campaign has set its eyes on telecommunications and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies at lease since June 2022.
"The...
Machine Learning Models: A Dangerous New Attack Vector
Threat actors can hijack machine learning (ML) models that power artificial intelligence (AI) to deploy malware and move laterally across enterprise networks, researchers have found. These models, which often are publicly...
Russian Actors Use Compromised Healthcare Networks Against Ukrainian Orgs
Russia-affiliated threat actors have compromised systems belonging to multiple organizations in the US, the UK, France, and other countries and are using them to launch attacks against targets in Ukraine.Among...
Intellicene Brand Launches After Completion of Acquisition by Volaris Group
MELVILLE, NY, Dec. 6, 2022 — Intellicene, a provider of intelligent software platforms that empower organizations to better understand and respond to mission-critical events, today announced the close of...
Hive Social Buzzing With Security Flaws, Analysts Warn
Social media users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk's Twitter should probably avoid Hive Social, according to a team of cybersecurity experts who turned their attention to the...
Wiper, Disguised as Fake Ransomware, Targets Russian Orgs
Companies infected with purported ransomware may no longer have an option to pay a ransom.A new malicious program acts exactly like crypto-ransomware — overwriting and renaming files, then dropping...
Russian Courts Targeted by New CryWiper Data Wiper Malware Posing as Ransomware
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Dec 05, 2022Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Data Protection
A new data wiper malware called CryWiper has been found targeting Russian government agencies, including mayor's offices and courts.
"Although it disguises...
Malware Authors Inadvertently Take Down Own Botnet
It's not often that malware authors go through the effort of creating a malicious tool for assembling a botnet, only to then find a way to effectively sabotage it...
Ransomware Professionalization Grows as RaaS Takes Hold
Ransomware groups are getting their acts together, growing in sophistication and business acumen while monetizing ransomware beyond encryption, including double and triple extortion, as the market for ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS)...
Infostealer Malware Market Booms, as MFA Fatigue Sets In
Malicious actors are finding success deploying information stealer (infostealer) malware, combining stolen credentials and social engineering to carry out high-profile breaches and leveraging multifactor authentication (MFA) fatigue attacks.These were...
