Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Spreading Emotet Malware
Microsoft today released its final Patch Tuesday rollout of 2021 with 67 security fixes, one of which patched a zero-day vulnerability spreading Emotet malware and five of which are...
Ransomware Hits Virginia Legislative Agencies
Virginia legislative agencies and commissions were forced to shut down their computer systems and websites due to a ransomware attack that started on Sunday, local news sources report.
The incident...
Propane Gas Distributor Hit With Ransomware
Propane gas distributor Superior Plus Corp. today disclosed that it was a victim of a ransomware attack on Dec. 12.
Superior, which supplies more than 780,000 customers in the US...
Attackers Target Log4J to Drop Ransomware, Web Shells, Backdoors
Threat actors, including at least one nation-state actor, are attempting to exploit the newly disclosed Log4j flaw to deploy ransomware, remote access Trojans, and Web shells on vulnerable systems....
What the Log4Shell Bug Means for SMBs: Experts Weigh In
An exclusive roundtable of security researchers discuss the specific implications of CVE-2021-44228 for smaller businesses, including what’s vulnerable, what an attack looks like and to how to remediate.
News of...
400 Banks’ Customers Targeted with Anubis Trojan
The new campaign masqueraded as an Orange Telecom account management app to deliver the latest iteration of Anubis banking malware.
Customers of Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and...
Ransomware Affiliate Arrested in Romania; 51 Stolen Data Brokers Arrested in Ukraine
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Europol, the European Union's premier law enforcement agency, has announced the arrest of a third Romanian national for his role as a ransomware affiliate suspected of hacking...
How to Buy Precious Patching Time as Log4j Exploits Fly
Podcast: Cybereason shares details about its vaccine: a fast shot in the arm released within hours of the Apache Log4j zero-day horror show being disclosed.
Sure, Apache got a...
How Extended Security Posture Management Optimizes Your Security Stack
By: The Hacker News
As a CISO, one of the most challenging questions to answer is "How well are we protected right now?" Between the acceleration of hackers' offensive capabilities...
