Who Is BlackMatter?
If you hadn't heard of BlackMatter before this week, you now likely know it as the group linked to a recent ransomware attack against Iowa-based farm services provider New...
Password Reuse Problems Persist Despite Known Risks
While people have become aware of the pitfalls of password security, about two-thirds continue to use the same password, or a variation of that password, for their accounts. That's a...
VMware Warns of Ransomware-Friendly Bug in vCenter Server
VMware urged immediate patching of the max-severity, arbitrary file upload flaw in Analytics service, which affects all appliances running default 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0 installs.
VMware has released a security...
How REvil May Have Ripped Off Its Own Affiliates
A newly discovered backdoor and double chats could have enabled REvil ransomware-as-a-service operators to hijack victim cases and snatch affiliates’ cuts of ransom payments.
There’s no honor between thieves,...
Unpatched Apple Zero-Day in macOS Finder Allows Code Execution
All a user needs to do is click on an email attachment, and boom – the code is silently executed without the victim knowing. It affects Big Sur and...
US Sanctions Cryptocurrency Exchange SUEX for Aiding Ransomware Gangs
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Suex for helping facilitate and launder transactions from at least eight ransomware variants as part...
