Malware being delivered by mail, warns Swiss cyber agency
Switzerland’s Federal Office for Cybersecurity (OFCS) issued a warning on Wednesday about “fake letters” from the country’s meteorological agency being used to spread malware. The postal letters,...
Iran-linked group aims malware at aerospace industry through fake job recruiters
Suspected Iranian hackers impersonated recruiters on LinkedIn to target the aerospace industry in a new espionage campaign, researchers have found. So-called “fake worker” schemes are typically associated...
German football club leaves X, warning Elon Musk ‘capable of influencing German election’
FC St. Pauli, a German football club currently competing in the country’s top-tier league, has announced leaving the social media platform X, describing it as a threat to...
Free Decryptor Released for BitLocker-Based ShrinkLocker Ransomware Victims
Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor to help victims recover data encrypted using the ShrinkLocker ransomware.
The decryptor is the result of a comprehensive analysis of ShrinkLocker's...
Exclusive: Nakasone on exploding pagers, life after the NSA and another possible government job
Last week, we published the first part of an interview with retired Gen. Paul Nakasone focusing on election security. The Click Here podcast sat down with the former...
China-linked group hacked Tibetan media and university sites to distribute Cobalt Strike payload
A China-linked state hacker group has compromised Tibetan media and university websites in a new espionage campaign, researchers have found — part of a series of attacks targeting...
New Ymir Ransomware Exploits Memory for Stealthy Attacks; Targets Corporate Networks
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called Ymir that was deployed in an attack two days after systems were compromised by a stealer malware called RustyStealer.
"Ymir ransomware...
Delta, Amazon confirm vendor breach as dark web posts revive MOVEit leak concerns
Delta and Amazon confirmed this week that employee data was stolen from a vendor through a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool. A Delta spokesperson told...
Surge in exploits of zero-day vulnerabilities is ‘new normal’ warns Five Eyes alliance
The cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand) issued a warning on Tuesday that hackers were increasingly exploiting zero-day...
How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub
In April 2022, about four months after Kazakhstan’s government violently cracked down on nationwide protests, cybersecurity researchers discovered that authorities in the country were deploying spyware on smartphones...
