Cyberattackers Focus In on State-of-the-Art ALMA Observatory
The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) astronomical observatory in Chile became an unlikely target for a cyberattack this week when unknown assailants knocked its systems offline. The ALMA may...
RomCom Malware Woos Victims With ‘Wrapped’ SolarWinds, KeePass Software
The RomCom threat group is actively using trojanized versions of popular software products, including SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, KeePass Open-Source Password Manager, and PDF Reader Pro, to target various...
Microsoft Warns on Zero-Day Spike as Nation-State Groups Shift Tactics
Enterprise security executives that perceive nation-state-backed cyber groups as a distant threat might want to revisit that assumption, and in a hurry.Several recent geopolitical events around the world over the...
W4SP Stealer Stings Python Developers in Supply Chain Attack
Attackers continue to create fake Python packages and use rudimentary obfuscation techniques in an attempt to infect developers' systems with the W4SP Stealer, a Trojan designed to steal cryptocurrency...
FIN7 Cybercrime Group Likely Behind Black Basta Ransomware Campaign
FIN7, a financially motivated cybercrime organization that is estimated to have stolen well over $1.2 billion since surfacing in 2012, is behind Black Basta, one of this year's most...
Economic Uncertainty Isn’t Stopping Cybercrime Recruitment — It’s Fueling It
It's well known that cybercrime has become big business — and not just in terms of the volume but also in how crime syndicates are organizing themselves. As we saw...
Supply Chain Attack Pushes Out Malware to More than 250 Media Websites
The cyber-threat threat actor known as TA569, or SocGholish, has compromised JavaScript code used by a media content provider in order to spread the FakeUpdates malware to major media...
Cyber-Threat Actor Uses Booby-Trapped VPN App to Deploy Android Spyware
Adware and other unwanted and potentially risky applications continue to represent the biggest threat that users of mobile devices currently face. But that doesn't mean attackers aren't constantly trying...
Musk’s Twitter-Verification Payment Tease Spurs Cyberattackers
One of Elon Musk's proposed first moves after his Twitter takeover seems to have backfired, at least from a security perspective. A teaser by the platform proposing to charge...
Vitali Kremez Found Dead After Apparent Scuba Diving Accident
Vitali Kremez, chairman and CEO of AdvIntel, has been found dead after going missing on Oct. 30. He was 36 years old.
The US Coast Guard announced on Wednesday that...
