Latest headlines from security outlets
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Iran's MuddyWater Hacker Group Using New Malware in Worldwide Cyber Attacks
Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K. and the U.S. have laid bare a new malware used by the Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) group …
New Ransomware Variants Flourish Amid Law Enforcement Actions
Ransomware groups continue to evolve their tactics and techniques to deploy file-encrypting malware on compromised systems, notwithstanding law enforcement's d…
Malware Goes Beyond Ancient Jigsaw
David Dufour, Webroot + Carbonite, OpenText Companies Ransomware is no stranger to corporate networks, as…Malware Goes Beyond Ancient Jigsaw on Latest Hacking …
Ransomware Group FIN12 Aggressively Going After Healthcare Targets
An "aggressive" financially motivated threat actor has been identified as linked to a string of RYUK ransomware attacks since October 2018, while maintaining c…
A New APT Hacking Group Targeting Fuel, Energy, and Aviation Industries
A previously undocumented threat actor has been identified as behind a string of attacks targeting fuel, energy, and aviation production industries in Russia, …
Cybercrime Group Asking Insiders for Help in Planting Ransomware
A Nigerian threat actor has been observed attempting to recruit employees by offering them to pay $1 million in bitcoins to deploy Black Kingdom ransomware on …
Bugs in Managed DNS Services Cloud Let Attackers Spy On DNS Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new class of vulnerabilities impacting major DNS-as-a-Service (DNSaaS) providers that could allow attackers to exfil…
Hopper ' The Security Tool That Protects Enterprises From Lateral Network Movement
Given the increasing number of ransomware attacks and security breaches targeting business networks, researchers have…Hopper ' The Security Tool That Protects …
New APT Hacking Group Targets Microsoft IIS Servers with ASP.NET Exploits
A new highly capable and persistent threat actor has been targeting major high-profile public and private entities in the U.S. as part of a series of targeted …
Chinese Cyber Espionage Hackers Continue to Target Pulse Secure VPN Devices
Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye unmasked additional tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) adopted by Chinese threat actors who were recently found …
FBI Warns Conti Ransomware Hit 16 U.S. Health and Emergency Services
The adversary behind Conti ransomware targeted no fewer than 16 healthcare and first responder networks in the U.S. within the past year, totally victimizing o…
U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
The ransomware attackÂagainst Colonial Pipeline's networks has prompted the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue aÂregional emerge…
Hackers Exploit Unpatched VPNs to Install Ransomware on Industrial Targets
Unpatched Fortinet VPN devices are being targeted in a series of attacks against industrial enterprises in Europe to deploy a new strain of ransomware called "…
ProxyLogon PoC Exploit Released; Likely to Fuel More Disruptive Cyber Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday issued a joint advisory warning of …
FIN11 Hackers Spotted Using New Techniques In Ransomware Attacks
A financially-motivated threat actor known for its malware distribution campaigns has evolved its tactics to focus on ransomware and extortion.According to Fir…
How To Identify Libraries that are Still Vulnerable to Attacks After Updat
Patch management can be a complex and time-consuming process, and because of this, patches to fix vulnerabilities may not be applied before a hacker is able to…
A New Hacking Group Hitting Russian Companies With Ransomware
As ransomware attacksÂagainst critical infrastructure continue to spike in recent months, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new entrant that has been …
NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens national securi
The NSA and FBI warn that a new Linux malware variant - dubbed Drovorub - is being used by APT 28 to compromise networks, execute malicious commands and steal …
US Government Warns of a New Strain of Chinese 'Taidoor' Virus
Intelligence agencies in the US have released information about a new variant of 12-year-old computer virus used by China's state-sponsored hackers targeting g…
Industrial VPN Flaws Could Let Attackers Target Critical Infrastructures
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered critical vulnerabilities in industrial VPN implementations primarily used to provide remote access to operational tec…
New USBCulprit Espionage Tool Steals Data From Air-Gapped Computers
A Chinese threat actor has developed new capabilities to target air-gapped systems in an attempt to exfiltrate sensitive data for espionage, according to a new…
How Organizations Can Defend Against Advanced Persistent Threats
Advanced persistent threats (APTs) have emerged to be legitimate concerns for all organizations. APTs are threat actors that breach networks and infrastructure…