The Week In Ransomware January 12th 2024 Targeting Homeowners Data
Mortgage lenders and related companies are becoming popular targets of ransomware gangs, with four companies in this sector recently attacked....
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Cisa Critical Microsoft Sharepoint Bug Now Actively Exploited
CISA warns that attackers are now exploiting a critical Microsoft SharePoint privilege escalation vulnerability that can be chained with another...
Juniper Warns Of Critical Rce Bug In Its Firewalls And Switches
Juniper Networks has released security updates to fix a critical pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its SRX Series...
Human Error and Insiders Expose Millions in UK Law Firm Data Breaches
UK law firms are falling victim to data breaches primarily because of insiders and human error, according to an analysis...
CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure to Patch Urgent ICS Vulnerabilities
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urged critical infrastructure organizations to address vulnerabilities affecting nine industrial control...
Waiting for Your Pay Raise? Cofense Warns Against HR-Related Scams
Cybercriminal are exploiting employee desires for job satisfaction and orgnaizations’ promise of benefits with a flurry of phishing scams.Pay raises,...
Urgent: GitLab Releases Patch for Critical Vulnerabilities – Update ASAP
GitLab has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities, including one that could be exploited to take over accounts...
Medusa Ransomware on the Rise: From Data Leaks to Multi-Extortion
The threat actors associated with the Medusa ransomware have ramped up their activities following the debut of a dedicated data...
Nation-State Actors Weaponize Ivanti VPN Zero-Days, Deploying 5 Malware Families
As many as five different malware families were deployed by suspected nation-state actors as part of post-exploitation activities leveraging two...
Associated Press Espn Cbs Among Top Sites Serving Fake Virus Alerts
ScamClub is a threat actor who’s been involved in malvertising activities since 2018. Chances are you probably ran into one...
Malvertisers Zoom In On Cryptocurrencies And Initial Access
During the past month, we have observed an increase in the number of malicious ads on Google searches for “Zoom”,...
Atomic Stealer Distributed To Mac Users Via Fake Browser Updates
Atomic Stealer, also known as AMOS, is a popular stealer for Mac OS. Back in September, we described how malicious...
Ransomware Review November 2023
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
Ransomware Review December 2023
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
Atomic Stealer Rings In The New Year With Updated Version
Last year, we documented malware distribution campaigns both via malvertising and compromised sites delivering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) onto Mac users....
Pikabot Distributed Via Malicious Ads
During this past year, we have seen an increase in the use of malicious ads (malvertising) and specifically those via...
New Metastealer Malvertising Campaigns
MetaStealer is a popular piece of malware that came out in 2022, levering previous code base from RedLine. Stealers have...
Ransomware Review January 2024
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
Applying the Tyson Principle to Cybersecurity: Why Attack Simulation is Key to Avoiding a KO
Picture a cybersecurity landscape where defenses are impenetrable, and threats are nothing more than mere disturbances deflected by a strong...
Act Now: CISA Flags Active Exploitation of Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical security vulnerability impacting Microsoft SharePoint Server to its...
Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within...
Bitwarden Adds Passkey Support To Log Into Web Password Vaults
The open-source Bitwarden password manager has announced that all users can now log into their web vaults using a passkey...
Halara Probes Breach After Hacker Leaks Data For 950 000 People
Popular athleisure clothing brand Halara is investigating a data breach after the alleged data of almost 950,000 customers was leaked...
Framework Discloses Data Breach After Accountant Gets Phished
Framework Computer disclosed a data breach exposing the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers after Keating Consulting Group,...
