US Govt Says Russian State Hackers Likely Behind SolarWinds Hack The Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG) said today that a Russian-backed Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group is likely behind the SolarWinds hack. The UCG was established by the National Security Council (NSC) after the SolarWinds supply chain attack to help the intelligence agencies better coordinate Read more…
NSA Shares Guidance, Tools To Mitigate Weak Encryption Protocols The National Security Agency (NSA) has shared guidance on how to detect and replace outdated Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol versions with up to date and secure variants. The US intelligence agency also highlights the dangers behind using deprecated TLS including both risks Read more…
Babuk Locker Is The First New Enterprise Ransomware Of 2021 It’s a new year, and with it comes a new ransomware called Babuk Locker that targets corporate victims in human-operated attacks. Babuk Locker is a new ransomware operation that launched at the beginning of 2021 and has since amassed a Read more…
Microsoft Office January Updates Fix Outlook Crash Issues Microsoft has released the January 2021 non-security Microsoft Office updates with fixes for known issues impacting Windows Installer (MSI) editions of Office 2016 products. Microsoft has also released non-security updates in Current Channel releases for Microsoft 365 Apps to address Excel crashes and Outlook Read more…
Australian Cybersecurity Agency Used As Cover In Malware Campaign The Australian government warns of an ongoing campaign impersonating the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) to infect targets with malware. Scammers coordinating these attacks are also actively attempting to convince potential victims to install remote administration and desktop sharing software with the end goal Read more…
North Korean Software Supply Chain Attack Targets Stock Investors North Korean hacking group Thallium aka APT37 has targeted users of a private stock investment messenger service in a software supply chain attack, according to a report published this week. Up until now, the group mainly relied on phishing attacks, such as via Microsoft Office documents, to Read more…
Cross-Platform ElectroRAT Malware Drains Cryptocurrency Wallets Security researchers have discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) used to empty the cryptocurrency wallets of thousands of Windows, Linux, and macOS users. Named ElectroRAT after being discovered in December, the cross-platform RAT malware is written in Golang and it was used as Read more…
Hacker Posts Data Of 10,000 American Express Accounts For Free A threat actor has posted data of 10,000 American Express credit card holders on a hacker forum for free. In the same forum post, the actor claims to sell even more data of Mexican banking customers of American Express, Santander, and Banamex. Data exposes credit card numbers Read more…
Ryuk Ransomware Is The Top Threat For The Healthcare Sector Healthcare organizations continue to be a prime target for cyberattacks of all kinds, with ransomware incidents, Ryuk in particular, being more prevalent. Things went from bad to worse in this sector starting November when attacks increased significantly against the hospital Read more…
Indian Government Sites Leaking Patient COVID-19 Test Results Websites of multiple Indian government departments, including national health and welfare agencies, are leaking COVID-19 lab test results for thousands of patients online. These leaked lab reports which are being indexed by search engines expose patient data, and whether they tested positive for coronavirus. Google indexes COVID-19 lab test Read more…
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