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Android Malware BRATA Wipes your Device After Stealing Data The Android malware known as BRATA has added new and dangerous features to its latest version, including GPS tracking, the capacity to use multiple communication channels, and a function that performs a factory reset on the device to wipe all traces of malicious activity. BRATA was
Hackers Say they Encrypted Belarusian Railway Servers in Protest A group of hackers (known as Belarusian Cyber-Partisans) claim they breached and encrypted servers belonging to the Belarusian Railway, Belarus’s national state-owned railway company. They say their attack was prompted by Russia using Belarusian Railway’s rail transport network to move military units and equipment into the country. “At the
Ransomware Gangs Increase Efforts to Enlist Insiders for Attacks A recent survey of 100 large (over 5,000 employees) North American IT firms shows that ransomware actors are making greater effort to recruit insiders in targeted firms to aid in attacks. The survey was conducted by Hitachi ID, which performed a similar study in November 2021.
SonicWall Explains Why Firewalls were Caught in Reboot Loops In a weekend update, SonicWall said the widespread reboot loops that impacted next-gen firewalls worldwide were caused by signature updates published on Thursday evening not being correctly processed. According to online complaints from admins [1, 2, 3], devices from all Gen 7 firewall series running SonicOS 7.0 were stuck in reboot