Kaspersky experts conducted an in-depth analysis of the tactics, techniques, and procedures of the eight most common ransomware groups — Conti/Ryuk, Pysa, Clop, Hive, Lockbit2.0, RagnarLocker, BlackByte, and BlackCat. Comparing the methods and tools of attackers at different stages of attacks, they concluded that show more ...
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Ransomware attacks go through certain stages, such as penetrating the corporate network or victim’s computer, delivering malware, further discovery, account hijacking, deleting shadow copies, removing backups and, finally, achieving their objectives.
Dubbed Quantum Lnk Builder, the software makes it possible to spoof any extension and choose from over 300 icons, not to mention support UAC and Windows SmartScreen bypass as well as "multiple payloads per .LNK" file.
The list of packages includes loglib-modules, pyg-modules, pygrata, pygrata-utils, and hkg-sol-utils, according to Sonatype security researcher Ax Sharma. The packages and as well as the endpoint have now been taken down.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is considering the idea. On Wednesday, an advisory committee under the agency recommended it launch a national campaign for a 311 call line.
While RCS Lab's tool may not be as stealthy as Pegasus, it can still read messages and view passwords, said Bill Marczak, a security researcher with digital watchdog Citizen Lab.
When it comes to cybersecurity in state and local government, industry experts point to myriad challenges, including ransomware attacks, open-source software vulnerabilities, phishing emails, outdated legacy code, and other issues.
A new ToddyCat APT has been targeting Microsoft Exchange servers since December 2020, across Asia and Europe, revealed security experts form Trend Micro. The group leveraged a new trojan malware, named Ninja Trojan, and a passive backdoor, named Samurai. Organizations are suggested to make use of threat intelligence services to stay abreast of new threats and secure their networks.
Emotet is utilizing 64-bit shell code, as well as more advanced PowerShell and active scripts, “with nearly a fifth of all malicious samples exploiting the 2017 Microsoft vulnerability CVE-2017-11882,” according to reports.
It’s rare you see a case in which one party alleges the other stole nearly all of the organization’s data – a veritable library – but that seems to be the case in a complaint filed last week between two warring consulting firms.
APT actors have continued to exploit CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell) in VMware Horizon and Unified Access Gateway (UAG) servers to obtain initial access to organizations that did not apply available patches or workarounds.
The exploit entailed two HTTP GET requests — which are used to retrieve a specific resource from a server — to trigger remote code execution by fetching rogue commands from the attacker-controlled infrastructure.
Smart building infrastructure and technology giant Johnson Controls announced on Thursday that it has acquired zero trust cybersecurity provider Tempered Networks for an undisclosed sum.
Armed with an email address, security consultant Chris Hatton was able to extract all manner of information about his booking, including his telephone number, car details, and the exact location of his home.
Hadrian plans to use the new funding to hire talent, including hackers, developers, and sales specialists, to drive scale, consolidate market presence, and ready for expansion to the US.
This is clearly a technique that is working for phishers no matter the location. NFT NYC describes itself as “the leading annual non-fungible token event”. Users reported scam billboards in NYC with QR codes leading to wallet drainer sites.
Proofpoint found that cybercriminals frequently abuse services such as cloud storage providers and content distribution networks to aid in circulating malware to potential victims.
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as SMS text messages, fraudulently telling recipients that they have been exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
While the cause of the data leak site’s disappearance isn’t known for sure, and criminal dark web sites are notoriously flaky, there is good reason to suspect that Conti has gone permanently.
Resecurity spotted a surge in phishing messages delivered via Azure Front Door, Microsoft’s cloud CDN service. Most of the content targeted Amazon, SendGrid, and Docusign customers. Through well-known cloud services the criminals are constantly trying to evade detection of their phishing attacks by posing themselves as legitimate.
Microsoft claimed that hackers are increasingly deploying malware, including QBot, Emotet, Bazarloader, and ICEID, through infected LNK files. To distribute LNK files to victims, threat actors use spam emails and malicious URLs. Users should exercise caution when opening dangerous links and attachments in phishing emails.
According to Akamai, that has been following the situation, the fertile ground for the bot was created by a backlog of over 700,000 passport applications on the Ministry of the Interior, resulting from the lifting of travel restrictions.
Privacy Affairs researchers concluded criminals using the dark web need only spend $1,115 for a complete set of a person’s account details, enabling them to create fake IDs and forge private documents, such as passports and driver’s licenses.
Tracked as CVE-2022–21445 (CVSS score of 9.8), the vulnerability is described as a deserialization of untrusted data, which could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution.
The GAO has warned that private insurance companies are increasingly backing out of covering damages from major cyberattacks — leaving American businesses facing “catastrophic financial loss” unless another insurance model can be found.
An unauthorized party accessed patients’ personal information at IU Health's vendor MCG Health, including names, medical codes, postal addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
The amended version of the NDAA bill establishes a cyber threat information collaboration environment between DoD, the intelligence community, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Electronics retailer Fast Shop suffered a hacker attack this Wednesday (June 22). Both the website and the app went offline, but the company said services have now been restored.
The distinction between protecting information technology (IT) and protecting operational technology (OT) became very clear in 2010, when the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility Natanz was attacked by Stuxnet malware.
Cyber security threats are the biggest risk to National security, and building cyber hygiene is very important, National Cyber Security Coordinator Rajesh Pant said on Thursday, June 23 ,2022.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5492-1 - It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and searching the contents of certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5487-3 - USN-5487-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. Unfortunately it caused regressions. USN-5487-2 reverted the patches that caused the regression in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM for further investigation. This update re-adds the security fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and fixes two show more ...
Backdoor.Win32.InfecDoor.17.c malware suffers from an insecure permissions vulnerability.
Trojan-Mailfinder.Win32.VB.p malware suffers from an insecure permissions vulnerability.
Backdoor.Win32.Shark.btu malware suffers from an insecure permissions vulnerability.
Yashma Ransomware Builder version 1.2 malware suffers from an insecure permissions vulnerability.
A new malware tool that enables cybercriminal actors to build malicious Windows shortcut (.LNK) files has been spotted for sale on cybercrime forums. Dubbed Quantum Lnk Builder, the software makes it possible to spoof any extension and choose from over 300 icons, not to mention support UAC and Windows SmartScreen bypass as well as "multiple payloads per .LNK" file. Also offered are capabilities
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER), on Thursday released a joint advisory warning of continued attempts on the part of threat actors to exploit the Log4Shell flaw in VMware Horizon servers to breach target networks. "Since December 2021, multiple threat actor groups have exploited Log4Shell on unpatched,
Researchers have discovered a number of malicious Python packages in the official third-party software repository that are engineered to exfiltrate AWS credentials and environment variables to a publicly exposed endpoint. The list of packages includes loglib-modules, pyg-modules, pygrata, pygrata-utils, and hkg-sol-utils, according to Sonatype security researcher Ax Sharma. The packages and as
A China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group is possibly deploying short-lived ransomware families as a decoy to cover up the true operational and tactical objectives behind its campaigns. The activity cluster, attributed to a hacking group dubbed Bronze Starlight by Secureworks, involves the deployment of post-intrusion ransomware such as LockFile, Atom Silo, Rook, Night Sky, Pandora,
A suspected ransomware intrusion against an unnamed target leveraged a Mitel VoIP appliance as an entry point to achieve remote code execution and gain initial access to the environment. The findings come from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which traced the source of the attack to a Linux-based Mitel VoIP device sitting on the network perimeter, while also identifying a previously unknown
A week after it emerged that a sophisticated mobile spyware dubbed Hermit was used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders, Google said it has notified Android users of infected devices. Additionally, necessary changes have been implemented in Google Play Protect — Android's built-in malware defense service — to protect all users, Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne of Google Threat
