New Dark Power ransomware claims 10 victims in its first month A new ransomware operation named ‘Dark Power’ has appeared, and it has already listed its first victims on a dark web data leak site, threatening to publish the data if a ransom is not......
PlugX Malware Hides On USB Devices To Infect New Windows Hosts PlugX malware that can hide malicious files on removable USB devices and then infect the Windows hosts they connect to.The malware uses what researchers call “a novel technique” that allows it to remain......
ChromeLoader Campaign Lures With Malicious VHDs For Popular Games Security researchers have noticed that the operators of the ChromeLoader browser hijacking and adware campaign are now using VHD files named after popular games. Previously, such campaigns relied on ISO-based distribution. The malicious files were discovered......
‘Russian Hacktivists’ Brag Of Flooding German Airport Sites A series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks shut down seven German airports’ websites a day after a major IT glitch at Lufthansa grounded flights. The back-to-back interruption in operations has invoked suspicions of a possible cyber attack.......
Chinese Hackers Exploit Fortinet Zero-Day Flaw For Cyber Espionage Attack An alleged Chinese hacking organisation has been connected to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched medium-severity security flaw in the Fortinet FortiOS operating system. The activity cluster is a part of a larger campaign to......
The Week In Ransomware – February 3rd 2023 – Ending With A Mess While the week started slowly, it turned into a big ransomware mess, with attacks striking a big blow at businesses running VMware ESXi servers. The attacks started Friday morning, with threat......
Malicious Google Ads Sneak AWS Phishing Sites Into Search Results A new phishing campaign targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) logins is abusing Google ads to sneak phishing sites into Google Search to steal your login credentials. The bad ads ranked second when searching for “aws,”......
The Week In Ransomware – March 10th 2023 – Police Take Action This week’s biggest news was the coordinated, international law enforcement operation between Europol, the FBI, the Netherlands, Germany, and Ukraine that targeted the DoppelPaymer operation. As part of this operation, the police arrested......
Cisco pushes out almost 34 security updates on May 2020 Cisco released a batch of 34 security updates with 12 being rated as a high priority & 22 medium priority, 8 of the high-rated advisories impacting the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Cisco Firepower......