Massive phishing and malware campaign disrupted by Google The malware campaign was focused on hijacking Youtube accounts and promoting cryptocurrency scams. Since May 2021 Google has blocked 1.6 million phishing emails that have been part of this malware campaign. According to the data provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group, a network of Russian hacker subcontractors
Data encryption and nasty threats attributable to a new ransomware A new form of ransomware is distributed by cybercriminals against businesses, their employees, and partners. The new ransomware not only encrypts victims’ data but also make a threat to launch DDoS attacks unless victims pay a ransom. The ransomware dubbed Yanluowang was firstly uncovered by
Thieves are targeting healthcare entities: 1 in 5 targets of FIN12 hacking group is from the healthcare One may suppose that due to ethical considerations ransomware groups may exclude from their list of targeted entities representing specified sectors such as healthcare. However, it’s not about the FIN12 group since 1 in 5 its targets are
Persistent backdoor for hackers created by malware, Microsoft has issued a warning Another piece of malware used by attackers behind the Solarwind attack was identified by Microsoft. Microsoft has called the group responsible for the attack – Nobelium. In April this year, the US and UK officially blamed the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service hacking unit
Governments and engineers are targeted worldwide by the new advanced hacker group The hacker group was targeting these entities for espionage purposes. The team of researchers representing the company ESET dubbed the malicious group FamousSparrow. According to the researchers, the group is a new player in the espionage space. The advanced persistent threat group has
Top 10 Vulnerability Ranking by OWASP: first updated since 2017 The new list of vulnerabilities released by the non-profit foundation Open Web Application Security Project features fundamental changes. For example, Broken Access Control is now holding №1 position in the new ranking. The second place in this ranking is held by cryptographic failures since this
Third-party security breach: customer data of my MyRepublic were compromised According to the data provided by MyRepublic, the data belonging to 80,000 of its subscribers were compromised as the result of the breach affecting a third-party data storage platform. The affected system contained such data as subscribers’ national identity cards’ scanned copies and foreign residents’
Insider cybersecurity threats: 1 out of 2 companies fails to spot the following signs Most companies without regard to the field in which they operate fail to detect early indicators of insider cyberattacks. Namely, according to the information collected by the cybersecurity company DTEX Systems and the think tank Ponemon Institute, more than 50% of
Ransomware attacks targeting smart cities: actions are required right now! The power of ransomware attacks always increases. There is a risk that this type of cybercrimes may take out even the infrastructure of 5G enabled smart cities. Cybercriminals often choose government services as their primary targets. Government networks enable the provision of crucial services to
