Río Hondo College in Southern California experienced a cybersecurity incident that disrupted campus functions and financial aid disbursements, potentially indicating a ransomware attack.
Ransomware gang Alphv, also known as BlackCat, claims to have stolen data from Advarra, a firm that assists with medical trials. The criminals gained access to an executive’s accounts by SIM swapping their cellphone number.
The attackers use hijacked Facebook accounts and create multiple profiles featuring photos of young women to entice users to click on infected links. Clicking on the ads downloads a malicious file that steals browser cookies and passwords.
The new version addresses criticisms of previous versions by including metrics for safety, automation, recovery, value density, vulnerability response effort, and provider urgency.
Dallas County in Texas has provided an update on a ransomware attack that was reported earlier this week. The county was able to stop the hackers before they could encrypt files or systems.
The Kirkland, Washington-based security company raised $61 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Spark Capital, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Amplify Partners, The Chainsmoker’s Mantis VC, and Banana Capital.
Out of the 15 vulnerabilities patched, 13 of which were reported by external researchers. Three of the bugs are rated as high severity, while the remaining ones are medium and low severity.
Graylog has raised $39 million in its Series C funding round co-led by Silver Lake Waterman, Piper Sandler Merchant Banking, and Harbert Growth Partners. It includes $9 million in equity and $30 million in a “flex debt” facility.
Microsoft’s block on Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros has led attackers to experiment with different file types, with XLL files now being used as a means to distribute malware.
VMware Carbon Black’s Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) has discovered numerous previously unknown vulnerable kernel drivers that could be exploited by hackers to modify firmware or gain elevated privileges.