Soon after Latitude Financial revealed it suffered a cyberattack, DXC Technology quietly published a note on its website stating its global network and customer support networks were not compromised.
While hack-for-hire groups may advertise, they aren’t usually helping clients get a cryptocurrency payout. And you can’t sign up for a subscription service. It’s more than likely that hack-for-hire clients have a specific target and goal in mind.
Officials noted that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had its app, finance system, and jail networks disrupted by a ransomware attack between February 21 and early March, with the attack claimed by LockBit on February 27.
Almost a year after the crisis began, a senior White House official told reporters today that the United States plans to provide $25 million in cybersecurity assistance to help Costa Rica strengthen its digital infrastructure.
In early 2020, Formbook was rebranded as Xloader, and the operators behind it moved to a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) business model, renting C2 infrastructure to customers.
New studies by NCC Group and Barracuda Networks show threat actors are increasing ransomware exploits, with consumer goods and services receiving the brunt of attacks and a large percentage of victims being hit multiple times.
To defend against RedGolf attacks, organizations are recommended to apply patches regularly, monitor access to external facing network devices, track and block identified C2 infrastructure, and configure IDS/IPS to monitor for malware detections.
The crime group created over 100 fake “phishing” sites targeting users in France, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Portugal, and other European countries, enticing them with products below market prices.
The Azure Pipelines flaw affected both the SaaS version of Azure DevOps Server and the self-hosted, on-premises version. Customers running the on-premises version need to patch their instances to remediate the RCE vulnerability.
Researchers spotted a new malware operation, named NullMixer, that hit over 8,000 targets within a week, with a special focus on North America, Italy, and France. The attackers use SEO poisoning, along with social engineering tactics to lure their potential victims, consisting mostly of IT personnel and technocrats. Now stay ahead of such threats with our […]