Ransomware attacks have affected schools like Ohio’s Groveport Madison Schools, causing disruptions to internet access and damage to devices, but efforts to restore systems and minimize data theft have been successful.
New ransomware families like Albabat, Kasseika, and Kuiper are gaining traction, with Kuiper being attributed to a threat actor named RobinHood and leveraging the concurrency-focused nature of Golang.
Vladimir Dunaev was extradited to the US in October 2021 and pleaded guilty to charges related to computer fraud and identity theft. He developed malicious tools that aided in data theft and fraud, resulting in millions of dollars in losses.
The railway network, spanning 4,500 kilometers in Saudi Arabia, faces challenges in securing its legacy and modern technologies, especially with the introduction of IoT signaling and communication systems.
The hackers who recently broke into Microsoft’s network and monitored top executives’ email for two months did so by gaining access to an aging test account with administrative privileges, a major lapse on the company’s part, a researcher said.
Aleksandr Ermakov, a Russian cybercriminal, has been sanctioned by Australia, the UK, and the US for his alleged involvement in the Medibank data breach and his ties to the REvil ransomware group.
These packages target Windows systems and Linux hosts, with the Windows payload being a variant of WhiteSnake malware capable of stealing information and executing commands.
Despite Google’s efforts to enforce abuse policies and remove malicious ads, cybercrooks are finding new ways to evade detection and continue to lead users to malware-infected websites.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Main Intelligence Directorate claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, known as “Planeta,” and wiped 2 petabytes of data.
The majority of GoAnywhere MFT admin interfaces running on default port settings are hosted in the U.S., with more than 3 in 5 publicly exposed instances hosted on cloud networks operated by Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.