The Android malware typically poses as a video player, Google Play app, or a mobile banking application. Once installed, it asks the victim to activate Accessibility Services for the app to “work correctly.”

The issue resides in Java’s implementation of the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA), a cryptographic mechanism to digitally sign messages and data for verifying the authenticity and the integrity of the contents.

Considering the Great Exfiltration, it is vital for organizations to create and implement a robust data loss prevention (DLP) strategy during the offboarding process to prevent any destruction or loss of data.

TeamTNT is actively modifying its scripts after they were made public by security researchers. These scripts primarily target Amazon Web Services, but can also run in on-premise, container, or other forms of Linux instances.

In a statement, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said the effort marks “the beginning of a new era of multilateral cooperation” for protecting the flow of data “that are critically important to our modern economy.”

Costa Rican businesses fear that the ransomware gang could have infiltrated confidential information they provided to the government. The leak of this data could pose a serious risk to these organizations.

The Russian cybercrime community, one of the most active and prolific in the world, is turning to alternative money-laundering methods due to sanctions on Russia and law enforcement actions against dark web markets.

The telecommunications company added that it severed the cybercrime group’s access to its network and disabled the credentials used in the hack after discovering the security breach.

A new VMware report states that threat actors have moved from hacking wire transfers to targeting market data. Around 75% faced at least one ransomware attack, among which 63% paid the ransom.