Kaseya, a software company that provides services to more than 40,000 organizations around the world, said on Friday that it was investigating the possibility that it had been the victim of a cyberattack.
Cybersecurity researchers revealed details about a new Mirai-inspired botnet called “mirai_ptea” that leverages an undisclosed vulnerability in digital video recorders (DVR) provided by KGUARD to propagate and carry out distributed DDoS attacks.
After the Babuk ransomware operators have announced that they decided to close the affiliate program and move to data theft extortion, the group seems to have returned to their previous methods of encrypting corporate systems.
Microsoft has assigned CVE-2021-34527 to the print spooler remote code execution vulnerability known as “PrintNightmare” and confirmed that the offending code is lurking in all versions of Windows.
Cobalt Strike has become one of the most misused tools in the cybercrime world as a recent report showed a 161% year-pn-year increase in cyberattacks using this tool. This tool is now used by general commodity malware operators rather than espionage threat actors and APTs, which makes it a worrisome threat.
On its official blog accessible via Tor browser, as seen by Hackread.com, the ransomware operator claims to have “downloaded databases and other important data” belonging to the telecom giant.
CEO Kelly Ahuja says that the proceeds — which bring Versa’s total raised to $196 million — will be put toward scaling the company’s platform and expanding its marketing and global sales teams.
A data breach has been reported by QSure insurance firm in South Africa. As a result of this incident, sensitive information like bank account details were stolen, according to Money Web.
Sevco Security today formally launched with $15M in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures, with participation from .406 Ventures, Accomplice, Bill Wood Ventures, and fama Ventures.
In a recent study, a team of researchers from India and Yemen described a novel, two-step cryptography technique – the first to combine genetic technology with mathematical technique.