The malware derives its name from GitHub, and Pastebin – which are used for propagation – and 12 different exploits for previously-known vulnerabilities.

Brute-force attacks typically are aimed at computers and devices on organizational networks to capture email addresses, passwords, passphrases, usernames, and PINs.

Based on incidents reported to Beazley’s in-house breach response team, BBR Services, ransomware attacks increased in terms of both severity and costs this year compared to 2019.

Microsoft’s GitHub plans to stop accepting account passwords as a way to authenticate Git operations, starting August 13, 2021, following a test period without passwords two-weeks earlier.

Business email compromise attacks have surged over the past year-and-a-half, while scams designed to part users with their money remain a persistent phishing threat, according to Barracuda Networks.

Avast said it discovered the extensions last month and found evidence that some had been active since at least December 2018, when users started reporting issues with being redirected to other sites.

Using this attack technique, after compromising a network, an attacker can extract password hashes to bypass and forge credentials for other systems on the same network.

Insertion of an obfuscated DNA could create dangerous substances, including synthetic viruses or toxic material, that the software designed to implement the screening guidelines would not be able to detect.

Researchers observed a VHD file containing a PDF document and an executable file masquerading as a Microsoft Word document, which actually contained the Zebrocy malware.

Recent deployments of Ryuk and Egregor ransomware have involved the use of SystemBC backdoor to laterally move across the network and fetch additional payloads for further exploitation.