The average time allocated for payment varies between 5-7 days, to give the victim some time to purchase BTC or XMR cryptocurrency. In case of difficulties, the victim may engage an “intermediary” for further recovery process.
The Central Public Works Department has been facing a spate of targeted cyberattacks on computers across its offices, according to an advisory it issued to employees last week, reiterating earlier cybersecurity guidelines.
It is possible to perform single-click account hijacking by abusing the OAuth process flow, a security researcher has found. Attackers can abuse OAuth implementations to steal secure access tokens and perform one-click account hijacking.
Earlier in March this year, Ronin Network (RON), a blockchain network underpinning the famous crypto game Axie Infinity and Axie DAO suffered the largest crypto hack against a decentralized finance network reported to date.
Brazen cybercriminals are now posing as cybersecurity companies in phishing messages which claim that the recipient has been hit by a cyber attack and that they should urgently respond in order to protect their network.
PyPI, which is managed by the Python Software Foundation, is the main repository where Python developers can get third-party-developed open-source packages for their projects.
In November 2020, Netgain, a provider of managed IT services to several industries, fell victim to a ransomware attack that impacted numerous organizations in the healthcare sector, all of which were informed of the incident by January 2021.
Nation-state threat actors are leveraging Brute Ratel, a red-teaming attack simulation tool, to evade detection by EDR and antivirus, in place of Cobalt Strike. It costs around $2,500 per user for a one-year license, with customers having to provide a business email address that should be verified before getting a license. Organizations are suggested to […]
New ransomware, dubbed RedAlert or N13V, encrypts both Linux and Windows VMware ESXi servers on corporate networks. Currently, the group has only one victim listed on its data leak site. Similar to other enterprise-targeting ransomware operations, RedAlert carries out double-extortion attacks, in which data is stolen and then ransomware is deployed to encrypt devices.
The phishing email implies the recipient’s company has been breached and insists the victim call the included phone number. The campaign leverages similar social-engineering tactics to those employed in WIZARD SPIDER’s 2021 BazarCall campaign.