The attack that led Colonial Pipeline to shut down its 5,500-mile pipeline underscored that the ballooning ransomware wave isn’t just about money. Targeting the private businesses that run much of the economy also threatens national security.
A new Android malware has surfaced that fakes the Google Chrome app. Attackers used it as part of a sophisticated hybrid cyberattack campaign that also uses mobile phishing to steal credentials.
FingerprintJS said it has identified a more dubious fingerprinting technique capable of generating a consistent identifier across different desktop browsers, including the Tor Browser.
The notorious FIN7 cybercrime gang, a financially motivated group, is spreading a backdoor called Lizar under the guise of being a Windows pen-testing tool for ethical hackers.
Cybercriminals with suspected ties to Pakistan continue to rely on social engineering as a crucial component of their operations as part of an evolving espionage campaign against Indian targets, according to new research.
Microsoft Security Intelligence earlier this week tweeted out that it has been tracking a campaign of remote access trojans (RATs) targeting the aerospace and travel industries with spear-phishing emails.
European units of Japanese tech giant Toshiba are investigating a security incident in which scammers may have used a similar hacking tool to the malware used against IT systems at Colonial Pipeline.
Dubbed Lorenz, the ransomware gang began operating a month ago and has since compiled a growing list of victims whose stolen data has been published on a data leak site, as reported by BleepingComputer.
Toshiba Tec Corp, which makes products such as bar code printers and is valued at $2.3 billion, was hacked by DarkSide – the group behind the Colonial Pipeline attack, its French subsidiary said.
Researchers say more than 2,100 companies had their data leaked over data leak sites hosted by ransomware groups since 2019, suggesting cybercriminals are doing it more frequently to extort from their victims. Other cybercriminals are expected to follow the suit in the future.