Security News

Microsoft: Ransomware Attacks Growing More Dangerous, Complex
2024-10-17 21:04

Attackers launched 600 million cybercriminal and nation-state threats on Microsoft customers daily, including ransomware attacks, in the last year, according to the tech giant.

Russian RomCom Attacks Target Ukrainian Government with New SingleCamper RAT Variant
2024-10-17 16:13

The Russian threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at Ukrainian government agencies and unknown Polish entities since at least late 2023. The intrusions...

BianLian ransomware claims attack on Boston Children's Health Physicians
2024-10-17 15:37

The BianLian ransomware group has claimed the cyberattack on Boston Children's Health Physicians (BCHP) and threatens to leak stolen files unless a ransom is paid. [...]

Brazilian police claim they've cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks
2024-10-17 14:00

Early stage opsec failures lead to landmark arrest of suspected serial data thief Brazilian police are being cagey with the details about the arrest of a person suspected to be responsible for...

SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack
2024-10-17 10:15

An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor with suspected ties to India has sprung forth with a flurry of attacks against high-profile entities and strategic infrastructures in the Middle East and...

U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks
2024-10-17 09:03

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged two Sudanese brothers with running a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet for hire that conducted a record 35,000 DDoS attacks in a single year,...

SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaw is now exploited in attacks
2024-10-16 19:53

CISA has added three flaws to its 'Known Exploited Vulnerabilities' (KEV) catalog, among which is a critical hardcoded credentials flaw in SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) that the vendor fixed in...

Understand these seven password attacks and how to stop them
2024-10-16 14:01

Hackers are always looking for new ways to crack passwords and gain access to your organization's data and systems. In this post, Specops Software discusses the seven most common password attacks...

From Misuse to Abuse: AI Risks and Attacks
2024-10-16 11:25

AI from the attacker’s perspective: See how cybercriminals are leveraging AI and exploiting its vulnerabilities to compromise systems, users, and even other AI applications Cybercriminals and AI:...

Astaroth Banking Malware Resurfaces in Brazil via Spear-Phishing Attack
2024-10-16 07:20

A new spear-phishing campaign targeting Brazil has been found delivering a banking malware called Astaroth (aka Guildma) by making use of obfuscated JavaScript to slip past security guardrails....