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  • "North Korean Hackers Targeting Small and Midsize Businesses with H0lyGh0st Ransomware"

    Since September 2021, an emerging threat cluster originating in North Korea has been linked to the development and use of ransomware in cyberattacks against small businesses. The group, known as H0lyGh0st after the ransomware payload of the same name, is…

  • "Unprecedented DDoS Attack in June Originated From Mantis Botnet"

    The source of June's record-breaking Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack was a new botnet called Mantis, which is now considered the most powerful botnet to date. The highest rate of the attack was 26 million requests per second, coming from 5,…

  • "Organizations Not Confident They Can Protect Sensitive Data in the Public Cloud"

    According to a report recently released by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), 67 percent of organizations host sensitive data or workloads in the public cloud. While 89 percent of respondents believe that Cloud Service Provider (CSP) security controls…

  • "Safer Web Surfing With a New Method for Detecting Malicious Modes"

    Researchers Yong-joon Lee of Far East University and Won-shik Na of Namseoul University, both in the Republic of Korea, have described a novel method for detecting hidden malicious code in websites. In contrast to currently employed methods, their…

  • "Businesses Are Adding More Endpoints, But Can’t Manage Them All"

    Security researchers at Ponemon Institute conducted a survey and discovered that most enterprises struggle to maintain visibility and control of their endpoint devices, leading to increased security breaches and impaired ability to ward off outside…

  • "Cryptocurrency 'Mixers' See Record Transactions From Sanctioned Actors"

    Security researchers at Chainalysis have discovered that the use of so-called cryptocurrency “mixers,” which combine various types of assets to mask their origin, peaked at a 30-day average of nearly $52 million worth of digital currency in April,…

  • "Fewer Fall Victim to Data Breaches as Attackers Switch to Business in 2022"

    According to new research condcuted by Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a US-based non-profit that provides identity crime advice, the number of people falling victim to data breaches has fallen back from last year’s record high.  They put…

  • "CIA Coder Convicted of Massive Leak of US Hacking Tools"

    A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) programmer was recently found guilty in New York federal court of the 2017 leak of the US spy agency's most valuable hacking tools to WikiLeaks two years after his initial prosecution ended in a mistrial.  …

  • "PayPal-Themed Phishing Kit Allows Complete Identity Theft"

    Akamai researchers analyzed a phishing kit that leads users through a series of pages and forms intended to gather information that can later be used to steal the victims' identities, commit money laundering, open cryptocurrency accounts, make false tax…

  • "MacOS Bug Could Let Malicious Code Break Out of Application Sandbox"

    Microsoft has disclosed a now-fixed vulnerability in Apple's macOS that would have allowed attackers to elevate device privileges and install additional malicious payloads by enabling certain types of code to circumvent the operating system's App Sandbox…

  • "New Lilith Ransomware Emerges With Extortion Site, Lists First Victim"

    A new ransomware operation called 'Lilith' has been launched, and its first victim has already been posted on a data leak site designed to support double-extortion attacks. JAMESWT discovered Lilith, a C/C++ console-based ransomware designed for 64-bit…

  • "State-Backed Hackers Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns"

    Since early 2021, many campaigns have been carried out by nation-state hacking groups affiliated with China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey that target journalists to conduct espionage and spread malware. According to Proofpoint, phishing attempts aimed…