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"New Malware Samples Indicate Return of REvil Ransomware"Security researchers at Secureworks have claimed that new malware samples and a new Tor-based leak website suggest that the REvil ransomware operation has been resumed. Secureworks, which tracks the group behind REvil as Gold Southfield, has… -
"Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Warns of New Zero-Day Being Exploited"Microsoft recently released critical software updates to fix at least 73 documented security flaws in the Windows ecosystem and warned that unknown attackers are already launching zero-day man-in-the-middle attacks. The zero-day, flagged as CVE-…
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"HC3: Ransomware Groups Leveraged Remote Access, Encryption Tools in Q1"The US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) observed an increase in the use of legitimate tools such as Cobalt Strike and Mimikatz by ransomware groups during the first quarter of 2022. HC3…
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"Quantum Ransomware"A recently released DFIR Report details security researchers' findings from the analysis of Quantum Ransomware, which is a variant first discovered in August 2021. Quantum Ransomware was found to be linked to the Quantum Locker operation and a rebrand of…
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"FBI: Thailand and Hong Kong Banks Used Most in BEC"The FBI has warned that fraudsters have tried to steal over $43bn via business email compromise (BEC) attacks over the past six years, with Asian banks the primary recipients of stolen funds. The FBI stated that between July 2019 and December 2021…
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"Critical Infrastructure Firms See Cyberattacks Surge"Security researchers from Bridewell have discovered that more than 70% of UK critical national infrastructure (CNI) providers have seen an increase in cyberattacks since the start of the war in Ukraine. The security services provider polled over…
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"UK Schools Offered Free Cyber Defense Tools"Schools in the UK can now use free cyber defense tools from the nation's leading experts to help them strengthen the protection of their emails and websites from cyberattacks. The UK government encourages all UK schools to sign up for Mail Check and Web…
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"Scammer Infects His Own Machine With Spyware, Reveals True Identity"A scammer who stole over 800,000 credentials from nearly 28,000 victims within the past several years exposed himself after infecting his own machine with info-stealing malware. While tracking a group called Nigerian Tesla among threat actors targeting…
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"Illinois College, Hit by Ransomware Attack, to Shut Down"Lincoln College, located in Illinois, is scheduled to close its doors Friday, becoming the first U.S. institution of higher learning to shut down in part due to a ransomware attack. A goodbye note posted to the school's website noted that it could…
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"Exploits Created for Critical F5 BIG-IP Flaw, Install Patch Immediately"Cybersecurity researchers from Horizon3 and Positive Technologies created exploits for a new critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP networking devices, warning all administrators to immediately install the latest security updates…
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"Beware: This Cheap and ‘Homemade’ DCRat Malware Is Surprisingly Effective"DCRat malware provides complete backdoor access to Windows systems. This backdoor malware has existed since 2018 but has been redesigned and relaunched multiple times. It is being sold on several Russian-speaking underground forums for as little as $5…
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"Data breach Discovered at IKEA Canada impacts 95,000 Customers"IKEA has recently notified Canada's privacy watchdog following a large data breach involving the personal information of approximately 95,000 customers. In a statement, IKEA said that some of its customers' personal information appeared in the…