Threat actors exchange beacons for badgers to evade endpoint security
Unidentified cyber threat actors have started using Brute Ratel C4 (BRc4), an adversary simulation tool similar to Cobalt Strike, to try to avoid detection by endpoint …
Is the UK government prepared for its greatest threat?
Jen Easterly, the director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has warned the UK government that they could be the victim of a 9/11-style …
EMEA continues to be a hotspot for malware threats
Ransomware detections in the first quarter of this year doubled the total volume reported for 2021, according to the latest quarterly Internet Security Report from the …
Detection, isolation, and negotiation: Improving your ransomware preparedness and response
The risks presented by ransomware and cyber extortion events have likely found a place in your own security team’s discussions, and rightfully so. Ransomware attacks have …
Automotive hose manufacturer hit by ransomware, shuts down production control system
A US subsidiary of Nichirin Co., a Japan-based company manufacturing and selling automotive hoses and hose parts, has been hit with ransomware, which resulted in the shut down …
After being breached once, many companies are likely to be hit again
Cymulate announced the results of a survey, revealing that two-thirds of companies who have been hit by cybercrime in the past year have been hit more than once, with almost …
Researchers unearth highly evasive “parasitic” Linux malware
Security researchers at Intezer and BlackBerry have documented Symbiote, a wholly unique, multi-purpose piece of Linux malware that is nearly impossible to detect. “What …
Qbot – known channel for ransomware – delivered via phishing and Follina exploit
More than a week has passed since Microsoft acknowledged the existence of the “Follina” vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190), after reports of it being exploited in the …
RansomHouse: Bug bounty hunters gone rogue?
A new cybercrime outfit that calls itself RansomHouse is attempting to carve out a niche of the cyber extortion market for itself by hitting organizations, stealing their …
Cardiologist charged for use and sale of ransomware
The US Attorney’s Office is charging a Venezuelan cardiologist with attempted computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions. The charges stem from his use …
Emotet is the most common malware
HP announced that the HP Wolf Security threat research team has identified a 27-fold increase in detections resulting from Emotet malicious spam campaigns in Q1 2022, compared …
79% of organizations have activated a disaster recovery response within the past 12 months
Zerto recently commissioned IDC to conduct a major ransomware and disaster preparedness survey, which revealed that 79% of respondents have activated a disaster recovery (DR) …