Ryuk Ransomware Gang Uses Zerologon Bug for Lightning-Fast Attack
Researchers said the group was able to move from initial phish to full domain-wide encryption in just five hours.
Microsoft Exchange, Outlook Under Siege By APTs
A new threat report shows that APTs are switching up their tactics when exploiting Microsoft services like Exchange and OWA, in order to avoid detection.
Game Titles Watch Dogs: Legion, Albion Both Targeted by Hackers
In both cases, cybercriminals claim to have reams of information for the popular gaming titles.
Microsoft: Most-Imitated Brand for Phishing Emails
The shift to remote working spurred Microsoft and Amazon to the top of the heap for cybercriminals to use as lures in the third quarter.
GravityRAT: The spy returns
In 2018, researchers at Cisco Talos published a post on the spyware GravityRAT, used to target the Indian armed forces. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) first discovered the Trojan in 2017. Its creators are believed to be Pakistani hacker groups. According to our information, the campaign has been active since at least 2015,…
Phishers Capitalize on Headlines with Breakneck Speed
Marking a pivot from COVID-19 scams, researchers track a single threat actor through the evolution from the pandemic to PayPal, and on to more timely voter scams — all with the same infrastructure.
Microsoft Fixes RCE Flaws in Out-of-Band Windows Update
The two important-severity flaws in Microsoft Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code could enable remote code execution.
Biden Campaign Staffers Targeted in Cyberattack Leveraging Anti-Virus Lure, Dropbox Ploy
Google’s Threat Analysis Group sheds more light on targeted credential phishing and malware attacks on the staff of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
Phishing Lures Shift from COVID-19 to Job Opportunities
Fortinet researchers are seeing a pivot in the spear-phishing and phishing lures used by cybercriminals, to entice potential job candidates as businesses open up.
Dickey’s BBQ Breach: Meaty 3M Payment Card Upload Drops on Joker’s Stash
After cybercriminals smoked out 3 million compromised payment cards on the Joker’s Stash marketplace, researchers linked the data to a breach at the popular barbecue franchise.