Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist
Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist
Enterprise cloud security firm Qualys has become the latest victim to join a long list of entities to have suffered a data breach after zero-day vulnerabilities in its Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) server were exploited to steal sensitive business documents. As proof of access to the data, the cybercriminals behind the recent hacks targeting…
On July 28, 2021, President Biden issued a Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems. The Memo recognizes that the protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure lies not only with government, i.e., at the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels, but with critical infrastructure owners and operators. In addition, the Memo states…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Researchers: Hackers Exploit Remote Admin Tools Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • March 9, 2021 Iran cyberespionage campaign’s targets (Source: Trend Micro) Hackers with suspected ties to Iran are continuing to wage a cyberespionage campaign against government agencies, academia and…
After Microsoft warned its customers against a Chinese nation-state cyberattack that is targeting the tech giant’s “Exchange Server” software, ransomware gangs have started to target vulnerable instances. Microsoft has confirmed that a new strain of ransomware is targeting vulnerable on-premise Microsoft Exchange Servers through ProxyLogon vulnerabilities as cybercriminal groups focus on those who haven’t (or…
Operating system creators offer code signing to help you steer clear of hostile software, but Microsoft may have inadvertently broken the trust that signing is meant to create. BleepingComputer says Microsoft has confirmed that it signed Netfilter, a third-party driver for Windows containing rootkit malware that circulated in the gaming community. It passed through the…
Application Security & Online Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Google Ad Leads to Malicious App Disguised as Telegram Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 17, 2021 An illustration of the desktop version of Telegram. (Source: Telegram) Jannis Kirschner, an independent security researcher based in Basel, Switzerland, searched on Sunday for the…