CVE-2021-1572

Key Findings McAfee sees COVID-19-themed cyber-attack detections increase by 114% in Q4 2020 Powershell threats grow 208% driven by Donoff malware New malware samples grow 10%; averaging 648 new threats per minute New ransomware increases 69%; Mobile malware grows 118% McAfee observes 3.1 million external attacks on cloud user accounts The Eternal Blue exploit was…

Application Security & Online Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Google Ad Leads to Malicious App Disguised as Telegram Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 17, 2021     Jannis Kirschner, an independent security researcher based in Basel, Switzerland, searched on Sunday for the desktop version of the popular messaging application Telegram. See Also:…

During the last decade, lots of business owners have talked about cloud migration and transformation, as well as cloud security. With Gartner’s most recent forecast of an 18.4% increase in worldwide public spending on cloud services in 2021, totaling almost $305 billion, it is clear this trend is only heading upward. But what are the…

The US has seized millions of dollars earmarked for a Russian hacker network as it works to take down the extortionists that held it to ransom last month. The nation’s Justice Department announced on Monday it had recovered more than half of the $US4.4 million ($A5.7 million) paid by Colonial Pipeline to Russia-based ransomware extortionists…

Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Cybercrime Market Traded Banking and Payment Credentials Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 11, 2021     The U.S. Justice Department has shut down the Slilpp cybercrime marketplace, which sold stolen credentials related to bank accounts and other payment mechanisms, in a multinational operation. See Also: Live…

The White House was working closely with top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline on Sunday (9 May) to help it recover from a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut a critical fuel network supplying populous eastern states. The attack is one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes reported and has prompted…