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SonicWall: ‘Imminent risk’ of ransomware attack – Security
SonicWall is warning of an imminent risk of a ransomware attack targeting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series and Secure Remote Access (SRA) products in a security notice today. “Organizations that fail to take appropriate actions to mitigate these vulnerabilities on their SRA and SMA 100 series products are at imminent risk of a targeted…
Interpol Thwarts Online Fraud Intercepting $83 Million Illicit Funds in the Asia-Pacific Region – HOTforSecurity
Amid increasing cyber-enabled financial crimes, Interpol announced its latest successful operation, which intercepted a whopping $83 million in illicit funds. According to a press release, law enforcement agencies in the Asia Pacific region opened more than 1,400 investigations between September 2020 and March 2021 Over six months, the Interpol-coordinated operation, codenamed HAECHI-I l, led to…
Is Cryptocurrency-Mining Malware Due for a Comeback?
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cryptocurrency Fraud If Ransomware Should Decline as a Viable Criminal Business Model, What Comes Next? Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 16, 2021 Source: Cisco Talos The world is now focused on ransomware, perhaps more so than any previous cybersecurity threat in history. But if…
New zero-click iPhone exploit used to deploy NSO spyware
Digital threat researchers at Citizen Lab have uncovered a new zero-click iMessage exploit used to deploy NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on devices belonging to Bahraini activists. In total, nine Bahraini activists (including members of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Waad, Al Wefaq) had their iPhones hacked in a campaign partially orchestrated by a Pegasus operator linked with high confidence…
DarkSide’s Pipeline Ransomware Hit: Strictly Business?
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Affiliate-Driven Ransomware-as-a-Service Operations Keep Generating Big Profits Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • May 11, 2021 Statements posted to DarkSide’s data leak site “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.” See Also: Live Webinar | Software Security: Prescriptive vs. Descriptive That immortal…
Ransomware Hits Hundreds of US Companies, Security Firm Says | Voice of America
A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. The REvil gang, a major Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, appears to be behind the attack, said John Hammond of the security firm Huntress Labs. He said the criminals targeted a…