Cybercriminals took advantage of WFH to target financial services companies, says Financial Stability Board report

Iranian state-sponsored attackers have been linked to a variety of cyberespionage activities aimed at organizations all over the world. Flashpoint security experts recently discovered another ransomware strain from Iran, that has been operating since July 2020. According to Flashpoint, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was running a ransomware campaign through Emen Net Pasargard, an Iranian…

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management PDF Documents Stuffed With SEO Keywords Lead to Malware Attacks Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 16, 2021     SEO poisoning attacks use thousands of PDFs stuffed with links to malware. (Image: Pixabay) SolarMarker backdoor malware operators are using “SEO poisoning” techniques to deploy the…

The emails of federal prosecutors’ offices around the country were hacked by Russian intelligence during the SolarWinds cyber attack. The Russian hackers had access to the emails of federal prosecutors in New York, California,  DC and other jurisdictions from May to December 2020. The Justice Department released the update to “increase transparency” with the public…

ESET researchers discover a new Lazarus backdoor deployed against a freight logistics firm in South Africa ESET researchers have discovered a previously undocumented Lazarus backdoor, which they have dubbed Vyveva, being used to attack a freight logistics company in South Africa. The backdoor consists of multiple components and communicates with its C&C server via the…

Are you doing enough to prevent scammers from hijacking your social media accounts? Even if you have chosen a strong, unique password for your online presence and enabled two-factor authentication it’s possible that you’ve overlooked another way in which online criminals could commandeer your social media accounts and spam out a message to your followers….

Background On July 2, 2021, Kaseya, an IT Management software firm, disclosed a security incident impacting their on-prem version of Kaseya VSA software. Kaseya VSA is a cloud-based MSP platform that allows service providers to perform patch management, backups, and client monitoring for their customers. As per Kaseya, the majority of their customers that rely…