eCh0raix Ransomware Variant Targets QNAP, Synology NAS Devices

Cybersecurity agencies in Australia and the U.S. are warning of an actively exploited vulnerability impacting ForgeRock’s OpenAM access management solution that could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on an affected system remotely.“The [Australian Cyber Security Centre] has observed actors exploiting this vulnerability to compromise multiple hosts and deploy additional malware and tools,”

Full Truck Alliance Co and Kanzhun Ltd, both of which recently went public in the US, plummeted 14 per cent and 10 per cennt, respectively, after China expanded its probe on the technology industry to include the firms. Beijing ordered both to halt new user registrations, in addition to Didi. ‘The decision to crack down…

Oxford University said on Thursday it was investigating a digital intrusion after a researcher said he had seen evidence that a laboratory researching COVID-19 had been hacked. The breach took place in mid-February and occurred at the Division of Structural Biology, known as Strubi, which has been carrying out research into COVID-19, according to Alex…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime as-a-service , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Cybereason’s Sam Curry on DarkSide and New Breed of Ransomware Attack Tom Field (SecurityEditor) • May 12, 2021     Sam Curry, CSO, Cybereason In April, Cybereason published a blog describing its research into the DarkSide ransomware strain that infected…

Cryptocurrency Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Threat Actors Deploying Cryptominers Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • July 26, 2021     A hacking campaign is targeting Kubernetes environments using misconfigured Argo Workflows to deploy cryptominers, according to a report by the security firm Intezer. See Also: Live Webinar | Improve Cloud Threat…

The hacker who stole around $610 million worth of cryptocurrency from Poly Network earlier this month has returned the final slice of stolen funds to the firm. The platform confirmed that it had successfully retrieved all but $33 million. ‘As of now, Poly Network has regained control of the $610 million (not including the frozen…