eCh0raix Ransomware Variant Targets QNAP, Synology NAS Devices
eCh0raix Ransomware Variant Targets QNAP, Synology NAS Devices
According to cybersecurity specialists, unknown cybercriminals hacked the servers of Mongolian Certificate Authority (CA) MonPass and abused the company’s website in order to distribute malware. The organization analysis that started in April 2021 shows that a public web server hosted by MonPass was breached potentially eight separate times. Avast researchers discovered eight different webshells and…
Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management , Internet of Things Security Researcher: If Exploited, an Attacker at Close Range Could Inject Malicious Code Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 14, 2021 A Belgian security researcher says he uncovered vulnerabilities that affect all modern Wi-Fi security protocols and most wirelessly connected devices, including smartphones,…
Attacks employing the TrickBot malware continue, leveraging phishing emails as the initial infection vector, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warn. In a joint advisory published on Wednesday, the two agencies revealed that a sophisticated group of cybercrime actors is leveraging a traffic infringement phishing scheme to lure…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service The Agency Will Elevate the Role of National Central Bureaus to Fight Cybercrimes Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • July 10, 2021 Interpol announced that it will boost the role of country-specific National Central Bureaus to fight ransomware and other cybercrimes. The announcement from the agency comes…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Monday released a draft framework for a voluntary, risk-based approach to cyber security for the election infrastructure community. The new draft guidance, Cybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure… Already a subscriber or….
The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI. The case against the attorney, Michael Sussmann, is just the second prosecution brought by special counsel John Durham in two-and-a-half years of work. Yet neither case brought…