Malware Makers Using ‘Exotic’ Programming Languages
Malware Makers Using ‘Exotic’ Programming Languages
WASHINGTON: Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said Sunday (Jul 18), igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses. The use of the software, called Pegasus and developed by Israel’s NSO group, was reported on by the Washington Post, the…
Justice Department Tracked the Payment to an FBI-Controlled Bitcoin Wallet Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 7, 2021 The U.S. Justice Department on Monday reported it recouped $2.3 million of the $4.4 million ransom Colonial Pipeline Co. paid following a May 7 DarkSide ransomware attack. The DOJ’s Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force…
The vulnerability in question exists in the single sign-on and password management solution since early August 2021. Zoho Corporation is an Indian multinational technology company that creates web-based business tools, being known for its online office suite named Zoho. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539 was discovered in the Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus software. The vulnerability in question can allow attackers to take over vulnerable systems…
Ransomware attacks continue to be in the headlines everywhere, and are also an almost weekly reoccurring subject in the SANS Newsbites. As useful as many of the reports are that security firms and researchers publish on the subject, they often focus heavily on one particular incident or type of ransomware, and the associated “indicators of…
E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News 23. August 2021 This article has been indexed from E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News According to a Fox News correspondent, the US State Department was hit by a cyberattack, and the Department of Defense Cyber Command was…
SonicWall is just the latest security vendor to see its products used to perpetuate ransomware attacks. SonicWall has issued an urgent security notice warning users of unpatched End-Of-Life (EOL) SRA & SMA 8.X remote access devices that they have been made aware of an imminent ransomware campaign using stolen credentials. The exploitation targets a known…