Chinese advanced persistent threat group, APT27, also known as Bronze Union, Emissary Panda, Iron Tiger, Lucky Mouse, or TG-3390, is now developing Linux version of their custom malware payloads. The group is best known for its cyber espionage abilities by leveraging custom malware packages. With th
For many of the readers of this publication they will be aware of the heyday of exploit kits, effective toolsets to take advantage of vulnerable software packages. When Adobe’s Flash and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer had significant market dominance these toolkits were far more common and used to ga
On February 21, 2023, South African publication MyBroadband published an article noting that Porshe South Africa’s headquarters in Johannesburg had possibly suffered a ransomware attack. The publication stated, “MyBroadband understands the attackers used a relatively new ransomware strain cal
Following several reports from security firms and cyber security publications it is apparent several ransomware gangs are actively exploiting a two-year-old vulnerability that allows for remote code execution on VMWare ESXi servers. One of the initial warnings was issued by the French Computer Emerg
On January 26, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), along with the US Department of Justice and Europol, announced that a successful campaign to infiltrate Hive ransomwares infrastructure and disrupt operations had been carried out. Hive ransomware had developed a reputation for targetin
Riot Games, the video game developer behind the ever-popular League of Legends, announced on January 20 that it had been hacked. Following the hack, the company has received a ransom demand to return source code stolen during the hack and has the allegedly stolen source placed on auction by the thre
In several previous articles we have covered how the work done by the firm Chainalysis has provided great insight into how ransomware developers and affiliates operate. We have seen how their work has contributed to arrests of ransomware operators. We have also seen how the information generated by
On January 16, 2023, cybersecurity firm Avast announced that they had released a decryptor for the BianLian ransomware, not to be confused with the Android trojan of the same name. The decryptor can be used by the victims of the ransomware strain to recover encrypted files that can no longer be acce
Many students or young adults will be familiar with the phrase Bring-Your-Own-Booze (BYOB) to denote that the person hosting the party is certainly not providing you drinks. There is something similar in the cyber security sector but it promises even less of a good time. The Bring-Your-Own-Vulnerabl
The Dark Web is not only the stomping ground of hackers and ransomware operators but several other criminal activities including drug dealing. It was estimated by the United Nations that the Dark Web drug market is now over 315 million USD annually and in 2022 it was estimated that annual sales on t