In what is writing itself into its own Netflix Original movie at this point, it appears Sodinokibi, also tracked as REvil, infrastructure has been taken offline for the second time this year. The news comes following statements made on the popular hacking forum XSS. The forum posts have been shared
With ransomware attacks now becoming an almost daily phenomenon governments are actively looking at new ways to combat the scourge and protect both individuals, organizations, and national interests. The Australian Minister for Home Affairs, Karen Andrews, has recently published a plan titled the “R
The Japanese tech giant, Olympus, announced that its IT systems in the US, Canada, and Latin America had suffered a cybersecurity incident. Details of the attack are thin on the ground, but the attack follows another incident that occurred in September 2021. The first attack was announced on Septemb
According to a recently published blog by Cybereason Nocturnus, researchers for the security firm have discovered a cyber espionage campaign making use of previously undiscovered malware. Researchers have, further, attributed the new espionage campaign to an also previously undisclosed threat group
Kaspersky Labs just recently published a report detailing a link between the Tomiris backdoor and the threat actors behind the SolarWinds attack that occurred towards the end of 2020. In summary, the backdoor closely resembles another piece of malware deployed by DarkHalo, SunShuttle, as well as sim
This week has seen the announcement of two separate campaigns infecting Android users with some form trojan malware. The first incident involves the discovery of a new trojan, called GriftHorse, while the second trojan distribution campaign involves an offshoot of the infamous Cerberus banking troja
Security firm eSentire published an article detailing an odd ransomware incident. In summary, the incident is odd as it used advanced techniques to gain initial access and compromise the target’s network. However, the ransomware dropped, Hello, is regarded as fairly unsophisticated. This provided re
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently published an advisory regarding the Conti ransomware. The advisory provides a comprehensive analysis of techniques used by the ransomware gang in the past and present. The advisory also noted that the Federal Bureau of Investigatio
According to research published by Microsoft, a new threat actor has been attacking developers by exploiting a vulnerability in MSHTML, tracked as CVE-2021-40444, which has been patched. Developers familiar with or use MSHTML should ensure that the patch has been installed. Microsoft describes that
It was nearly Christmas 2015 when Juniper released a statement warning customers that it had discovered unauthorized code that allowed hackers to decipher encrypted communications and gain high-level access to customers’ machines that used a popular product developed by the company. The exact wordin