According to the threat actors behind the Grief ransomware strain, they have successfully compromised the National Rifle Association (NRA) network, stolen data, and encrypted their data. Bleeping Computer reports that the ransomware group posted the announcement to their leak site along with data st
In a recent article published by Emisoft, it was revealed how researchers discovered a bug in the BlackMatter ransomware’s code. This bug was exploited by researchers to create decryption keys that were secretly handed out to victims of the ransomware gang, potentially losing the gang millions
The infamous financially motivated threat group FIN7 has been discovered to be posing as a legitimate company to hire penetration testers and other cybersecurity professionals to do the heavy lifting of the preliminary steps a typical ransomware attack would follow. FIN7 also tracked as Carbanak, is
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