At the start of this year, researchers looked back on 2020 and discovered it was a boom year for DDoS attacks. Now, Russian Internet giant Yandex is battling the biggest DDoS attack on record and a new Botnet may be the infrastructure powering this record-breaking attack. Giving the attack method i
Also known as REvil, and sometimes referred to as the Crown Prince of Ransomware, Sodinokibi has long been the thorn in the side of large enterprises and a headline maker. This year alone those behind the ransomware were responsible for both the JBS incident and the Kaseya incident. The latter promp
Microsoft security researchers have recently published an article detailing a widespread phishing campaign looking to steal credentials by abusing redirector links. At first, the potential victim is baited by impersonations of well-known productivity tools. They are then redirected to multiple sites
FIN8 is a purely financially motivated cybercrime organization and since 2016, the group has successfully operated by targeting retail, restaurant, hospitality, healthcare, and entertainment industries. This is done to primarily steal payment information from Point of Sale (POS) devices those indust
The LockBit ransomware gang has been operational since 2019. In June 2021, the gang deployed a newer version of the ransomware, dubbed LockBit 2.0 by its developers, was seen by researchers making a stir on underground forums. Now, a report published by Trend Micro details how the new version has be
Getting to peek behind the curtains of a ransomware operation is rare. Figuring out the inner workings of modern ransomware-as-a-service operations is an investigation that can take hours upon hours to glean the smallest bits of information. Sometimes discoveries are made that pull the curtain back
Microsoft’s ever-popular Office 365 has been a favored target for many hackers. This is partly due to the popular application enjoying widespread adoption in both the corporate and government spheres as employees use many of the bundled applications for daily work life and the ability to easily shar
Bloomberg reports that hackers have just successfully stolen roughly 600 million USD from a decentralized finance platform. The theft occurred on the Poly Network which allows users to swap tokens across several blockchains. Tens of thousands of users are believed to be impacted by the theft with a
While classified as a new strain of ransomware BlackMatter is strongly believed to be a rebranding of the DarkSide ransomware operation infamous for the Colonial Pipeline Incident that drew far too much attention to the gang. BlackMatter is more than a rebranding and does boast some unique features,
As info stealers go Racoon Stealer has to be one of the more prolific malware strains of its type in recent memory. This is due in part to the malware being offered as a service, similar to how ransomware-as-a-service or other malware-as-a-service business models have been adopted recently. This mod