The Ryuk ransomware has long been both a thorn in the side of victims and an unmitigated success for its developers. In a sample of the malware discovered by the French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI), the offending ransomware has gone through yet another evolution to
Late on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Microsoft warned of a Chinese state-sponsored group actively exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities in targeted campaigns. Along with the warning Microsoft has also released out-of-band patches to help prevent further exploitation by the state-sponsored hacking grou
The threat posed to critical infrastructure via cyber-attacks has long been a major concern for security researchers. Recent developments have seen ransomware gangs actively targeting critical infrastructure. The HelloKitty ransomware variant might be best known for its attack upon CD Projekt Red, b
Details of a new malware designed to target Macs, called Silver Sparrow, has already infected close on 30,000 separate machines. The malware was discovered by researchers from Red Canary who subsequently analyzed the malware along with Malwarebytes and VMWare Carbon Black. In a subsequent report pub
Over the past week or so investigations into the recent SolarWinds attack which made international headlines in December 2020 have or are close to concluding. The revelations of the investigations show a truly massive scale of operations employed by the attackers, with many, including the US governm
In terms of law enforcement striking back at cybercriminals, the last few weeks have brought more than a few good stories. From two ransomware gangs ceasing operations in part due to collaborative law enforcement operations spanning several countries and there want to make up for some of the harm, t
The Polish game developer, best known for the Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, has recently taken to Facebook and Twitter to confirm that they had suffered a ransomware attack. The game developer has recently been in the news a lot following the shambolic release of Cyberpunk 2077, and for none of the
Recently, not one but two ransomware gangs have called it a day. For those who are victims of both the Ziggy and Fonix, ransomware strains will be pleased to know that both gangs have released decryption keys to help assist victims to recover their encrypted data. While the act may be viewed as a ge
In the past, the research conducted by Chainalysis has provided levels of insight into ransomware operations that were sorely lacking in the past. By following the “money”, largely in the form of the trail left by ransomware gangs who utilize cryptocurrencies as their main vehicle for conducting the
In a report published by ESET, titled “A wild Kobalos appears: Tricksy Linux malware goes after HPCs” details of a new malware strain which has been seen to target high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. Typically, HPC are collections of servers, referred to as nodes, connected to each other via