It seems that the world cannot go a week without yet another large company falling victim to one of the human-operated ransomware gangs. Last week Evil Corp, the gang behind WastedLocker successfully attacked Garmin resulting in the company having to shut down many of its services, including its cal
Based on research published by security firm McAfee has confirmed that the gang behind the NetWalker ransomware have established themselves as one of the most dangerous ransomware operators on the threat landscape. The research conducted by the firm reveals that the gang has potentially netted 25 mi
When Kaspersky Labs provided evidence the North Korean state-sponsored hacker collective named Lazarus was behind the WannaCry ransomware debacle that propelled ransomware into the limelight of malware, some scoffed. Those that believed it not to be the case seemingly also ignored evidence provided
For Garmin’s vast user base the news that something is wrong with the services offered, is perhaps painfully old by now. In summary, reports began emerging as soon as July 23 that large swathes of the company’s services were offline. The company remained quiet as to why services were offline except
One of the key ways academics and researchers prevent cyberattacks is by finding flaws and vulnerabilities in software packages before hackers can. The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities were found in this way and prompted major tech giants to find solutions before irreparable damage could be done
After an extended hiatus of nearly five months, Emotet has surged back to life with a new campaign sending out malicious emails to users worldwide. Historically the malware has been spread via malicious emails containing documents, often Word or Excel being the favored platforms to exploit, containi
Reports began emerging on July 15 that certain high profile Twitter users, including Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and Wiz Khalifa, were advertising a way to double your money if you sent an amount of cryptocurrency to a specific wallet. Claims similar to this have been seen numerous times before in several
The last time this publication covered Phorpiex it was seen distributing the Nemty across its botnet infrastructure. In the past the botnet was seen distributing GandCrab, however, researchers discovered that the botnet was seen distributing a new ransomware called Avaddon during the preceding month
The year has already seen several new ransomware strains emerge into the wild as well as some new campaigns from new ransomware families. With the discovery of Conti this trend continues. Conti does not deserve mention for being part of a trend but rather for the unique features and the unique spin
For the most part, Google has made several great strides in preventing malware from abusing the Google Play app store. Better security policies and procedures help prevent the Android user base from increasingly becoming victims supporting a hacker’s needs. That being said, it is not impossible for