The US Coast Guard announced that it had suffered a ransomware infection which resulted in the shutdown of a maritime facility for more than 30 hours. The security bulletin, published just before Christmas, also stated that the ransomware was Ryuk. The bulletin, however, makes no mention of the name
On December 23, Russian news agencies began reporting that the government had concluded a series of tests designed to disconnect Russia from the Internet. The tests involved Russian government agencies, local internet service providers, and local Russian internet companies with the main aim of the t
In a recent report security researchers have found evidence showing that a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, APT20, has been able to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) in a recent campaign. Advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are typically defined as groups, more often than not state-sp
What could be worse than being infected by one piece of malware? The answer is painfully obvious, in that more than one infection is worse. What started as a lame joke may be a reality for organizations infected with Legion Loader. In a recent campaign discovered by researchers, a threat actor is at
Payment processing giant Visa warns that North American fuel pumps are currently being targeted by cybercrime syndicates looking to install Point of Sale (PoS) malware across their networks. PoS malware is typically seen as malware designed to steal credit card information from the point of sale dev
Phishing, namely the fraudulent attempt to gain an individual's personal information or credit card information via the use of emails and fake websites, continues to be a favored tactic employed by hackers to part users with money and information that can be used for identity theft. In a recent blog
New and novel ways to further a malware main objectives do not happen too often. Hackers prefer to use tried and tested means to distribute and deploy malware. Even the development of new malware is generally done by veteran groups of hackers with a certain skillset. When a new trick is seen interes
After a two year hiatus the botnet, named Great Cannon, has been resurrected back to life to carry our DDoS attacks. A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the traffic heading to a server, network, or website by flooding the infrastructure with traffic. This
Researchers have discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT), that is currently being used to steal login credentials, record video, and includes a keylogging component to assist in its objectives. Given the amount of news surfacing regarding ransomware and exploit kits most can be forgiven if they
Cryptocurrency exchanges have been a target for hackers wanting to get their hands on cryptocurrency when they first began offering their services. Now, according to a statement made by Upbit, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, they have suffered a 48.5 million USD loss as a result of hackers.