The Indian government announced that it had rescued 250 Indian citizens enslaved by a Cambodian cybercrime gang. The kidnapped Indians were forced to serve and commit cybercrimes. The short statement read as follows, We have seen media reports on Indian nationals stuck in Cambodia…Our Embas
In a recently published article by Netcraft, a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform targeting iPhones via the iMessage application has been discovered. Named Darcula, the platform uses 20,000 domains to spoof brands and steal credentials from Android and iPhone users in more than 100 countrie
Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a DarkGate malware campaign using a vulnerability already patched in Windows Defender’s Smart Screen utility. Summarizing their discovery, they stated, The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 202
Several news outlets, including Reuters, have been covering a fair amount of exciting news regarding the BlackCat ransomware gang, also tracked as ALPHV by this publication. When this publication last covered BlackCat operations, they were seen exploiting both the Impacket and RemCom frameworks to
Following the announcement and subsequent patching of CVE-2024-1709, several security researchers have noted ransomware gangs have been seen trying to exploit the flaw. If the flaw is exploited, it allows an attacker to create admin accounts on Internet-exposed servers, delete all other users, and
According to the latest report published by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG), the rise of commercial surveillance vendors is driving zero-day vulnerability discovery, development, and exploitation. This poses significant risks to free speech, the free press, and the open internet. Commerci
According to a recently published report by security firm ESET, a new sophisticated Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group called Blackwood has emerged from the shadows. Researchers discovered that the APT group was conducting cyberespionage campaigns against businesses and individuals. Based on wh
Security firm CyberArk has developed an online version of its White Phoenix decryptor, designed to help make it easier for victims to decrypt encrypted files. This can help victims of specific ransomware attacks recover files without downloading a GitHub repository. To use the online version o
In the space of little over a month, security firm Kaspersky discovered not one but two trojan malware that target macOS machines being spread via cracked software packages. This again shows the danger of downloading and installing pirated and cracked software to save a few dollars. Security r
In a joint advisory issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), both agencies warned that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet focused on cloud credential theft and using the stolen information to deliv