FBI: Hackers use BadUSB to target defense firms with ransomware
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned US companies in a recently updated flash alert that the financially motivated FIN7…
Why We Need To Reframe the False-Positive Problem
Efforts to tune or build behavior- or signature-based threat identification requires time and effort most organizations don't have.
Attackers Exploit Log4j Flaws in Hands-on-Keyboard Attacks to Drop Reverse Shells
Microsoft says vulnerabilities present a "real and present" danger, citing high volume of scanning and attack activity targeting the widely…
Rook ransomware is yet another spawn of the leaked Babuk code
A new ransomware operation named Rook has appeared recently on the cyber-crime space, declaring a desperate need to make "a…
Stealthy BLISTER malware slips in unnoticed on Windows systems
Security researchers have uncovered a malicious campaign that relies on a valid code-signing certificate to disguise malicious code as legitimate…
Conti ransomware gang exploits Log4Shell bug in its operations
The Conti ransomware gang is the first ransomware operation exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability to target VMware vCenter Servers. Conti ransomware […] The…
The Week in Ransomware – December 17th 2021 – Enter Log4j
A critical Apache Log4j vulnerability took the world by storm this week, and now it is being used by threat…
Emotet starts dropping Cobalt Strike again for faster attacks
Right in time for the holidays, the notorious Emotet malware is once again directly installing Cobalt Strike beacons for rapid…
New ransomware now being deployed in Log4Shell attacks
The first public case of the Log4j Log4Shell vulnerability used to download and install ransomware has been discovered by researchers.…
Inside Ireland’s Public Healthcare Ransomware Scare
The accounting firm PricewatersCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland's…