McMenamins breweries hit by a Conti ransomware attack
Portland brewery and hotel chain McMenamins suffered a Conti ransomware attack over the weekend that disrupted the company's operations. [...]
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…
Large-scale phishing study shows who bites the bait more often
A large-scale phishing study involving 14,733 participants over a 15-month experiment has produced some surprising findings that contradict previous research…
Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Spreading Emotet Malware
The December rollout includes 67 security patches and addresses one zero-day and five more publicly known vulnerabilities.
Microsoft fixes Windows AppX Installer zero-day used by Emotet
Microsoft has patched a high severity Windows zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild to deliver Emotet malware payloads. [...]
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…
Phishing campaign uses PowerPoint macros to drop Agent Tesla
A new variant of the Agent Tesla malware has been spotted in an ongoing phishing campaign that relies on Microsoft…
Darktrace Reports Information Technology and Communications Sector Most Targeted by Cyberattackers in 2021
Most targeted industry shifts from the financial and insurance sector in 2020.
Microsoft: These are the building blocks of QBot malware attacks
As QBot campaigns increase in size and frequency, researchers are looking into ways to break the trojan's distribution chain and…
December 2021: Cyber Deception Month Continues…Halting Holiday Hackers…
Authored by: Gary Miliefsky of Cyber Defense Magazine Deep fake, dropped USB sticks, free offers, vishing, smishing and […] The…