Cleo MFT Zero-Day Exploits Are About Escalate, Analysts Warn
Defenders running the Cleo managed file transfer are urged to be on the lookout for the Cleopatra backdoor and other…
Russia arrests cybercriminal Wazawaka for ties with ransomware gangs
Russian law enforcement has arrested and indicted notorious ransomware affiliate Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka, Uhodiransomwar, m1x, and…
Ransomware Gangs Seek Pen Testers to Boost Quality
Qualified applicants must be able to test ransomware encryption and find bugs that might enable defenders to jailbreak the malware.
Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier
Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data…
Iran ‘terrified’ of Trump presidency as Iranian currency falls to an all-time low
Iran had reportedly been interfering in the U.S. election on behalf of Kamala Harris, but with Donald Trump’s win, the…
Flurry of pre-election legal cases is now ‘standardized’ strategy, experts say
With Election Day less than three weeks away, at least 165 election-related lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. so…
Kim Jong Un shows off his nuclear facility and calls for ‘exponential’ increase in warheads
Supreme leader Kim Jong Un has been known to show off his nuclear bombs, but this week he revealed the…
Cicada3301 ransomware’s Linux encryptor targets VMware ESXi systems
A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation named Cicada3301 has already listed 19 victims on its extortion portal, as it quickly attacked…
Linux version of new Cicada ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers
A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation named Cicada3301 has already listed 19 victims on its extortion portal, as it quickly attacked…
Threat Actors Ramp Up Use of Encoded URLs to Bypass Secure Email
The tactic is not new, but there has been a steady increase in its use as of this spring.