Advanced threat predictions for 2023

It is fair to say that since last years predictions, the world has dramatically changed. While the geopolitical landscape has durably shifted, cyberattacks remain a constant threat and show no signs of receding – quite the contrary. No matter where they are, people around the world should be...

Microsoft threat intelligence presented at CyberWarCon 2022

At CyberWarCon 2022, Microsoft and LinkedIn analysts presented several sessions detailing analysis across multiple sets of actors and related activity. This blog is intended to summarize the content of the research covered in these presentations and demonstrates Microsoft Threat Intelligence...

#StopRansomware: Daixin Team

Summary Actions to take today to mitigate cyber threats from ransomware: Install updates for operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released. Require phishing-resistant MFA for as many services as possible. Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts. Note: This...

Vice Society Hackers Are Behind Several Ransomware Attacks Against Education Sector

A cybercrime group known as Vice Society has been linked to multiple ransomware strains in its malicious campaigns aimed at the education, government, and retail sectors. The Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence team, which is tracking the threat cluster under the moniker DEV-0832, said the gro...

DEV-0832 (Vice Society) opportunistic ransomware campaigns impacting US education sector

In recent months, Microsoft has detected active ransomware and extortion campaigns impacting the global education sector, particularly in the US, by a threat actor we track as DEV-0832, also known as Vice Society. Shifting ransomware payloads over time from BlackCat, QuantumLocker, and Zeppelin,...

DEV-0832 (Vice Society) opportunistic ransomware campaigns impacting US education sector

In recent months, Microsoft has detected active ransomware and extortion campaigns impacting the global education sector, particularly in the US, by a threat actor we track as DEV-0832, also known as Vice Society. Shifting ransomware payloads over time from BlackCat, QuantumLocker, and Zeppelin,...

Quarterly Report: Incident Response Trends in Q3 2022

Ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements make up 40 percent of threats seen this quarter By Caitlin Huey. For the first time since compiling these reports, Cisco Talos Incident Response saw an equal number of ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements, making up nearly 40 percent of threats this...

Quarterly Report: Incident Response Trends in Q3 2022

Ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements make up 40 percent of threats seen this quarter For the first time since compiling these reports, Cisco Talos Incident Response saw an equal number of ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements, making up nearly 40 percent of threats this quarter. It can b...

CISA Warns of Daixin Team Hackers Targeting Health Organizations With Ransomware

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have published a joint advisory warning of attacks perpetrated by a cybercrime gang known as the Daixin Team primarily targeting the healthcare sector in the country. "The Daixin Team is a ransomware and data extortion group that has targeted the HPH...

Why Ransomware in Education on the Rise and What That Means for 2023

The breach of LA Unified School District LAUSD highlights the prevalence of password vulnerabilities, as criminal hackers continue to use breached credentials in increasingly frequent ransomware attacks on education. The Labor Day weekend breach of LAUSD brought significant districtwide disruptio...

#StopRansomware: Daixin Team

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services HHS have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, StopRansomware: Daixin Team to provide information on the “Daixin Team,” a cybercrime group actively targeting U.S. businesses, predominantly in the...

The Global DDoS Threat Landscape – October 2022

Every month in this space, we will post the Global DDoS Threat Landscape blog on behalf of the Imperva Threat Research team. As DDoS attacks continue to pose a significant risk to businesses it is critical that we regularly communicate our Threat Research team’s findings to help the cybersecurity...

How Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) can secure the Healthcare Sector

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Fake tractor fraudsters plague online transactions

The agriculture sector has been under fire from digital attacks for some time now. The primary problem so far has been ransomware, and law enforcement recently warned that malware authors may be gearing up to time their attacks in this sector for maximum damage. The FBI highlighted that attacks...

Imperva Threat Research Shows Cyber Attacks on the Rise in Australia

Every year, cyber attacks increase. Attackers get smarter, tools get better, and incentives to target sites grow. Over the last year, Imperva Threat Research detected a large increase in attacks targeting Australian sites, more than the global rise over the same timeframe. Australian attacks rose...

Chinese APT's favorite vulnerabilities revealed

In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the National Security Agency NSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have revealed the top CVEs used by state-sponsored threat actors from China. The advisory aims to "inform federal and state,...

Budworm Hackers Resurface with New Espionage Attacks Aimed at U.S. Organization

An advanced persistent threat APT actor known as Budworm targeted a U.S.-based entity for the first time in more than six years, according to latest research. The attack was aimed at an unnamed U.S. state legislature, the Symantec Threat Hunter team, part of Broadcom Software, said in a report...

64,000 Additional Patients Impacted by Omnicell Data Breach - What is Your Data Breach Action Plan?

In April 2022, Omnicell reported a data breach affecting nearly 62,000 patients. The company has revealed that the incident has impacted an additional 64,000 individuals. This brings the total number of patients affected to over 126,000. Will you be the next victim like Omnicell? If you are...

The Latest Funding News and What it Means for Cyber Security in 2023

The White House has recently announced a $1 billion cyber security grant program that is designed to help state and local governments improve their cyber defenses, especially about protecting critical infrastructure. The recent executive order stems from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that...

NSA Alert: Topmost CVEs Actively Exploited By People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors

On October 6, 2022, the United States National Security Agency NSA released a cybersecurity advisory on the Chinese government—officially known as the People’s Republic of China PRC states-sponsored cyber actors activity to seek national interests. These malicious cyber activities attributed to t...