How Groove Gang is Shaking up the RAAS to Empower Affiliates

ARCHIVED STORY How Groove Gang is Shaking up the Ransomware-as-a-Service Market to Empower Affiliates By Max Kersten, John Fokker and Thibault Seret · September 08, 2021 Co-authored with Intel471 and McAfee Enterprise Advanced Threat Research ATR would also like to thank Coveware for its...

Malware Gangs Partner Up in Double-Punch Security Threat

Cybergangs are joining forces under the guise of affiliate groups and “as-a-service” models, warns Maya Horowitz, the director of threat intelligence research with Check Point Research. She said the trend is driving a new and thriving cybercriminal underground economy. Several malware gangs have...

Electronic Medical Records Cracked Open by Unpatched OpenClinic Bugs

Four vulnerabilities have been discovered in the OpenClinic application for sharing electronic medical records. The most concerning of them would allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to read patients’ personal health information PHI from the application. OpenClinic is an open-source health...

This Week in Security News: IoT Devices Are a Target in Cybercriminal Underground

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how fileless malware abuses PowerShell. Also, read how Trend Micro researchers are pulling back the curtain on the cybercriminal...

Are IoT Threats Discussed In The Cybercriminal Underground?

With IoT devices expected to reach tens of billions in the next few years, is it any wonder that cybercriminals are looking for ways to take advantage of this massive attack surface to generate illicit money? A number of Trend Micro researchers from around the globe decided to look into this and...

New HawkEye Reborn Variant Emerges Following Ownership Change

Edmund Brumaghin and Holger Unterbrink authored this blog post. Executive summary Malware designed to steal sensitive information has been a threat to organizations around the world for a long time. The emergence of the greyware market and the increased commercialization of keyloggers, stealers,...