Vice Society Ransomware Attackers Targeted Dozens of Schools in 2022

The Vice Society cybercrime group has disproportionately targeted educational institutions, accounting for 33 victims in 2022 and surpassing other ransomware families like LockBit, BlackCat, BianLian, and Hive. Other prominent industry verticals targeted include healthcare, governments,...

North Korean Hackers Spread AppleJeus Malware Disguised as Cryptocurrency Apps

The Lazarus Group threat actor has been observed leveraging fake cryptocurrency apps as a lure to deliver a previously undocumented version of the AppleJeus malware, according to new findings from Volexity. "This activity notably involves a campaign likely targeting cryptocurrency users and...

Stopping C2 communications in human-operated ransomware through network protection

Command-and-control C2 servers are an essential part of ransomware, commodity, and nation-state attacks. They are used to control infected devices and perform malicious activities like downloading and launching payloads, controlling botnets, or commanding post-exploitation penetration frameworks ...

Stopping C2 communications in human-operated ransomware through network protection

Command-and-control C2 servers are an essential part of ransomware, commodity, and nation-state attacks. They are used to control infected devices and perform malicious activities like downloading and launching payloads, controlling botnets, or commanding post-exploitation penetration frameworks ...

Fedora: Security Advisory for libofx (FEDORA-2022-c9028047bf)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: libofx-0.10.7-2.fc35

This is the LibOFX library. It is a API designed to allow applications to very easily support OFX command responses, usually provided by financial institutions. See http://www.ofx.net/ofx/default.asp for details and specification...

Fedora: Security Advisory for libofx (FEDORA-2022-95000d85e2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Prepare Your Organization for Compliance with the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation

Cyberattacks are on the rise, with bad actors accelerating their nefarious exfiltration of valuable and confidential data from financial institutions, Federal agencies, healthcare organizations, and more. According to an IBM study, the Financial Services industry saw an increase in the cost of da...

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: libofx-0.10.7-2.fc37

This is the LibOFX library. It is a API designed to allow applications to very easily support OFX command responses, usually provided by financial institutions. See http://www.ofx.net/ofx/default.asp for details and specification...

Fedora: Security Advisory for libofx (FEDORA-2022-cfb44eb79a)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Asian Governments and Organizations Targeted in Latest Cyber Espionage Attacks

Government and state-owned organizations in a number of Asian countries have been targeted by a distinct group of espionage hackers as part of an intelligence gathering mission that has been underway since early 2021. "A notable feature of these attacks is that the attackers leveraged a wide rang...

Dangerous Savanna campaign attacked African financial institutions

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary For the past two years, a malicious campaign known as DangerousSavanna has been targeting various financial service firms in Africa. The attackers use spear-phishing to infiltrate financial institution...

Hackers Repeatedly Targeting Financial Services in French-Speaking African Countries

Major financial and insurance companies located in French-speaking nations in Africa have been targeted over the past two years as part of a persistent malicious campaign codenamed DangerousSavanna. Countries targeted include Ivory Coast, Morocco, Cameroon, Senegal, and Togo, with the...

Vice Society actors target K-12 institutions in US

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Vice Society is an extortion hacking group that emerged in the summer of 2021. The Vice Society does not use a specific ransomware variant. Instead, they used variants of Hello Kitty, Five Hands, and...

APT-C-35 infection chain adds novel Windows framework modules

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT-C-35 is an advanced persistent threat actor that has been active since 2016. The gang has upgraded its Windows spyware architecture, dubbed YTY, Jaca. They target South Asian government and military...

Targeted attack on industrial enterprises and public institutions

In January 2022, Kaspersky ICS CERT experts detected a wave of targeted attacks on military industrial complex enterprises and public institutions in several countries. In the course of our research, we were able to identify over a dozen of attacked organizations. The attack targeted industrial...

FBI Warns Fake Crypto Apps are Bilking Investors of Millions

Threat actors have defrauded 244 U.S. investors of about $42 million through fake cryptocurrency apps that exploit people’s legitimate investments in digital currency, the FBI has revealed. The agency observed a number of cybercriminal campaigns that duped people into downloading malicious apps...

Stealthy Symbiote Linux malware is after financial institutions

Symbiote, a new "nearly impossible to detect" Linux malware, targeted financial sectors in Latin America—and the threat actors behind it might have links to Brazil. These findings were revealed in a recent report, a joint effort between the Blackberry Research Team and Dr. Joakim Kennedy, a...

New York Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Transnational Cybercrime Scheme

A 37-year-old man from New York has been sentenced to four years in prison for buying stolen credit card information and working in cahoots with a cybercrime cartel known as the Infraud Organization. John Telusma, who went by the alias "Peterelliot," had previously pleaded guilty to one count of...

Anonymous Declares Cyber War Against Pro-Russia Hacker Group Killnet

By Waqas The Pro-Russia Hacker Group Killnet recently targeted European institutions, while Anonymous hackers are already claiming to have leaked… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous Declares Cyber War Against Pro-Russia Hacker Group Killnet...