Exit Scam: BlackCat Ransomware Group Vanishes After $22 Million Payout

The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law enforcement seizure banner. "ALPHV/BlackCat did not get seized. They are exit scamming their affiliates," security researcher Fabian Wosar said. "It is...

Chinese Hackers Using MgBot Malware to Target International NGOs in Mainland China

The advanced persistent threat APT group referred to as Evasive Panda has been observed targeting an international non-governmental organization NGO in Mainland China with malware delivered via update channels of legitimate applications like Tencent QQ. The attack chains are designed to distribut...

Microsoft Takes Legal Action to Disrupt Cybercriminals' Illegal Use of Cobalt Strike Tool

Microsoft said it teamed up with Fortra and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center Health-ISAC to tackle the abuse of Cobalt Strike by cybercriminals to distribute malware, including ransomware. To that end, the tech giant's Digital Crimes Unit DCU revealed that it secured a court order i...

Critical VMware Workspace ONE Access Flaw Under Active Exploitation in the Wild

A week after VMware released patches to remediate eight security vulnerabilities in VMware Workspace ONE Access, threat actors have begun to actively exploit one of the critical flaws in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-22954, the security shortcoming relates to a remote code execution vulnerability...

Cyber Signals: Defending against cyber threats with the latest research, insights, and trends

We’re excited to introduce Cyber Signals, a cyber threat intelligence brief informed by the latest Microsoft threat data and research. This content, which will be released quarterly, offers an expert perspective into the current threat landscape, discussing trending tactics, techniques, and...

A Sticker Sent On Telegram Could Have Exposed Your Secret Chats

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed details of a now-patched flaw in the Telegram messaging app that could have exposed users' secret messages, photos, and videos to remote malicious actors. The issues were discovered by Italy-based Shielder in iOS, Android, and macOS versions of the ap...

Nation-State Actors Go All-In on Mobile Malware

APTs, including a range of nation-state groups operating in China, North Korea, Pakistan and Russia, are shifting their malware development focus to target mobile users for intelligence gathering, financial gain and disruption of national rivals. That’s according to CrowdStrike’s Mobile Threat...