All posts tagged "hacking news"
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4.3KCyber AttackGcore Thwarts Massive 650 Gbps DDoS Attack on Free Plan Client
At the beginning of January, Gcore faced an incident involving several L3/L4 DDoS attacks with a peak volume of 650 Gbps. Attackers...
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964MalwareMyloBot Botnet Spreading Rapidly Worldwide: Infecting Over 50,000 Devices Daily
A sophisticated botnet known as MyloBot has compromised thousands of systems, with most of them located in India, the U.S., Indonesia, and...
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2.4KData BreachCoinbase Employee Falls for SMS Scam in Cyber Attack, Limited Data Exposed
Popular cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase disclosed that it experienced a cybersecurity attack that targeted its employees. The company said its “cyber controls...
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386Cyber AttackResearchers Warn of ReverseRAT Backdoor Targeting Indian Government Agencies
A spear-phishing campaign targeting Indian government entities aims to deploy an updated version of a backdoor called ReverseRAT. Cybersecurity firm ThreatMon attributed...
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5.0KMalwareExperts Warn of RambleOn Android Malware Targeting South Korean Journalists
Suspected North Korean nation-state actors targeted a journalist in South Korea with a malware-laced Android app as part of a social engineering...
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3.2KMalwareArmenian Entities Hit by New Version of OxtaRAT Spying Tool
Entities in Armenia have come under a cyber attack using an updated version of a backdoor called OxtaRAT that allows remote access...
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2.0KMalwareNew Mirai Botnet Variant ‘V3G4’ Exploiting 13 Flaws to Target Linux and IoT Devices
A new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet has been found leveraging several security vulnerabilities to propagate itself to Linux and IoT...
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3.8KMalwareHackers Using Google Ads to Spread FatalRAT Malware Disguised as Popular Apps
Chinese-speaking individuals in Southeast and East Asia are the targets of a new rogue Google Ads campaign that delivers remote access trojans...
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4.9KCyber AttackNew Threat Actor WIP26 Targeting Telecom Service Providers in the Middle East
Telecommunication service providers in the Middle East are being targeted by a previously undocumented threat actor as part of a suspected intelligence...
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3.0KMalwareESXiArgs Ransomware Hits Over 500 New Targets in European Countries
More than 500 hosts have been newly compromised en masse by the ESXiArgs ransomware strain, most of which are located in France,...
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3.5KMalwareFinancially Motivated Threat Actor Strikes with New Ransomware and Clipper Malware
A new financially motivated campaign that commenced in December 2022 has seen the unidentified threat actor behind it deploying a novel ransomware...
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1.5KCyber AttackChinese Hackers Targeting South American Diplomatic Entities with ShadowPad
Microsoft on Monday attributed a China-based cyber espionage actor to a set of attacks targeting diplomatic entities in South America. The tech...
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3.3KMalwareHackers Targeting U.S. and German Firms Monitor Victims’ Desktops with Screenshotter
A previously unknown threat actor has been targeting companies in the U.S. and Germany with bespoke malware designed to steal confidential information....
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3.3KMalwareNew ESXiArgs Ransomware Variant Emerges After CISA Releases Decryptor Tool
After the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a decryptor for affected victims to recover from ESXiArgs ransomware attacks, the...
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3.3KData BreachSydney Man Sentenced for Blackmailing Optus Customers After Data Breach
A Sydney man has been sentenced to an 18-month Community Correction Order (CCO) and 100 hours of community service for attempting to...
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4.3KCyber AttackRussian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Linked to Ryuk Ransomware
A Russian national on February 7, 2023, pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering charges and for attempting to conceal the...
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1.9KCyber AttackVMware Finds No Evidence of 0-Day in Ongoing ESXiArgs Ransomware Spree
VMware on Monday said it found no evidence that threat actors are leveraging an unknown security flaw, i.e., a zero-day, in its...
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1.9KMalwareFormBook Malware Spreads via Malvertising Using MalVirt Loader to Evade Detection
An ongoing malvertising campaign is being used to distribute virtualized .NET loaders that are designed to deploy the FormBook information-stealing malware. “The...
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4.9KMalwareIranian OilRig Hackers Using New Backdoor to Exfiltrate Data from Govt. Organizations
The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as OilRig has continued to target government organizations in the Middle East as part of a...
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1.7KVulnerabilitiesNew High-Severity Vulnerabilities Discovered in Cisco IOx and F5 BIG-IP Products
F5 has warned of a high-severity flaw impacting BIG-IP appliances that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) or arbitrary code execution. The issue...
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4.5KMalwareNew Russian-Backed Gamaredon’s Spyware Variants Targeting Ukrainian Authorities
The State Cyber Protection Centre (SCPC) of Ukraine has called out the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Gamaredon for its targeted...
