“If U.S. intelligence experts believe Beijing and Moscow are leveraging Chinese and Russian-made technology to surveil Americans, surely DHS should also be concerned about Americans sending their web browsing data directly to China and Russia.” These were the words of Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) to Christopher Krebs, Director at the Cybersecurity […]
Read MoreA new Android banking trojan dubbed SOVA (“Owl” in Russian) has emerged and is active development according to researchers at ThreatFabric. Though still in the early stages, SOVA is looking to be extremely sophisticated for Android malware and may pose a serious threat upon release. SOVA seeks to incorporate distributed denial of service (DDoS), man […]
Read MoreBlackMatter Ransomware has struck Olympus, a leading medical technology company. Olympus announced last week it was investigating a “potential cybersecurity incident” that impacted some of its EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) IT systems last week. The company employs 31,000 individuals worldwide and has been active for over 100 years, making developments in the medical, life […]
Read MoreMeris Botnet, a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) virus, emerged over the summer and began a barrage of attacks on internet giant Yandex and has recently peaked its attack speed at 21.8 million requests per second. Meris Botnet gets its power from tens of thousands hacked devices that researchers believe to be networking equipment. It gets […]
Read MoreThe servers for the notorious ransomware strain REvil Ransomware have suddenly switched back online following a 2 month absence. The REvil Ransomware gang is one of the most profilic cybercriminal gangs, and operates from Russian. The gang is accused of leading a flurry of attacks in the past few years, with attacks in the last […]
Read MoreThe US Securities and Exchange Commission as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation have warned citizens and investors to be “extremely wary” of both potential investment and identity theft scams related to the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The alert to investors was posted from SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, which regularly issues […]
Read MoreBraktooth is the name given to a new set of security vulnerabilities that affect Bluetooth devices and can enable a hacker to execute arbitrary code or crash devices via denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Braktooth (referring to the Norwegian word “Brak” which translates to “crash”) contains 16 weaknesses which span across 13 Bluetooth chipsets from 11 vendors […]
Read More2021 has proven to be another record-breaking year for Ransomware attacks, which have increased 288% in the last year. To add to this, the FBI has released a joint statement with CISA, urging organizations not to let down their defenses against ransomware attacks during weekends or holidays, especially with regards to the upcoming Labor Day […]
Read MoreLockBit Ransomware has breached Bangkok Air, according to a press release by the aviation company last Thursday. The following day, the LockBit Ransomware gang released a countdown clock, threatening to release stolen data unless ransom demands are met. The gang claims to have 103GB worth of files from Bangkok Air, and is promising to release […]
Read MorePegasus Spyware is being used in a new extortion scam that seeks to blackmail iOS users. The data collected by Pegasus Spyware is used to scare victims into paying so that the data is not released. A month ago, Amnesty International disclosed that Pegasus spyware was installed on fully updated iPhones through a zero-day zero-click […]
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