Recently, SaferNet covered the stories of regular individuals and their brushes with cybercrime. We all have stories like these, which can make them the most impactful. Today, we’ll look at more in Part 2. These stories were collected from around the web, including Heimdall Security, Telegraph UK, NY Times, Reddit, Buzzfeed, Medium, The Atlantic, Reader’s […]
Read MoreMediaMarket has become a victim of a Hive Ransomware attack with an initial ransom demand of $240 million. The attack has caused IT systems to shut down and physical store operations to be disrupted across Europe. MediaMarkt has been operating since 1979 across 13 countries. The electronics manufacturer employs approximately 53,000 employees and has a […]
Read MoreSqurrelWaffle, a new malware loader, is firing out malware-loaded Microsoft Office documents to deliver Qakbot malware and the penetration-testing tool Cobalt Strike. Cisco Talos researchers said in a post last week they learned of the campaign in mid-September, when they spotted SquirrelWaffle in the initial stage of the infection chain. The SquirrelWaffle campaign uses stolen […]
Read MoreAn on-going phishing and spearphishing campaign is currently taking place, aiming to steal Office 365. The phishing emails appear as if they come from major brands, including Kaspersky. According to a Kaspersky post from Monday, two phishing kits identified as “Iamtheboss” and “MIRCBOOT’ are being used together by multiple threat actors to send fake fax […]
Read MoreAn on-going phishing and spearphishing campaign is currently taking place, aiming to steal Office 365. The phishing emails appear as if they come from major brands, including Kaspersky. According to a Kaspersky post from Monday, two phishing kits identified as “Iamtheboss” and “MIRCBOOT’ are being used together by multiple threat actors to send fake fax […]
Read MoreHackers are using malicious Android apps, dubbed UltimaSMS, to trick users into signing up for a fraudulent SMS subscription service. The service eventually charges them hefty sums on their phone bills. Jakub Vavra from Avast, who was one of the first to research the campaign, dubbed the apps UltimaSMS because the first app he discovered […]
Read MoreEvil Corp has launched a new strain called Macaw Locker Ransomware to evade US sanctions which in the past has prevented victims from making ransom payments. Evil Corp, which has gone under a number of monikers such as Indrik Spider and the Dridex gang, is a veteran of the cybercrime world. It has been active […]
Read MoreTV Stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group were taken down across the US due to a ransomware attack last weekend. Sinclair Broadcast Group is a Fortune 500 media company (with annual revenues of $5.9 billion in 2020) and a leading local sports and news provider that owns multiple national networks. Its operations include 185 […]
Read MoreIT consultancy giant Accenture has confirmed that the LockBit Ransomware gang made off with data during an attack that hit its systems in August. The details of the heist were revealed in the company’s financial report for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year, which ended on August 31, 2021. “In the past, we have […]
Read MoreThere has been a swift uptick in reports of phishing and scams related to TSA PreCheck, Global Entry, and NEXUS application service sites, in which customers are being charged $140 to receive nothing in return. Initial reports appeared in March 2021, and by July threat actors were abusing Google Ads to promote fake TSA websites […]
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