Category: News

Robocalls More Than Doubled in 2021, Cost Victims $30B

T-Mobile reported blocking 21 billion scam calls during a record-smashing year for robocalls.

Third Log4J Bug Can Trigger DoS; Apache Issues Patch

The new Log4j vulnerability is similar to Log4Shell in that it also affects the logging library, but this DoS flaw has to do with Context Map lookups, not JNDI.

Facebook Bans Spy-for-Hire Firms for Targeting 50K People

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, said that the seven banned actors run fake accounts on its platforms to deceive users and plant malware on targets’ phones.

Spider-Man Movie Release Frenzy Bites Fans with Credit-Card Harvesting

Attackers are using the excitement over the new Spider-Man movie to steal bank information and spread malware.  

Malicious Joker App Scores Half-Million Downloads on Google Play

Joker malware was found lurking in the Color Message app, ready to fleece unsuspecting users with premium SMS charges.

Brand-New Log4Shell Attack Vector Threatens Local Hosts

The discovery, which affects services running as localhost that aren’t exposed to any network or the internet, vastly widens the scope of attack possibilities.

Convergence Ahoy: Get Ready for Cloud-Based Ransomware

Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra AI, takes us inside the coming nexus of ransomware, supply-chain attacks and cloud deployments.

Conti Gang Suspected of Ransomware Attack on McMenamins

The incident occurred last weekend at the popular chain of restaurants, hotels and breweries, which is still facing disruptions.

‘Tropic Trooper’ Reemerges to Target Transportation Outfits

Analysts warn that the attack group, now known as ‘Earth Centaur,’ is honing its attacks to go after transportation and government agencies.

‘PseudoManuscrypt’ Mass Spyware Campaign Targets 35K Systems

It’s similar to Lazarus’s Manuscrypt malware, but the new spyware is splattering itself onto government organizations and ICS in a non-Lazarus-like, untargeted wave of attacks.