Category: News

‘Karakurt’ Extortion Threat Emerges, But Says No to Ransomware

The threat group, first identified in June, focuses solely on data exfiltration and subsequent extortion, and has already targeted 40 victims since September.

Canadian Ransomware Arrest Is a Meaningful Flex, Experts Say

U.S. and Canada charge Ottawa man for ransomware attacks, signaling that North America is no cybercriminal haven.

Fueled by Pandemic Realities, Grinchbots Aggressively Surge in Activity

E-commerce’s proverbial Who-ville is under siege, with a rise in bots bent on ruining gift cards and snapping up coveted gifts for outrageously priced resale.

How MikroTik Routers Became a Cybercriminal Target

The powerful devices leveraged by the Meris botnet have weaknesses that make them easy to exploit, yet complex for organizations to track and secure, researchers said.

Malicious npm Code Packages Built for Hijacking Discord Servers

The lurking code-bombs lift Discord tokens from users of any applications that pulled the packages into their code bases.

Moobot Botnet Chews Up Hikvision Surveillance Systems

Attackers are milking unpatched Hikvision video systems to drop a DDoS botnet, researchers warned.

Not with a Bang but a Whisper: The Shift to Stealthy C2

DoH! Nate Warfield, CTO of Prevailion, discusses new stealth tactics threat actors are using for C2, including Malleable C2 from Cobalt Strike’s arsenal.

Critical SonicWall VPN Bugs Allow Complete Appliance Takeover

Unauthenticated, remote attackers can achieve root-level RCE on SMA 100-series appliances.

AWS Among 12 Cloud Services Affected by Flaws in Eltima SDK

The flaws, which could enable attackers to disable security and gain kernel-level privileges, affect Amazon WorkSpaces and other cloud services that use USB over Ethernet.

Emotet’s Behavior & Spread Are Omens of Ransomware Attacks

The botnet, which resurfaced last month on the back of TrickBot, can now directly install Cobalt Strike on infected devices, giving threat actors direct access to targets.