Category: News

How Decryption of Network Traffic Can Improve Security

Most industry analyst firms conclude that between 80-90 percent of network traffic is encrypted today. Jeff Costlow, CISO at ExtraHop, explains why this might not be a good thing.

Lloyd’s Carves Out Cyber-Insurance Exclusions for State-Sponsored Attacks

The insurer won’t pay for ‘acts of cyber-war’ or nation-state retaliation attacks.   

Finland Faces Blizzard of FluBot-Spreading Text Messages

Millions of texts leading to the Flubot spyware/banking trojan are targeting everyone who uses Androids in the country, in an “exceptional” attack.

Panasonic’s Data Breach Leaves Open Questions

Cyberattackers had unfettered access to the technology giant’s file server for four months.

Yanluowang Ransomware Tied to Thieflock Threat Actor

Links between the tactics and tools demonstrated in attacks suggest a former affiliate has switched loyalties, according to new research.

IKEA Hit by Email Reply-Chain Cyberattack

IKEA, king of furniture-in-a-flat-box, warned employees on Friday that an ongoing cyberattack was using internal emails to malspam malicious links in active email threads.

Researchers Flag 300K Banking Trojan Infections from Google Play in 4 Months

Attackers are honing Google Play dropper campaigns, overcoming app store restrictions.

ScarCruft APT Mounts Desktop/Mobile Double-Pronged Spy Attacks

The North Korea-linked group is deploying the Chinotto spyware backdoor against dissidents, journalists and other politically relevant individuals in South Korea.

Shape-Shifting ‘Tardigrade’ Malware Hits Vaccine Makers

Some security researchers say it’s actually Cobalt Strike and not a SmokeLoader variant, but BioBright says in-depth testing shows it’s for real a scary morphic malware that changes its parts…
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Unpatched Windows Zero-Day Allows Privileged File Access

A temporary fix has been issued for CVE-2021-24084, which can be exploited using the LPE exploitation approach for the HiveNightmare/SeriousSAM bug.