Month: September 2022

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Newly identified staging infrastructure overlaps with tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) previously attributed to the group and shows that the threat actor continues its attacks on Ukrainian targets likely in support of Russia’s military actions in Ukraine. UAC-0113 has been linked by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) to the advanced persistent threat…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Founded in 1985 and located in Yonkers, the organization provides emergency transportation services, as well as emergency and non-emergency response services to hospitals, private care facilities, and correctional institutions. Empress EMS has more than 200 employees. In a data breach notice posted on its website, Empress EMS reveals that on July 14, 2022, it identified…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

The LockerGoga ransomware has been around since at least 2019, when it was used in attacks targeting several industrial organizations, including Norwegian metals and energy giant Norsk Hydro and US-based chemical companies Hexion and Momentive. The individual who operated LockerGoga is believed to be part of a cybercrime ring that also used the MegaCortex ransomware…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

A general-purpose document titled Open Radio Access Network Security Considerations, the guidance is based on current knowledge and recommended practices and should apply to a variety of industries. “Open RAN is the industry term for the evolution of traditional RAN architecture to open interoperable interfaces, virtualization, and big data and AI-enabled intelligence,” the document reads….

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

As part of such attacks, threat actors rely on publicly-available personally identifiable information (PII) and social engineering to impersonate victims and access payment information, healthcare portals, and more. “Recent reporting indicates cyber criminals will continue targeting healthcare payment processors through a variety of techniques, such as phishing campaigns and social engineering, to spoof support centers…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The EU said a ransomware attack takes place every 11 seconds, and the global annual cost of cybercrime is estimated at 5.5 trillion euros in 2021. In Europe alone, cyberattacks cost between 180 and 290 billion euros each year, according to EU officials. The European Commission said an increase of cyberattacks was witnessed during the…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Specialized in Magento optimizations and Magento-WordPress integrations, FishPig offers various Magento extensions that have gathered over 200,000 downloads. On Tuesday, FishPig warned of an intrusion to its extension license system, which resulted in a threat actor injecting malicious PHP code into the Helper/License.php file. “This file is included in most FishPig extensions so it is…