Malware & Threats

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

YouMail, the leading provider of call protection services for consumers, enterprises, and service providers, and WMC Global, a 16-year leader in mobile threat intelligence, today announced their joint cybersecurity intelligence solution that safeguards against voice and SMS phishing scams. The partnership between YouMail and WMC Global is a first-of-its-kind offering that protects brands and their…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Malwarebytes

Since Australian telecoms company Optus disclosed a security breach on September 22, 2022, a lot has been happening. Much of it reads like a movie script. Prologue A hacker acting under the pseudonym “optusdata” claims to have stolen the data of 10 million Optus customers. The information included home addresses, drivers’ licenses, Medicare numbers, and…

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Issued by: Help Net Security

Cybercriminals wielding the FARGO (aka Mallox, aka TargetCompany) ransomware are targeting Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers, AhnLab’s ASEC analysis team has warned. They haven’t pinpointed how the attackers are getting access to the targeted servers, but noted that typical attacks targeting database servers include brute force and dictionary attacks aimed at ferreting out the passwords…

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Issued by: Security Week

Ukrainian authorities say they have taken down a pro-Russia hacking group that compromised user accounts and then sold them for profit on dark web portals. According to the cyber department of Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU), the hackers targeted user accounts of individuals in Ukraine and across Europe. Leveraging the unauthorized access, the hackers harvested the…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Both companies have confirmed being breached. Uber admitted that a hacker used compromised employee credentials to access internal tools, but downplayed impact, insisting that development systems, user accounts, and sensitive information were not accessed. In the case of Rockstar, the hacker leaked videos recorded during the development of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6…

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Issued by: Kaspersky Blog

We’re witnessing a new malicious mass-mailing campaign aimed at company employees using Agent Tesla spyware attachments. This time, when creating their e-mail messages, the attackers pay special attention to detail — so that their messages can really be mistaken for regular business e-mails with attached documents. Their final goal is to trick the recipient into…

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…