malware

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

From Egregor to Doppelpaymer to Ryuk, it continues to command headlines. Pandemic-fueled phishing scams, the lack of visibility across remote endpoints, and lax attitudes have been a boon for ransomware groups over the last year. Worst of all, ransomware no longer discriminates. It dominates small towns and municipal offices, video game makers, and shamelessly, healthcare…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Initially identified in December 2020, the threat actor is targeting IATA and airlines, with the most recent attacks employing a phishing lure mimicking the newly introduced IATA ONE ID (Contactless Passenger Processing tool). Dated 2018, one of the earliest attacks attributed to the adversary, which Malwarebytes refers to as LazyScripter, was aimed at individuals looking…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

From the front lines of incident response engagements to managed security services, IBM Security X-Force observes attack trends firsthand, yielding insights into the cyber threat landscape. Every year, X-Force collates billions of data points to assess cybersecurity threats to our customers. This report — the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2021 — represents our latest edition…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, the spotlight fell on the State of Malware 2021 report, wherein we have seen cyberthreats evolve. We also touched on ransomware, such as Egregor and a tactic known as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) brute forcing that has long been part of the ransomware operators’ toolkit; insider threats, such as what…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The attacks at the hospitals in Dax and Villefranche-sur-Saone prompted the transfer of some patients to other facilities as the French health care system is under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic. Macron discussed the attacks with officials and workers from both hospitals, saying the incident “shows how the threat is very serious, sometimes vital.” “We…

Malware & Threats, Network Security, Software Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Just as the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we live and work, malware operators changed the way they attack enterprise targets. Last year businesses saw Windows malware detections drop and Mac detections rise as criminals tossed old tactics and focused on targeted attacks. In the “2020 State of Malware” report, Malwarebytes researchers explore how attack…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: CSO

At the recent SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit, two CrowdStrike cybersecurity leads, Senior Security Researcher Sergei Frankoff and Senior Intelligence Analyst Eric Loui, offered details on an emerging major ransomware actor they call Sprite Spider. Like many other ransomware attackers, the gang behind Sprite Spider’s attacks has grown rapidly in sophistication and damage capacity since…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

One of the most prevalent botnets over the past decade, Emotet has been around since 2014, helping cybercriminals deploy their own Trojans, ransomware, and other types of malware onto compromised machines. Serving as a malware loader, Emotet has been associated with the distribution of well-known malware families, including TrickBot and Ryuk ransomware, among others. This…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

The study released Monday by the security firm Emsisoft said ransomware attacks — which encrypt and disable computer systems while demanding a ransom — affected 113 federal, state and municipal governments, 560 health facilities and 1,681 schools, colleges and universities last year. “The attacks caused significant, and sometimes life-threatening, disruption: ambulances carrying emergency patients had…