Malaysia’s MyCERT issued a security alert to warn of a hacking campaign targeting government officials that was carried out by the China-linked APT40 group. Malaysia’s Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT) warns of a cyber espionage campaign carried out by the China-linked APT40 group aimed at Malaysian government officials. The attackers aimed at stealing confidential documents […]
Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company, revealed that it has seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks since the Q4 2019. The energy industry is under attack, Saudi Aramco announced it has seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks since the final quarter of 2019. The data is alarming, even […]
In December, Maastricht University was hit with ransomware attack, now the university admitted to have paid the ransom requested by crooks. In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. Maastricht University is an excellent university attended by over 18,000 students, roughly 4,400 employees, and 70,000 alumni. âMaastricht […]
Hackers have infected with a piece of malware some IoT devices running Windows 7 designed by three of the worldâs largest manufacturers. Security experts from TrapX reported that some IoT devices running Windows 7 have been infected with a piece of malware, is it a supply chain attack? The experts reported that several IoT devices […]
The operators behind the infamous RobbinHood ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTEÂ driver to kill antivirus products. Cybercriminals behind the RobbinHood Ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTE driver to install a malicious and unsigned driver into Windows with the intent of disabling security products. Ransomware operators leverage a custom antivirus killing package that is delivered to workstations […]
Threat actors are abusing the Bitbucket code hosting service to host seven types of malware that has already claimed more than 500,000 business computers. Cybereason researchers reported that attackers are abusing the Bitbucket code hosting service to store seven types of malware that were employed in an ongoing campaign. According to the experts, the malware […]
The city of Racine joins to the long string of US municipalities that were hit with ransomware attack, it was forced offline following the infection. The city of Racine, Wisconsin, was hit with a ransomware, the incident took place on January 31, 2020. Most of non-emergency computer services of the city went offline following the […]
The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group has suffered a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down part of its services. The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group was victim of a ransomware attack, in response to the incident the company has shut down some of its online services. The Toll Group is an […]
TVEyes was brought down after its core server and engineering workstations were infected with a ransomware attack, company CEO confirmed. TVEyes is a company that manages a popular platform for monitoring TV and radio news broadcasts, it is used worldwide by PR agencies and newsrooms. On Thursday night, a ransomware attack hit the company network causing […]
An ongoing phishing campaign launched by TA505 is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs Security experts from Microsoft have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign launched by the TA505 cybercrime gang (aka Evil Corp) that is employing attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. According to Microsoft, this is the […]