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The Week in Ransomware – August 18th 2023 – LockBit on Thin Ice

While there was quite a bit of ransomware news this week, the highlighted story was the release of Jon DiMaggio’s third article in the Ransomware Diaries series, with the focus of this article on the LockBit ransomware operation. […]

18 Aug

WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives

A high-severity vulnerability has been fixed in WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows used by millions, that can execute commands on a computer simply by opening an archive. […]

18 Aug

Hotmail email delivery fails after Microsoft misconfigures DNS

Hotmail users worldwide have problems sending emails, with messages flagged as spam or not delivered after Microsoft misconfigured the domain’s DNS SPF record. […]

18 Aug

Interpol arrests 14 suspected cybercriminals for stealing $40 million

An international law enforcement operation led by Interpol has led to the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals in an operation codenamed ‘Africa Cyber Surge II,’ launched in April 2023. […]

17 Aug

Microsoft: BlackCat’s Sphynx ransomware embeds Impacket, RemCom

Microsoft has discovered a new version of the BlackCat ransomware that embeds the Impacket networking framework and the Remcom hacking tool, both enabling spreading laterally across a breached network. […]

17 Aug

Hackers ask $120,000 for access to multi-billion auction house

Hackers have breached the network of a major auction house and offered access to whoever was willing to pay $120,000. […]

17 Aug

Microsoft PowerShell Gallery vulnerable to spoofing, supply chain attacks

Lax policies for package naming on Microsoft’s PowerShell Gallery code repository allow threat actors to perform typosquatting attacks, spoof popular packages and potentially lay the ground for massive supply chain attacks. […]

17 Aug

Phishing campaign steals accounts for Zimbra email servers worlwide

An ongoing phishing campaign has been underway since at least April 2023 that attempts to steal credentials for Zimbra Collaboration email servers worldwide. […]

17 Aug

Windows Task Manager refresh can be paused using CTRL key

A very useful and previously unknown Windows tip was revealed this week, where you can halt process jumping in Task Manager by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard, allowing easier access to a listed process. […]

17 Aug

Thousands of Android APKs use compression trick to thwart analysis

Threat actors increasingly distribute malicious Android APKs (packaged app installers) that resist decompilation using unsupported, unknown, or heavily tweaked compression algorithms. […]