20 Nov The Week in Ransomware – November 19th 2021 – Targeting Conti While last week was full of arrests and law enforcement actions, this week has been much quieter, with mostly new research released. […]
19 Nov Emotet botnet comeback orchestrated by Conti ransomware gang The Emotet botnet is back by popular demand, resurrected by its former operator, who was convinced by members of the Conti ransomware gang. […]
19 Nov Fake TSA PreCheck sites scam US travelers with fake renewals There has been a surge in reports of people getting scammed after visiting TSA PreCheck, Global Entry, and NEXUS application service sites, being charged $140 only to get nothing in return. […]
19 Nov Microsoft Authenticator gets new enterprise security features Microsoft has added new security features for Microsoft Authenticator users that further secure the app and make it easier to roll out in enterprise environments. […]
19 Nov Utah medical center hit by data breach affecting 582k patients Utah Imaging Associates (UIA), a Utah-based radiology center, has announced a data breach affecting 582,170 people after their personal information was exposed. […]
19 Nov Six million Sky routers exposed to takeover attacks for 17 months Around six million Sky Broadband customer routers in the UK were affected by a critical vulnerability that took over 17 months to roll out a fix to customers. […]
19 Nov US regulators order banks to report cyberattacks within 36 hours US federal bank regulatory agencies have approved a new rule requiring banks to notify their primary federal regulators of significant computer-security incidents within 36 hours. […]
18 Nov Android malware BrazKing returns as a stealthier banking trojan The BrazKing Android banking trojan has returned with dynamic banking overlays and a new implementation trick that enables it to operate without requesting risky permissions. […]
18 Nov Microsoft: Iranian state hackers increasingly target IT sector Microsoft says Iranian-backed hacking groups have increasingly attempted to compromise IT services companies this year to steal credentials they could use to breach the systems of downstream clients. […]
18 Nov New Memento ransomware switches to WinRar after failing at encryption A new ransomware group called Memento takes the unusual approach of locking files inside password-protected archives after their encryption method kept being detected by security software. […]