21 Aug DarkSide: New targeted ransomware demands million dollar ransoms A new ransomware operation named DarkSide began attacking organizations earlier this month with customized attacks that have already earned them million-dollar payouts. […]
21 Aug US financial regulator warns of phishing sites impersonating brokers The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a new regulatory notice warning members of threat actors using registered brokers’ info to create phishing websites. […]
21 Aug Community-provided Amazon Machine Images come with malware risk Security researchers are sounding the alarm about Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) tainted with malicious code that could compromise an organization’s cloud environment. […]
20 Aug University of Utah pays $450K ransom to stop leak of stolen data The University of Utah has paid a $457,000 ransomware to prevent threat actors from releasing files stolen during a ransomware attack. […]
20 Aug Microsoft enables TLS 1.3 by default in latest Windows 10 builds Microsoft says that TLS 1.3 will be enabled by default in all Windows 10 Insider Preview builds beginning with Build 20170 as the start of a wider rollout to all Windows 10 systems. […]
19 Aug Gun exchange site confirms data breach after database posted online A hacker has released the databases of Utah-based gun exchange, hunting, and kratom sites for free on a cybercrime forum. […]
19 Aug Microsoft issues out of band KB4578013 Windows security update Microsoft has issued an emergency out of band Windows security update designed to address privilege escalation bugs found to impact the Windows Remote Access service. […]
19 Aug Lucifer cryptomining DDoS malware now targets Linux systems A hybrid DDoS botnet known for turning vulnerable Windows devices into Monero cryptomining bots is now also scanning for and infecting Linux systems. […]
19 Aug US govt exposes new North Korean BLINDINGCAN backdoor malware U.S. government agencies today published a malware analysis report exposing information on a remote access trojan (RAT) malware used by North Korean hackers in attacks targeting government contractors. […]
18 Aug Kali Linux gets a GUI desktop in Windows Subsystem for Linux The Kali Linux Team is harnessing the power of the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by spawning a graphic desktop environment that is shown directly within Windows. […]