North Korean hackers pose as experienced IT freelancers to land employment
FBI warns about skilled software and mobile app developers from North Korea posing as “non-DPRK nationals” and freelancers The US government agencies warned people
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US Justice Department charges a doctor for selling Thanos ransomware
US DoJ links Thanos ransomware and Jigsaw ransomware development to the cardiologist from Venezuela Justice Department charges the alleged creator and distributor of the
Eternity Project malware-as-a-service uses Telegram to spread around
Researchers warn about the Eternity malware that is being sold and offers stealer, miner, ransomware tools Threat actors launched the Eternity Project malware-as-a-service that
Iranian hackers linked to the file-encrypting malware attacks
Iranian APT Cobalt Mirage launching ransomware attacks and targeting US organizations Iranian state-sponsored threat group has been linked to the ransomware attacks targeting entities
London hacker charged for stealing $5 million from brokerage accounts
Hacker caused financial losses for the cybercrime that took place between 2011 and 2018 The London singer breached brokerage accounts and bought stocks, and
Nerbian RAT targetting entities in Europe leverages COVID-19 messaging
Malware uses sophisticated evasion methods to target entities in the UK, Spain, and Italy Nerbian RAT is the malware that uses significant anti-analysis methods
Hackers took down the RuTube site and hijacked Russian TV broadcast
Russian TV and online platforms were hacked to display an antiwar message on Victory Day Cybercriminals continue to target Russian media and other channels
Costa Rica had to declare a national emergency due to Conti attack
Cyber attacks by Conti ransomware on multiple government institutions forced the country to declare a national emergency Costa Rican government computer systems have been
Raspberry Robin worm samples use Windows Installer to drop malware
New Windows malware with worm functions spreads using external USB drives Red Canary researchers noted the new malware with worm capabilities that is distributed
Heroku confirms the customer database hack and forced password resets
GitHub OAuth token theft results in Heroku customer database hack Stolen GitHub integration OAuth tokens from last month further led to the compromise of
Multiple ransomware variants now linked to North Korean hackers
Ransomware strains have been now linked to the APT38 hacker group known for financial focus The hacker gan that targets financial institutions worldwide is
AvosLocker ransomware manages to avoid detection and disable AV tools
The version of the ransomware abuses the driver file to evade AV detection and checks for Log4Shell Researchers discover and report the new version
New malware samples show possible REvil ransomware gang return
REvil ransomware attacks appear to be happening again, but it is unclear who operates the malware now REvil ransomware made the world turn with
Reports: Russian cyberattacks in Ukraine supporting military strikes
Cyberattacks rage in Ukraine: Hybrid war and attacks on critical infrastructure It is reported that at least five separate APT groups are involved in
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The logical flaw in the NPM registry enables to add anyone as maintainer
The bug allows attackers to distribute malware as legitimate bundles The vulnerability in NPM enabled authors of the malicious packages to add any user