With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact, and perhaps permanently changing, how we work, cybercriminals again leveraged the distraction in new waves of cyberattacks. Over the course of 2021 we …
Hackers Begin Weaponizing TCP Middlebox Reflection for Amplified DDoS Attacks
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leveraging a new amplification technique called TCP Middlebox Reflection have been detected for the first time in the wild, six months after the novel attack mechanism …
Critical Security Bugs Uncovered in VoIPmonitor Monitoring Software
Critical security vulnerabilities have been uncovered in VoIPmonitor software that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated attackers to escalate privileges to the administrator level and execute arbitrary commands. Following responsible …
TeaBot Android Banking Malware Spreads Again Through Google Play Store Apps
An Android banking trojan designed to steal credentials and SMS messages has been observed sneaking past Google Play Store protections to target users of more than 400 banking and financial …
Break into Ethical Hacking with 18 Advanced Online Courses for Just $42.99
It is predicted that 3.5 million jobs will be unfilled in the field of cybersecurity by the end of this year. Several of these jobs pay very well, and in …
Second New ‘IsaacWiper’ Data Wiper Targets Ukraine After Russian Invasion
A new data wiper malware has been observed deployed against an unnamed Ukrainian government network, a day after destructive cyber attacks struck multiple entities in the country preceding the start …
China-linked Daxin Malware Targeted Multiple Governments in Espionage Attacks
A previously undocumented espionage tool has been deployed against selected governments and other critical infrastructure targets as part of a long-running espionage campaign orchestrated by China-linked threat actors since at …
Microsoft Finds FoxBlade Malware Hit Ukraine Hours Before Russian Invasion
UPDATE: It’s worth noting that the malware Microsoft tracks as FoxBlade is the same as the data wiper that’s been denominated HermeticWiper (aka KillDisk). Microsoft on Monday disclosed that it …
TrickBot Malware Gang Upgrades its AnchorDNS Backdoor to AnchorMail
Even as the TrickBot infrastructure closed shop, the operators of the malware are continuing to refine and retool their arsenal to carry out attacks that culminated in the deployment of …
Conti Ransomware Gang’s Internal Chats Leaked Online After Siding With Russia
Days after the Conti ransomware group broadcasted a pro-Russian message pledging its allegiance to Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, an anonymous security researcher using the Twitter handle @ContiLeaks has …