Hackers Leveraging New Social Engineering To Run PowerShell And Install Malware

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Hackers use social engineering as it focuses on the psychological rather than technological aspects of security flaws, consequently easily tricking users into surrendering their username and password, or executing tasks …

Hackers Attacking Hotel Owners & Employees as Potential Guests

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Since last summer, hotel owners and employees have grappled with a surge in malicious e-mails disguised as ordinary correspondence from previous or potential guests. These e-mails, often appearing as typical …

New OPIX Ransomware Encrypting Files With Random Character String

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A recently identified ransomware variant dubbed OPIX encrypts user files using a random character string and adds the “.OPIX” extension to them.  The ransomware will drop a notice on victims’ …

Beware Of Malicious Search Results Leading To SolarMarker Malware Installation

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The SOC analysts identified a drive-by download attack leveraging SolarMarker malware, where the attack targeted users searching for team-building activities on Bing.  Attackers tricked the victim into downloading a seemingly …

NHS Ransomware Attack Leads to Cancellations of 800+ Operations

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A ransomware cyber attack targeted Synnovis, a pathology laboratory that processes blood tests for several NHS organizations, primarily in southeast London. The attack has significantly reduced the number of tests …

Total Fitness Exposes 500k Images of Members & Staff

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Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password-protected database containing 474,651 images belonging to Total Fitness, a health club chain with 15 locations across North England and Wales. The database, which …