Cybersecurity Attacks - Page 4 of 26

Equinix discloses ransomware incident

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:September 10, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks Malware

Equinix, a leader in global colocation data centers, disclosed it experienced a ransomware incident that affected internal systems.

KryptoCibule malware: triple threat to cryptocurrencies

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:September 3, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks Malware

Security researchers have discovered a new malware dubbed KryptoCibule that poses a triple threat to victim's cryptocurrency resources. Attackers are using KryptoCibule to abuse victim's resources to mine coins, hijack…

BeagleBoyz cybercriminals launch “FASTCash 2.0” to rob banks

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:August 29, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Articles Cybersecurity Attacks Malware Network Security Security Monitoring System Hardening

North Korea's BeagleBoyz cybercriminals have launched an automated teller machine (ATM) cash-out scheme, known as FASTCash 2.0. Cyber experts from the U.S. government have detected the cyber activity over the past five years that led to nearly $2B loss to financial institutions around the world.

FritzFrog P2P botnet breaches SSH servers

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:August 24, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks Malware

Security researchers from Guardicore discovered a sophisticated peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet dubbed FritzFrog has been actively breaching SSH servers since January 2020.

Carnival detects ransomware attack

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:August 18, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks Malware

Carnival revealed they were a target in a recent ransomware attack that gained unauthorized access to and encrypted data on certain IT systems.

XCSSET mac malware targets Xcode projects to deliver malicious payloads

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:August 17, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks Malware Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Security researchers have discovered a new mac malware dubbed XCSSET. The malware not only inserts malicious code into XCode projects, but also leverages two zero-days to exploit a flaw in Data Vaults and plant a JavaScript backdoor in Safari.

NSA and FBI: watch out for Russian malware Drovorub

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:August 14, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a joint cybersecurity alert for a new Russian malware dubbed Drovorub.

Malicious accounts used in BEC attacks against 6,600 organizations

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:August 11, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks Messaging Security Phishing

Hackers are using thousands of legitimate emails accounts to launch impersonation and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against thousands of organizations.

Canon suffers ransomware attack

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:August 7, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks Malware

An internal employee memo revealed Canon has suffered from a ransomware attack that affected their U.S. website and multiple internal services.

FBI: Cyberattackers target EOL Windows 7 systems

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:August 6, 2020
Post category:Configuration Management Cybersecurity Attacks Vulnerabilities & Exploits

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a private industry notification warning that cyberattackers continue to target end of life (EOL) Windows 7 systems.