Cybersecurity

Ransomware Used as Decoy in Data-Wiping Attacks on Ukraine

The new data wiper malware deployed on Ukrainian networks in destructive attacks on Wednesday right before Russia invaded Ukraine earlier today was, in some cases, accompanied by a GoLang-based ransomware decoy. "In several attacks Symantec has…

Nvidia Confirms it’s Investigating an ‘Incident,’ Reportedly a Cyberattack

Nvidia is confirming to The Verge, Bloomberg, Reuters, and others that it’s investigating an “incident” — hours after The Telegraph reported that the graphics chipmaking giant had experienced a devastating cyberattack that “completely compromised” the company’s…

Anonymous Hacking Group Declares “Cyber War” Against Russia

Hacktivist group Anonymous has declared “cyber war” against Vladimir Putin’s government following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The well-known international hacking collective made the announcement on its Twitter account on Thursday, shortly after the Kremlin…

Ukraine says Belarusian Hackers are Targeting its Military Personnel

Ukrainian officials said on Friday that Belarusian state-sponsored hackers are trying to compromise the email accounts of its military personnel. “Mass phishing emails have recently been observed targeting private ‘i.ua‘ and ‘meta.ua‘ accounts of Ukrainian military…

Swedish Camera Giant Axis Still Recovering from Cyberattack

Camera maker Axis said it is still struggling to deal with a cyberattack that hit its IT systems on February 20. In a message on its website, the Swedish camera giant said it got alerts from its cybersecurity and intrusion detection system on Sunday before it shut down all public…

Conti Ransomware Group Announces Support of Russia, Threatens Retaliatory Attacks

An infamous ransomware group with potential ties to Russian intelligence and known for attacking health care providers and hundreds of other targets posted a warning Friday saying it was “officially announcing a full support of Russian government.” The gang said that it…

Iran's Hackers are Using These Tools to Steal Passwords and Deliver Ransomware, say FBI and CISA

Hackers linked to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security are exploiting a range of vulnerabilities to conduct cyber espionage and other malicious attacks against organisations around the world, a joint alert by US and UK authorities has warned…

CISA Issues MuddyWater Warning

Authorities in the UK and United States have issued an alert regarding a group of Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actors known as MuddyWater. The actors, who are also known as Earth Vetala, MERCURY, Static Kitten, Seedworm…

Most Attackers Lose Interest in Log4Shell

After all the hype in December last year, threat actors appear to have lost interest in exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability, as both Sophos and the SANS Internet Storm Center are reporting dwindling numbers this year. Tracked as CVE-2021-44228, the vulnerability is more…

Zabbix vulnerabilities added to CISA catalog

Two Zabbix vulnerabilities have been added to the US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency's catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities. Federal civilian agencies have until March 8 to patch CVE-2022-23131 and CVE-2022-23134 -- a Zabbix Frontend…