Daily Cyber Brief
State-backed hackers continue to target Ukraine, new ransomware from North Korean APT38, and a Michigan college is closed following a cyber attack...
Cybersecurity
A cybercrime group that has threatened to release troves of stolen data from the Costa Rican government has now hit Peru's intelligence agency, showing how governments in the region continue to be easy pickings for ransomware attacks. The Russian cybercrime group known…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is adding 20 more positions to the newly renamed Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit (formerly the Cyber Unit), the commission said Tuesday. The unit is tasked with protecting investors in crypto markets and against…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Extreme Networks are in the process of fixing five vulnerabilities affecting multiple models of Aruba and Avaya network switches used by businesses, schools, hospitals, government agencies and other organizations around the world…
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed as many as five severe security flaws in the implementation of TLS protocol in several models of Aruba and Avaya network switches that could be abused to gain remote access to enterprise networks and steal valuable information…
Several ransomware strains have been linked to APT38, a North Korean-sponsored hacking group known for its focus on targeting and stealing funds from financial institutions worldwide. They're also known for deploying destructive malware on their victims' networks…
A typosquatting campaign intended to abuse popular brands is in the works, likely tied to Nobelium, the notorious Russian-state-backed group behind the SolarWinds attacks. Recorded Future in its latest research is warning that the attackers are using infrastructure…
Hackers commonly exploit vulnerabilities in corporate networks to gain access, but a researcher has turned the table by finding exploits in the most common ransomware and malware being distributed today. Malware from notorious ransomware operations like Conti…
A college in Michigan has closed its campuses and canceled classes after falling victim to a cyber-attack. Kellogg Community College, which is based in Battle Creek and serves approximately 7000 students annually, was targeted with ransomware on Friday…
Hardware and software makers are scrambling to determine if their wares suffer from a critical vulnerability recently discovered in third-party code libraries used by hundreds of vendors, including Netgear, Linksys, Axis, and the Gentoo embedded Linux distribution…
Government-backed hackers from Russia, China and Belarus have been behind a series of a series of hacking campaigns in recent weeks targeting government, industry, journalists, politicians and others, according to the latest update from Google’s Threat Analysis Group…