Cybersecurity

Cyber Group ‘Gold Melody’ Selling Compromised Access to Ransomware Attackers

Sep 21, 2023THNCyber Threat / Ransomware A financially motivated threat actor has been outed as an initial access broker (IAB) that sells access to compromised organizations for other adversaries to conduct follow-on attacks such as ransomware. SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) has dubbed the e-crime group Gold Melody, which is also known by the names […]

Cybersecurity

Ukrainian Hacker Suspected to be Behind “Free Download Manager” Malware Attack

Sep 21, 2023THNSupply Chain / Malware The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) have acknowledged a security incident dating back to 2020 that led to its website being used to distribute malicious Linux software. “It appears that a specific web page on our site was compromised by a Ukrainian hacker group, exploiting it to distribute […]

Cybersecurity

White House grapples with harmonizing thicket of cybersecurity rules

Pour one out for the cyber bureaucrats in the Biden administration.  In recent weeks, the White House has embarked on a dizzying task: trying to harmonize the exceedingly broad number of cybersecurity-related regulations and technical standards set by industry that corporations and critical infrastructure operators must abide by.  That monumental task is likely to span […]