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A new variant of the Phobos ransomware has been discovered, which attempts to frame VX-Underground. Phobos ransomware, which emerged in 2018, operates as a ransomware-as-a-service and has seen wide distribution through affiliated threat actors.
The attackers behind 8Base ransomware have updated their arsenal with a new variant of the Phobos ransomware and other publicly available tools to conduct financially motivated attacks. The new finding comes from Cisco Talos researchers after a spike in 8Base ransomware activity was observed between May and June. A glance at the distribution process According […]
The organization that manages wastewater for nine million people in and around Paris was hit with a cyberattack on Friday. Service public de l’assainissement francilien – known by its acronym SIAAP — manages nearly 275 miles of pipes throughout four French departments. The organization said on Friday that it filed a complaint with the judicial […]
Vikas Singla, the former COO of a cybersecurity company, pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals in an attempt to boost his company’s business. Singla disrupted phone and printer services at the hospitals and stole personal information from patients.
Welltok, a patient communication services provider, has notified over 1.6 million patients that their private healthcare data may have been stolen in the MOVEit breach, affecting healthcare providers such as Stanford Health Care and Sutter Health.
Android smartphone users in India are the target of a new malware campaign that employs social engineering lures to install fraudulent apps that are capable of harvesting sensitive data. “Using social media platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, attackers are sending messages designed to lure users into installing a malicious app on their mobile device by […]
Automated attacks on application business logic, carried out by sophisticated bad bots, were the leading threat for online retailers, according to Imperva. In addition, account takeover, DDoS, API abuse, and client-side attacks were significant risks. The ecommerce industry remains a lucrative target for cybercriminal activity. Built on a vast network of API connections and third-party […]
Wireshark, the popular network protocol analyzer, has reached version 4.2.0. Wireshark 4.2.0: Notable changes Wireshark supports dark mode on Windows. Packet list sorting has been improved. Wireshark and TShark are now better about generating valid UTF-8 output. A new display filter feature for filtering raw bytes has been added. Display filter autocomplete is smarter about […]
Nov 21, 2023The Hacker NewsCybercrime / Malware Analysis Phishing attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated, with cybercriminals investing in new ways of deceiving victims into revealing sensitive information or installing malicious software. One of the latest trends in phishing is the use of QR codes, CAPTCHAs, and steganography. See how they are carried out and […]