Cybersecurity
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Nov 22, 2023NewsroomSEO poisoning / Malware Analysis The macOS information stealer known as Atomic is now being delivered to target via a bogus web browser update chain tracked as ClearFake. “This may very well be the first time we see one of the main social engineering campaigns, previously reserved for Windows, branch out not only […]
Nov 22, 2023NewsroomThreat Analysis / Vulnerability Multiple threat actors, including LockBit ransomware affiliates, are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler application delivery control (ADC) and Gateway appliances to obtain initial access to target environments. The joint advisory comes from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of […]
A former NHS secretary has been fined by the data protection regulator after illegally accessing the medical records of over 150 people. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that a complaint was first lodged back in June 2019, after a patient raised concerns that their records had been improperly accessed by Loretta Alborghetti, from Redditch. […]
Nov 21, 2023NewsroomRansomware-as-a-service The ransomware strain known as Play is now being offered to other threat actors “as a service,” new evidence unearthed by Adlumin has revealed. “The unusual lack of even small variations between attacks suggests that they are being carried out by affiliates who have purchased the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) and are following step-by-step […]
The US cybersecurity agency CISA has published new guidance to help healthcare and public health organizations understand the cyber threats and risks to their sector and apply mitigations. Titled Mitigation Guide: Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector (PDF), the document was released as a supplemental companion to a Cyber Risk Summary distributed in July, and […]
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.