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A television advertising sales and technology company joinly owned by the three largest U.S. cable operators was hit with a ransomware attack in recent weeks that affected operations. Ampersand — owned by Comcast Corporation, Charter Communications and Cox Communications — provides viewership data to advertisers about 85 million households and has existed since 1981. Last […]
This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese) Executive Summary We recently detected a new campaign from the XorDDoS Trojan that led us to conduct an in-depth investigation that unveiled concealed network infrastructure that carries a large amount of command and control (C2) traffic. When we compared the most recent wave of XorDDoS attacks with […]
Oct 17, 2023NewsroomMalware / APT In what’s the latest evolution of threat actors abusing legitimate infrastructure for nefarious ends, new findings show that nation-state hacking groups have entered the fray in leveraging the social platform for targeting critical infrastructure. Discord, in recent years, has become a lucrative target, acting as a fertile ground for hosting […]
Oct 17, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Cyber Threat Two critical security flaws discovered in the open-source CasaOS personal cloud software could be successfully exploited by attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution and take over susceptible systems. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-37265 and CVE-2023-37266, both carry a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10. Sonar […]
The notorious Knight ransomware group has asserted responsibility for a cyberattack on BMW Munique Motors, the authorized BMW dealership for the State of Rondônia. This cyberattack claim was posted on the dark web channel frequently used by the Knight ransomware group. Adding to the gravity of the situation, the threat actors left a message for […]
Last updated at Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:02:23 GMT As part of our continuing research project into managed file transfer risk, including JSCAPE MFT and Fortra Globalscape EFT Server, Rapid7 discovered several vulnerabilities in South River Technologies’ Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers. Although these require unusual circumstances or non-default configurations, as well as a […]
In an era where data security is paramount, the recent revelations about firmware backdoors implanted by Chinese government-backed hackers serve as a stark reminder of the evolving threat landscape. BlackTech is infiltrating routers to gain undetectable backdoor access to the networks of companies in the US and Japan. This incident underscores the vulnerabilities in our […]
A new report by Trellix reveals that Discord, a popular communication platform, is being increasingly used by hackers, including advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, to target critical infrastructure.
60% of companies are ‘very’ to ‘extremely’ concerned about ransomware attacks, according to latest research from Hornetsecurity. Businesses acknowledge ransomware risk Hornetsecurity revealed that 92.5% businesses are aware of ransomware’s potential for negative impact. Still, just 54% of respondents said their leadership is ‘actively involved in conversations and decision-making’ around preventing such attacks. 39.7% said […]