Cybersecurity

ParaSiteSnatcher How Malicious Chrome Extensions Target Brazil

Our investigations on potential security threats uncovered a malicious Google Chrome extension that we named “ParaSiteSnatcher.” The ParaSiteSnatcher framework allows threat actors to monitor, manipulate, and exfiltrate highly sensitive information from multiple sources. ParaSiteSnatcher also utilizes the powerful Chrome Browser API to intercept and exfiltrate all POST requests containing sensitive account and financial information before […]

Cybersecurity

Ransomware Attack Wipes Out Four Months of Sri Lankan Government Data

Investigations have begun into a massive ransomware attack that has affected Sri Lanka’s government cloud system, Lanka Government Cloud (LGC). The investigation is being conducted by the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team and Coordination Center (CERT|CC). Sri Lanka’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) confirmed the attack to several local news outlets on September […]