Hackers Use Google Ads Massively to Deliver Malware Payloads
Hackers have become more sophisticated in their use of Google Ads. They have been exploiting the platform for spreading malware to unsuspecting users when searching…
Month: January 2023
Ransomware: The security debt collector
High-profile ransomware news stories grabbed headlines a few years ago but faded in popularity as other attacks like cryptojacking grew more profitable. Since the first…
Ransomware gang cloned victim’s website to leak stolen data
The ALPHV ransomware operators have gotten creative with their extortion tactic and, in at least one case, created a replica of the victim’s site to…
Ransomware gang apologizes, gives SickKids hospital free decryptor
The LockBit ransomware gang has released a free decryptor for the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), saying one of its members violated rules by attacking…
Weak WordPress passwords still hit the platform’s security
Weak WordPress passwords continue to undermine the security posture of the platform. Remember the FastCompany breach in September? The hackers have claimed to have gotten…
PureLogs Stealer Sold on the Cybercrime Forum
A .NET program-based PureLogs stealer developed by the cybercriminal group PureCoder is available for sale on the cybercrime forum, according to research by the Cyble…
BianLian Ransomware Lists St Rose Hospital as Victim
In a second incident by BianLian, the ransomware group has listed California-based healthcare facility St Rose Hospital as its victim. The ransomware gang claims to…
LockBit ransomware claims attack on Port of Lisbon in Portugal
A cyberattack hitting the Port of Lisbon Administration (APL), the third-largest port in Portugal, on Christmas day, has been claimed by the LockBit ransomware gang. The Port…
Google Home Vulnerability: Eavesdropping on Conversations
Matt Kunze, an ethical hacker, reported wiretapping bugs in Google Home Smart Speakers, for which he received a bug bounty worth $107,500. Google Assistant is…
PyTorch discloses malicious dependency chain compromise over holidays
PyTorch has identified a malicious dependency with the same name as the framework’s ‘torchtriton’ library. This has led to a successful compromise via the dependency confusion attack vector. PyTorch admins…
WatchGuard’s 2022 Cybersecurity Prediction Mid-Year Review
By Corey Nachreiner, Chief Security Officer, WatchGuard Technologies Every year, the WatchGuard Threat Labs team releases our annual cybersecurity predictions to forecast how the threat…
What we can learn from The Undeclared War
By Nicole Allen, Senior Marketing Executive at Salt Communications The Undeclared War, a drama series on Channel 4, has continued to raise public awareness of…