@try_to_hack First Hacker to Earn a Million
19-year-old Argentinian @try_to_hack just made history as the first to earn over $1,000,000 in bounty awards on HackerOne. Since joining HackerOne in 2015, Santiago has…
Month: May 2023
New Ransomware Gang RA Group Hits U.S. and South Korean Organizations
May 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Ransomware A new ransomware group known as RA Group has become the latest threat actor to leverage the leaked…
MS macro-blocking has forced cyber criminals to innovate
Microsoft’s attempt to thwart malicious actors from tricking users into executing malware and ransomware, by blocking Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Excel 4.0 (XL4)…
Kristian Bremberg, Detectify Crowdsource community manager: “Crowdsourced security gives researchers freedom”
The Detectify Crowdsource platform allows security researchers to submit newly discovered exploits and incorporate them into Detectify’s automated security service. At the heart of the…
Advantech’s industrial serial device servers open to attack
Three vulnerabilities in Advantech’s EKI series of serial device servers could be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on the OS level. Source: CyberDanube The vulnerabilities…
New ‘MichaelKors’ Ransomware-as-a-Service Targeting Linux and VMware ESXi Systems
May 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananLinux / Hypervisor Jackpotting A new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operation called MichaelKors has become the latest file-encrypting malware to target Linux and VMware…
Israel Postal Company Cyber Attack Claimed By Anonymous Sudan
As a part of its ongoing operation against Israeli organizations, hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan has added the Israel Postal Company as its latest victim. While…
Researchers Uncover Powerful Backdoor and Custom Implant in Year-Long Cyber Campaign
May 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware Government, aviation, education, and telecom sectors located in South and Southeast Asia have come under the radar of…
Online sales suffer as consumers hit shops for bargains
The cost of living is having an impact on online sales as consumers seek out better prices in stores, according to data from the BRC-KPMG…
After Claiming Pike Nurseries Cyber Attack, Hackers Threaten To Leak Data
Renowned gardening and horticultural company Pike Nurseries was targeted by the notorious LockBit ransomware group. The threat actors have explicitly stated their intentions to release…
The Czech Foreign Ministry Cyber Attack Claimed By NoName
The NoName hacker group enlisted a number of European organizations as victims early this week. Among them was the Czech company TAJMAC-ZP, the German Ministry…
Q&A with Brian Neely, CIO & CISO of AMERICAN SYSTEMS
The only constant in life is change. That statement couldn’t be more true in the world of cybersecurity, and no one knows that better than…