Australian gold mining company hit with ransomware
Australian gold mining firm Evolution Mining has announced on Monday that it became aware on 8 August 2024 of a ransomware attack impacting its IT…
Month: August 2024
Data theft forum admins busted after flashing their cash in a life of luxury
Two men without a clear source of income landed cyberfraud charges after being so flash with their ill-gotten cash that it gained the attention of…
Dispossessor ransomware group shut down – Security
The globally active criminal ransomware group Radar/Dispossessor, which targeted at least dozens of companies in sectors including healthcare and transport, has been taken down, authorities…
Zabbix Server Vulnerability Lets Attacker Execute Arbitrary Code
A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-22116, has been patched in Zabbix, a popular monitoring solution. The vulnerability allowed an administrator with restricted permissions to…
From Cartels to Crypto: Trends Show Disruptive Cybercrime Evolving Rapidly
Cybercrime has expanded well beyond traditional practices like credit card theft and identity fraud. We are now witnessing the emergence of a new era where sophisticated criminal…
Beware Of Malicious Typosquat Package That Steals Your Secret Keys
Hackers often target the Solana Python API ecosystem to exploit vulnerabilities in decentralized applications, access private keys, or manipulate transactions on the Solana blockchain. Recently…
Authorities Seized Dispossessor Ransomware Servers
FBI Cleveland announced a significant victory against cybercrime by disrupting “Radar/Dispossessor,” a notorious ransomware group led by the online moniker “Brain.” This operation dismantled three…
FBI Shuts Down Dispossessor Ransomware Group’s Servers Across U.S., U.K., and Germany
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware group called Dispossessor (aka Radar).…
CERT-UA warns of a phishing campaign targeting government entities
CERT-UA warns of a phishing campaign targeting government entities Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2024 CERT-UA warned that Russia-linked actor is impersonating the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU)…
Post-Exploitation Technique After Hacking Ivanti, Fortigate VPN Servers
Akamai researchers have delved into the often-overlooked threat of VPN post-exploitation, highlighting techniques that threat actors can use to escalate their intrusion after compromising a…
DeathGrip Ransomware Expanding Services Using RaaS Service
A new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) platform known as DeathGrip has surfaced, offering sophisticated ransomware tools to aspiring cyber criminals. This service is being promoted through Telegram…
US DoJ dismantled remote IT worker fraud schemes run by North Korea
US DoJ dismantled remote IT worker fraud schemes run by North Korea Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2024 The U.S. DoJ arrested a Tennessee man for…