Akira ransomware abuses CPU tuning tool to disable Microsoft Defender
Akira ransomware is abusing a legitimate Intel CPU tuning driver to turn off Microsoft Defender in attacks from security tools and EDRs running on target…
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Akira and Lynx Ransomware Target MSPs Using Stolen Credentials and Exploited Vulnerabilities
The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) dissected recent samples from the Akira and Lynx ransomware families, revealing incremental enhancements in their ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models and…
Fake VPN and Spam Blocker Apps Tied to VexTrio Used in Ad Fraud, Subscription Scams
The malicious ad tech purveyor known as VexTrio Viper has been observed developing several malicious apps that have been published on Apple and Google’s official…
Sophisticated DevilsTongue Windows Spyware Tracking Users Globally
The emergence of DevilsTongue marks a significant escalation in mercenary spyware capabilities, leveraging advanced Windows-based techniques to infiltrate high-value targets worldwide. First observed in campaigns…
Threat Actors Exploit Smart Contracts to Drain Over $900K from Crypto Wallets
SentinelLABS has exposed a sophisticated series of cryptocurrency scams where threat actors distribute malicious smart contracts masquerading as automated trading bots, resulting in the drainage…
US still prioritizing zero-trust migration to limit hacks’ damage
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LAS VEGAS — The U.S. government is still…
New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy, bureaucracy, threats
Sean Cairncross took his post this week as national cyber director at what many agree is a “pivotal” time for the office, giving him a…
Akira and Lynx Ransomware Attacking Managed Service Providers With Stolen Login Credential and Vulnerabilities
Two sophisticated ransomware operations have emerged as significant threats to managed service providers (MSPs) and small businesses, with the Akira and Lynx groups deploying advanced…
Global Jewellery Brand Pandora Suffers Hacked
Danish jewellery giant Pandora has disclosed a significant data breach that compromised customer information through a third-party vendor platform. The company has begun notifying affected…
Black Duck Announces Enhancements to AI Powered Application Security Assistant
Black Duck has unveiled Black Duck Assist, which enables developers to find and fix security and compliance issues in human and AI-generated code in real…
Cyber criminals would prefer businesses don’t use Okta
Cyber criminal gangs are telling their targets to stop authenticating using Okta services in what the company’s threat management team is describing as a ringing…
Lazarus Hackers Trick Users Into Believing Their Camera or Microphone is Blocked to Deliver PyLangGhost RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have observed a new social engineering campaign attributed to North Korea’s Lazarus Group in recent weeks that leverages fake camera and microphone errors…