Google PPC Ads Used to Deliver Infostealers
The crooks pay top dollar for Google search results for the popular AnyDesk, Dropbox & Telegram apps that lead to a malicious, infostealer-packed website.
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Malware
Exchange Servers Targeted by ‘Epsilon Red’ Malware
REvil threat actors may be behind a set of PowerShell scripts developed for encryption and weaponized to exploit vulnerabilities in corporate networks, the ransom note suggests.
Read MorePodcast: The State of Ransomware
In this Threatpost podcast, Fortinet’s top researcher sketches out the ransom landscape, with takeaways from the DarkSide attack on Colonial Pipeline.
Read MoreBanking Attacks Surge Along with Post-COVID Economy
FinTech fraud spikes 159 percent in Q1 2021 along with stimulus spending.
Read MoreREvil Ransomware Ground Down JBS: Sources
Responsible nations don’t harbor cybercrooks, the Biden administration admonished Russia, home to the gang that reportedly froze the global food distributor’s systems.
Read MoreCyber-Insurance Fuels Ransomware Payment Surge
Companies relying on their cyber-insurance policies to pay off ransomware criminals are being blamed for a recent uptick in ransomware attacks.
Read MoreWhere Bug Bounty Programs Fall Flat
Some criminals package exploits into bundles to sell on cybercriminal forums years after they were zero days, while others say bounties aren’t enough .
Read MoreCyberattack Forces Meat Producer to Shut Down Operations in U.S., Australia
Global food distributor JBS Foods suffered an unspecified incident over the weekend that disrupted several servers supporting IT systems and could affect the supply chain for some time.
Read MoreOn the Taxonomy and Evolution of Ransomware
Not all ransomware is the same! Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra AI, discusses the different species of this growing scourge.
Read MoreHackers Exploit Post-COVID Return to Offices
Spoofed CIO ‘pandemic guideline’ emails being used to steal credentials.
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