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TrickBot rises to top threat in February, overtaking Emotet in Check Point’s new index. A massive malicious spam campaign, along with the global takedown of Emotet, has vaulted the TrickBot trojan to the top of the Check Point’s list of the most popular malware among cybercriminals for February. In January, TrickBot was ranked third on Check Point’s list, and it was fourth overall for 2020, while the No. 1 malware, Emotet, remained ascendant. But following the worldwide law-enforcement ef...

The threat group behind the Sodinokibi ransomware claimed to have recently compromised nine organizations.

Sky ECC claims that cops cracked a fake version of the app being passed off by disgruntled reseller.

Published 11 March 2021 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are jointly announcing the final two research and development (R&D) awards for the newly launched Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure (SRMNI) project. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are jointl...

The F5 flaws could affect the networking infrastructure for some of the largest tech and Fortune 500 companies – including Microsoft, Oracle and Facebook.

A spam campaign hides a malicious executable behind file archive extensions.

The remote code execution flaw could allow attackers to deploy malware, modify network configurations and view databases. Enterprise software giant SAP pushed out fixes for a critical-severity vulnerability in its real-time data monitoring software for manufacturing operations. If exploited, the flaw could allow an attacker to access SAP databases, infect end users with malware and modify network configurations. The critical-bug fix was part of 18 security patches released by SAP addressing ne...

minute read Share this article: At least 10 nation-state-backed groups are using the ProxyLogon exploit chain to compromise email servers, as compromises mount. Recently patched Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities are under fire from at least 10 different advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, all bent on compromising email servers around the world. Overall exploitation activity is snowballing, according to researchers. Microsoft said in early March that it had spotted multiple ze...

minute read Share this article: Reports say that the agency in charge of managing Spain’s unemployment benefits has been hit by the Ryuk ransomware. The Spanish State Employment Service (SEPE) in Spain has been hit by a cyberattack, suspending its communications systems across hundreds of offices and delaying thousands of appointments. SEPE is an “autonomous body” in Spain that manages and controls unemployment benefits. The cyberattack hit during an already strenuous time fo...

The financial cyber-gang is running limited attacks ahead of broader offensives on point-of-sale systems. The FIN8 cyberattack group has resurfaced after a period of relative quiet, researchers have found. The gang is using new versions of the BadHatch backdoor to compromise companies in the chemical insurance, retail and technology industries. The attacks have been seen hitting organizations around the world, mainly in Canada, Italy, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa and the United States, acc...