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Authorities confirm that they have arrested an undisclosed number of cyber criminals associated with the Egregor ransomware

 The new indictment expands on a 2018 case against the Pyongyang hacking group blamed for attacks against Sony Pictures,, the destructive Wannacry worm, a series of brazen online bank robberies against the global financial system, and ongoing ransomware extortion schemes. The group, known publicly as Lazarus, has also been actively draining billions of dollars from hacks against crypto-currency exchanges.  The newest indictment adds two new North Korean defendants to the government’s case a...

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Egregors data-leaking site remains offline. (Source: Malwarebytes) Individuals suspected of being affiliates of the Egregor ransomware-as-a-service operation have reportedly been arrested in Ukraine. The arrests were announced on Friday by radio station France Inter, which said French police had launched an investigation last fall, spurred by attacks against domestic organizations, and had begun working with police in Ukraine to investigate. France Inter reports that the arrests of the individu...

Fraud scammers from all over the world began targeting the states’ mostly antiquated employment insurance systems, moving swiftly to collect billions of dollars and using the money to fund other illegal activities.

Patch Tuesday sees just 56 vulnerabilities addressed this month

February 9, 2021 Microsoft today rolled out updates to plug at least 56 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. One of the bugs is already being actively exploited, and six of them were publicized prior to today, potentially giving attackers a head start in figuring out how to exploit the flaws. Nine of the 56 vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most urgent “critical” rating, meaning malware or miscreants could use them to seize remote control over unpatche...

A wave of unemployment fraud has hit Ohio and the rest of the nation. Here's more on who the scammers are and how they are able to bilk billions in benefits.

Windows 10, Server 2019 users must patch serious zero-day Another dangerous zero-day exploit is among 56 vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft in February’s Patch Tuesday update Share this item with your network: By Published: 10 Feb 2021 11:36 An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Win32k.sys, impacting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, is already being exploited in the wild as a zero-day, and should be prioritised for patching despite being rated as merely “imp...

Security teams might want to take a close look at their own risks for a particular flaw noted Microsoft, despite the decision by the security giant to forgo the “critical" rating.