Over the last nine months, the DarkSide ransomware group has received at least $90 million in ransom payments from its victims. In just one-week, Colonial Pipeline, the largest oil…
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Bizarro banking malware attacks South American and European Banks
Cyber criminals have published a previously unknown banking Trojan that can steal login credentials from customers of 70 banks across Europe and South America. Kaspersky’s researchers have called the…
India saw the largest spike of ransomware attacks in 2021: Report
Ransomware attacks have risen dramatically, since the pandemic interrupted the speed of life last year. Ransomware attacks wreaked havoc on a variety of industries last year, according to research.…
Insurance firm AXA hit by Avaddon ransomware gang
A ransomware attack has targeted four Asian subsidiaries of the Paris-based insurance firm AXA, affecting operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, according to the insurer. The…
Darkside ransomware gang operations and servers shut down: Reports
DarkSide ransomware gang, the famous cybercrime syndicate behind the Colonial Pipeline attack, said it lost control of its infrastructure, citing a law enforcement seizure, just as Colonial Pipeline was restoring…
167 Fake Android and iOS trading and cryptocurrency apps: Sophos
Sophos, a cybersecurity firm, announced on Monday that it had discovered a huge number of up to 167 fake apps being used by cybercriminals to steal money from users who…
Magecart hackers use PHP backdoor in website favicons
Malicious PHP web shells disguised as favicons are being distributed by magecart hackers in order to retain remote access to compromised servers and insert JavaScript skimmers into online shopping sites…
Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack: Paid $5 million ransom
Colonial Pipeline restored its complete pipeline system on Thursday, nearly a week after a ransomware attack targeted its IT systems, forcing it to pay over $5 million ransom to reclaim…
Health Service Executive IT system shut down suffers a major ransomware attack
Following a “significant ransomware attack,” Ireland’s Health Service Executive has temporarily shut down its IT infrastructure. The health organization announced that it had shut down its systems as a…
Every Wi-Fi devices are vulnerable to FragAttacks: Security Researcher
FragAttacks are a group of recently discovered Wi-Fi security vulnerabilities that affect all Wi-Fi devices, including computers, smartphones, and smart devices (fragmentation and aggregation attacks). Three of these flaws…