Google recently disrupted the malware activities of a sophisticated botnet – Glupteba. The search engine giant claimed the Glupteba botnet has been targeting Windows systems by protecting itself using blockchain technology. Google disrupted the key command and control infrastructure...
Remote work and distributed environments have disrupted long established security models and workflows. Security architects had to re-adapt, re-architect, and rebuild security for remote workers, with the rapid de-perimeterization we witnessed over the months. A multi-layered approach had to...
Microsoft announced that it had disrupted the operations of a Chinese cyberespionage group targeting organizations in the U.S. and 28 other countries. Tracked as Nickel, the advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been linked to various cyberattacks across the...
In a report, the ANSSI (French National Cybersecurity Agency) revealed that it has observed several phishing campaigns directed against French entities since February 2021. These compromised email accounts of French organizations were used to spread the malware and send...
Cybercriminals are creating new phishing strategies and malware variants to make their attacks more intense and successful. They even rely on phishing kits, which are readily available on darknet forums, to exploit their targeted systems.
By Rudra Srinivas, Senior Feature Writer,...
The evolution of cryptocurrencies has attracted cybercriminal groups globally. Cryptocurrency exchanges and hot wallets continue to become a primary target for threat actors. The recent victim to join the bandwagon of crypto hacks is the cryptocurrency trading platform BitMart.
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In a flash alert, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in coordination with DHS/CISA, identified that since early November 2021, Cuba ransomware had infiltrated around 49 entities; from the critical infrastructure sector such as financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and...
Several threat actor groups have targeted public and private organizations in India lately, affecting critical infrastructures in the country. Recently, security experts from Malwarebytes revealed that a Pakistani APT group SideCopy has been targeting ministries in India and Afghanistan to...
Cyberattacks are dangerous for any organization. Health care organizations can be particularly vulnerable, however, because breaches often reveal sensitive patient information and may result in fines, loss of reputation, and lost revenue, and in some cases can affect patient...
COVID-19 era has brought a major revolution in the IT domain where cloud services are expected to be the backbone of almost all organizations by the year 2025. COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of cloud services and highlighted...
