Phorpiex botnet stopped working, its source code is up for sale
The Phorpiex malware operators have announced that the botnet stopped working and have put its source code up for sale on a hacker forum,...
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News · August 27, 2021
Ragnarok ransomware shut down and released a utility to decrypt files
Ragnarok (aka Asnarök) ransomware was shut down. The ransomware operators announced the termination of all operations and released a free utility to decrypt files....
News · August 26, 2021
Fake OpenSea support steals NFTs and funds from cryptocurrency wallets
Users of the OpenSea NFT marketplace are exposed to phishing attacks from fake Discord support, the purpose of which is to steal funds in...
News · August 25, 2021
Pysa ransomware script sheds light on data that hackers are interested in
The researchers had at their disposal a PowerShell script used by the operators of the ransomware Pysa, and the experts were able to assess...
News · August 22, 2021
Emsisoft released a decryptor for SynAck ransomware
Emsisoft has released a decryptor for the SynAck ransomware, allowing victims to decrypt their encrypted files for free. SynAck ransomware gang started in 2017,...
News · August 19, 2021
Researchers spoke about the vulnerabilities of agricultural machinery John Deere and Case New Holland
A group of researchers, led by a hacker known as Sick Codes, spoke at Def Con about the discovery of multiple vulnerabilities in John...
News · August 18, 2021
Hackers use fake captcha to bypass browser warnings
The researcher noticed that hackers are using a fake captcha to force users to bypass browser warnings and download the banking Trojan Gozi (aka...
News · August 17, 2021
Millions of IoT Devices are at Risk due to Bugs Found in Realtek Wi-Fi SDK
Taiwanese manufacturer Realtek has warned of four vulnerabilities found in three SDKs for Wi-Fi modules. These modules are used in nearly 200 IoT device...
News · August 16, 2021
Colonial Pipeline told about data breach
In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, the largest pipeline operator in the United States that is responsible for the transportation of fuel, suffered from an...
News · August 13, 2021
SynAck ransomware operators published decryption keys
The hack group El_Cometa, formerly known as SynAck, released keys to decrypt data that had suffered from attacks by their ransomware between July 2017...
News · August 12, 2021
Pirates make over a billion dollars a year from malicious and conventional ads
Analysts at the nonprofit Digital Citizens Alliance and anti-piracy firm White Bullet have published a study finding that pirates make over than $1.34 billion...
News · August 11, 2021
Universal decryption key of REvil appeared on the Russian-language hacker forum
The universal decryption key of REvil, which was at the disposal of the Kaseya company, whose clients have recently suffered from ransomware attacks, appeared...
