Snake ransomware isolates systems before encryption
Information security experts first discovered the Snake ransomware (aka EKANS) in January 2020, and Deep Instinct researchers now said that Snake isolates Windows-based systems...
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RDP brute-force attacks hit 100,000 attempts per day
ESET announced an increase in brute force attacks on RDP. During the pandemic and the transition of companies to the home office mode, the...
Maze ransomware operators claim to have hacked Xerox corporation
Maze ransomware operators claim to have carried out a successful attack and hacked Xerox corporation, stealing more than 100 GB of data. If the...
IPP port allows access to more than 80000 printers
Experts from the non-profit organization Shadowserver Foundation issued a warning, in which again recommend companies do not leave printers in public access via Internet....
Attackers use Google Analytics for web skimming
Kaspersky Lab researchers report that hackers are abusing Google Analytics to implement attacks of the MageCart type, or web-skimming. Thus, attackers extract stolen bankcard...
Information security experts discovered a rare AcidBox malware that is used for targeted attacks
Specialists at Palo Alto Networks revealed a rare AcidBox malware, which is used for targeted attacks on some organizations. To do this, AcidBox used...
Maze crypto operators mistakenly attacked the wrong company
The Register reports that Emsisoft specialists found a very interesting attack. Maze cryptographic operators accidentally attacked the wrong company. attacked a New York-based architectural...
Zoom made end-to-end encryption available to everyone
In early June, Zoom's management made a very strange decision that end-to-end encryption would be sold to users. However, it seems that the company...
Hundreds of millions of IoT devices at risk due to Ripple20 vulnerabilities
Specialists from the Israeli company JSOF discovered 19 vulnerabilities in a small library that was created back in the 90s and has been actively...
Hundreds of thousands users of specific applications may lose privacy
The vpnMentor research team discovered a data leak (photos, including erotic ones, screenshots of personal correspondence and money transfer transactions, audio recordings and some...
Antiviruses began to detect stalkerware better
Analysts from the independent lab AV-Comparatives and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) found that antiviruses on Android and Windows began to detect stalkerware better....
KingMiner botnet hacks MSSQL to install miner
Sophos experts warn of the activity of the KingMiner botnet, which hacks the MSSQL databases to install the miner. Using brute force attacks, this...
