Delaware, USA – April 15, 2019 – Despite the fall of the Monero cryptocurrency and the closure of Coinhive platform, adversaries do not lose interest in coinminers and continue to modify them to attack organizations. Last week it became known about the attack of sophisticated coinminer on Hoya Corporation which caused about 40% drop in […]
Delaware, USA – April 12, 2019 – The authors of Emotet consistently maintain the reputation of their creation as the most dangerous malware. Researchers at Cofense have discovered a new technique in the arsenal of this trojan: now malware sends customized templates based on previously stolen emails. Email harvesting module was added in October 2018, […]
Delaware, USA – April 11, 2019 – TajMahal cyberespionage framework was unnoticed by experts for five years. In a recently published report, KasperskyLab’s experts disclosed that the earliest attack using this malicious tool dates back to 2014, and the most recent version of TajMahal was compiled last year. This is probably the most sophisticated and […]
Delaware, USA – April 10, 2019 – The researchers of Palo Alto Networks Unit 24 published a report informing about a strain of Mirai malware compiled to target Xilinx MicroBlaze, Altera Nios II, Tensilica Xtensa and OpenRISC processors is in the wild. Along with the gained abilities to target new systems like digital signal processors, […]
Delaware, USA – April 9, 2019 – The largest optical products manufacturer Hoya Corporation suffered a cyber attack that infected more than 100 computers compromising users’ credentials and tried to take root for cryptocurrency mining, The Japan Times informs. The network controlling server was brought down on March 1 and the orders processing and production […]
Delaware, USA – April 8, 2019 – Another local infrastructure was hit by massive ransomware attack. Disruption of routine operations requiring a computer and inability to process payments is only the top of the iceberg of all the issues that Genesee County, Michigan faced trying to restore after the Packman ransomware attack, the abc12 informs. […]
Delaware, USA – April 5, 2019 – German chemical giant Bayer stood a cyber attack that was meant to steal the company’s sensitive data, Reuters informed. The malware that was further identified as typical of the Chinese Winnti group had infiltrated the system early last year and was closely monitored by Bayer’s Cyber Defence Center […]
One of the largest drinks suppliers Arizona Beverages is restoring their operations caused by a massive ransomware attack that shut down operations of the Sales department, Tech Crunch informs. The company’s IT specialists and hired experts are still working at the recovery of the company’s back-end servers that were victimized by iEnscrypt ransomware and there is […]
Delaware, USA – April 3, 2019 – APT32 continue to improve their techniques for conducting cyber espionage campaigns. Researchers suggest that this group is behind the compromise of Toyota and Lexus sales subsidiaries and the likely theft of personal data of more than 3 million customers. The group returned to business after a relatively long […]
Delaware, USA – April 2, 2019 – Last weekend, a ransomware attack wreaked havoc on the City of Albany, New York. According to Mayor Kathy Sheehan, there is no evidence that any personal info has been stolen, but City employees will be provided with credit monitoring. The attack occurred on Saturday, March 30, and by […]