Over the past week, security alerts have been published by cyber-security companies from France, Japan, and New Zealand warning of a sudden and huge upsurge in Emotet malware attacks aimed at their respective countries. Emotet activity defined in the warnings refers to email spam drives that started from Emotet infrastructure and targeted Continue Reading
Threat investigators have unveiled a new malware, KryptoCibule, which is centered on getting an adequate amount of cryptocurrency from its victims. To this end, it pilfers wallets, hijacks transactions, and begins mining on infected machines. The malware has existed for almost two years, extending its functionality with each new version. Continue Reading
In August, the Emotet botnet operators began using a new template, named ‘Red Dawn,’ for the malevolent attachments used in new operations. The Emotet malware returned in July 2020, following a five-month hiatus, and started vomiting huge amounts of malicious spam across the globe. These spam operations pretend to be invoices, shipping information, COVID-19 Continue Reading
Recently, a peer-to-peer botnet known as FritzFrog has made waves in the technology realm, with researchers saying it has been aggressively breaching SSH servers—pieces of software found in routers and IoT devices—for the last 8 months. As per technology experts, FritzFrog spreads as a worm, brute-forcing credentials at institutions like Continue Reading
On July 28, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning about growing Netwalker ransomware attacks, particularly targeting American and foreign health organizations, private companies and governments. In June, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) paid cybercriminals $1.4 million after they affected the university’s medical school computer systems with the Netwalker Continue Reading
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