FamousSparrow APT Wings in to Spy on Hotels, Governments
A custom “SparrowDoor” backdoor has allowed the attackers to collect data from targets around the globe.
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Crystal Valley Farm Coop Hit with Ransomware
It’s the second agricultural business to be seized this week and portends a bitter harvest with yet another nasty jab at critical infrastructure.
How REvil May Have Ripped Off Its Own Affiliates
A newly discovered backdoor and double chats could have enabled REvil ransomware-as-a-service operators to hijack victim cases and snatch affiliates’ cuts of ransom payments.
UPDATE: Malicious actors are already scanning honeypots, looking for servers vulnerable to the critical arbitrary file upload flaw in vCenter servers’ Analytics service.
The action is the first of its kind in the U.S., as the government increases efforts to get a handle on cybercrime.
Nick Kael, CTO at Ericom, discusses how phishing is gaining sophistication and what it means for businesses.
“TinyTurla,” simply coded malware that hides away as a legitimate Windows service, has flown under the radar for two years.
Critical infrastructure appears to be targeted in latest ransomware attack, diminishing the hopes of governments to curb such attacks.
With the help of malicious insiders, a fraudster was able to install malware and remotely divorce iPhones and other handsets from the carrier’s U.S. network — all the way from Pakistan.
Microsoft and RiskIQ researchers have identified several campaigns using the recently patched zero-day, reiterating a call for organizations to update affected systems.
