Kmart, Latest Victim of Egregor Ransomware – Report
The struggling retailer’s back-end services have been impacted, according to a report, just in time for the holidays.
Malware
TrickBot Returns with a Vengeance, Sporting Rare Bootkit Functions
A new “TrickBoot” module scans for vulnerable firmware and has the ability to read, write and erase it on devices.
DeathStalker APT Spices Things Up with PowerPepper Malware
A raft of obfuscation techniques turn the heat up for the hacking-for-hire operation.
The ransomware group pilfered payment-card data and credentials for over a year, before ending with an attack last month that shut down many of the South Korean retailer’s stores.
The feds have seen ongoing cyberattacks on think-tanks (bent on espionage, malware delivery and more), using phishing and VPN exploits as primary attack vectors.
In a recent cyberattack against an E.U. country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Crutch backdoor leveraged Dropbox to exfiltrate sensitive documents.
The post-COVID-19 surge in the criticality level of medical infrastructure, coupled with across-the-board digitalization, will be big drivers for medical-sector cyberattacks next year.
The never-before-seen Xanthe cryptomining botnet has been targeting misconfigured Docker APIs.
The ransomware group has leaked stolen data to add pressure on the company to pay up.
A strain of the 13-year old backdoor Bandook trojan has been spotted in an espionage campaign.
