May 28, 2020 PonyFinal Ransomware Leverages Brute-Force Attacks to Access Networks 2 min read - Security researchers observed PonyFinal ransomware using brute-force attacks to access targeted organizations' networks.
May 11, 2020 ‘Blue Mockingbird’ Attempts to Distribute Monero Miners to Enterprise Targets 2 min read - A grouping of similar threat activity dubbed "Blue Mockingbird" attempted to distribute Monero-mining malware payloads across its enterprise targets.
May 4, 2020 Weekly Security News Roundup: Shade Ransomware Authors Release 750K Decryption Keys 3 min read - The authors of Shade ransomware announced that they were releasing 750,000 decryption keys to help victims recover their files for free. Learn what else happened last week in security news.
April 8, 2020 Mshta Replaces PowerShell in New Ursnif Campaign 2 min read - Security researchers observed that a new attack campaign replaced PowerShell with mshta as a means to distribute Ursnif malware.
March 18, 2020 Ursnif Campaign Leverages New Infection Chain to Target Italian Users 2 min read - Security researchers detected an Ursnif campaign that leveraged a new infection chain to target users based in Italy.
January 15, 2020 Cable Haunt Leaves an Estimated 200 Million Modems Open to Potential Attacks 2 min read - An estimated 200 million modems or more may be vulnerable to an exploit dubbed Cable Haunt, which researchers said would give attackers complete control over their victims' devices.
November 4, 2019 Weekly Security News Roundup: Xhelper Malware Infects 45K Android Devices in 6 Months 3 min read - Researchers found that the Xhelper Android dropper had infected more than 45,000 Android devices in the span of six months. Learn what else happened last week in security news.
Advanced Threats September 25, 2019 Leading Magecart Group Targeting Captive Wi-Fi Users via L7 Routers 5 min read - According to IBM X-Force IRIS, Magecart Group 5 is likely testing malicious code designed for injection into benign JavaScript files loaded by commercial-grade L7 routers.
June 11, 2019 Fileless Attack Campaign Leverages PCASTLE to Distribute XMRig Monero-Mining Malware 2 min read - According to researchers, the fileless attack uses PCASTLE to distribute samples of XMRig, a well-known Monero-mining malware family.
June 5, 2019 BlackSquid Malware Capable of Abusing 8 Exploits to Install XMRig Monero Miner 2 min read - The new BlackSquid malware is capable of abusing eight notorious exploits in its attempts to install the XMRig Monero miner.