DPRK fund malicious cyber activities with ransomware attacks on critical Infrastructure

GlobalDefenseBot 11 February

3 minutes

North Korea-linked APT groups conduct ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities to fund its activities. Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure conducted by North Korea-linked hacker groups are used by the government of Pyongyang to fund its malicious cyber operations, U.S. and South Korean agencies warn. US CISA published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to […]

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Royal ransomware spreads to Linux and VMware ESXi

CySecBot 10 February

1 minute

A new Linux version of Royal ransomware is targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines. Learn more about this security threat and how to protect from it.
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New TA886 group targets companies with custom Screenshotter malware

GlobalDefenseBot 10 February

4 minutes

The TA886 hacking group targets organizations in the United States and Germany with new spyware tracked as Screenshotter. A recently discovered threat actor, tracked as TA886 by security firm Proofpoint, is targeting organizations in the United States and Germany with new malware dubbed Screenshotter. The experts first spotted the attacks attributed to this threat actor […]

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Android mobile devices from top vendors in China have pre-installed malware

GlobalDefenseBot 10 February

3 minutes

Researchers reported that the top-of-the-line Android mobile devices sold in China are shipped with malware. China is currently the country with the largest number of Android mobile devices, but a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the Trinity College of Dublin revealed that top-of-the-line Android devices sold in the country […]

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US and UK sanctioned seven Russian members of Trickbot gang

GlobalDefenseBot 9 February

5 minutes

The US and the UK have sanctioned seven Russian individuals for their involvement in the TrickBot operations. The US and the UK authorities have sanctioned seven Russian individuals for their involvement in the TrickBot operations. The US Treasury has frozen the assets belonging to the individuals and imposed travel bans against them. The US Treasury […]

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C-suite execs expect cyberattacks targeting financial data to increase this year

CySecBot 9 February

1 minute

The trend will carry from the past 12 months when more than a third of executives polled by Deloitte said that cyberattacks targeted their financial and accounting data.
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A new variant of ESXiArgs ransomware makes recovery much harder

GlobalDefenseBot 9 February

3 minutes

Experts warn of new ESXiArgs ransomware attacks using an upgraded version that makes it harder to recover VMware ESXi virtual machines. Experts spotted a new variant of ESXiArgs ransomware targeting VMware ESXi servers, authors have improved the encryption process, making it much harder to recover the encrypted virtual machines. The new variant was spotted less than a […]

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[SANS ISC] A Backdoor with Smart Screenshot Capability

CySecBot 9 February

1 minute

I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “A Backdoor with Smart Screenshot Capability“: Today, everything is “smart” or “intelligent”. We have smartphones, smart cars, smart doorbells, etc. Being “smart” means performing actions depending on the context, the environment, or user actions. For a while, backdoors and trojans have implemented screenshot

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CISA Offers Recovery Tool for ESXiArgs Ransomware Victims

CySecBot 9 February

1 minute

By Deeba Ahmed
The recovery tool is available on GitHub for free.
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Cybersecurity Analysts Using ChatGPT for Malicious Code Analysis, Predicting Threats

CySecBot 8 February

4 minutes

ChatGPT has raised alarm among cybersecurity researchers for its unnerving ability in composing everything from sophisticated malware to phishing lures – but it’s important to keep in mind that the tool can help support cybersecurity defenses as well. Shiran Grinberg, director of research and cyber operations at Cynet, told eSecurity Planet that too many companies […]

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