Video Clip Games Linked to Better Cognitive Skills in Brain Study
Children that played 3 hrs or even more of computer game a day executed much better on examinations of memory as well as impulse control. Kids that played 3 hrs or even more of...
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Disruptive Attacks in Ukraine Likely Linked to Escalating Tensions
The threat actors attempted to misdirect attribution using inauthentic metadata and used publicly available crimeware services and code to minimize the amount of custom code involved in the attack. click here to read full...
Abcbot Botnet Linked to Operators of Xanthe Cryptomining malware
New research into the infrastructure behind an emerging DDoS botnet named Abcbot has uncovered links with a cryptocurrency-mining botnet attack that came to light in December 2020. click here to read full Article Read...
New Flagpro Malware Linked to Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers
The threat actor uses Flagpro in the initial stage of an attack for network reconnaissance, to evaluate the target’s environment, and to download second-stage malware and execute it. click here to read full Article...
HAEICHI-II: Interpol arrested +1,000 suspects linked to various cybercrimes
The Interpol also involved the use of a new global stop-payment mechanism, the Anti-Money Laundering Rapid Response Protocol (ARRP), which was designed to intercept illicit funds. click here to read full Article Read more...
Emotet botnet comeback linked to growing dominance of Conti ransomware gang, lack of malware loaders
The return of Emotet correlates with two long-term developments in the ransomware ecosystem; unfulfilled loader commodity demand and decline of the RaaS model, and return of syndicates such as Conti. click here to read...
Israeli firm’s spyware linked to attacks on websites in UK and Middle East
Researchers have found new evidence that suggests spyware made by an Israeli company that was recently blacklisted in the US has been used to target critics of several autocratic regimes. click here to read...
Gamaredon Threat Group Allegedly Linked to Russia
Ukraine agencies disclosed the details, including the real names, of the members of the Gamaredon group and linked its activities with Russia’s FSB. According to the report, the group allegedly carried out around 5,000 cyberattacks...
Lockean multi-ransomware affiliates linked to attacks on French orgs
Over the past year and a half, the threat actor has compromised the networks of at least eight French companies, stealing data and deploying malware from multiple ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations. click here to read...
GitHub revokes duplicate SSH auth keys linked to library bug
A bug in the library’s pseudo-random number generator allowed for the generation of duplicate RSA keys, enabling users to access other GitHub accounts secured with the same SSH key. click here to read full...
US arrests 33 BEC scammers linked to Nigerian crime syndicate
The arrests, which took place last week, targeted individuals part of Black Axe, a transnational organized crime syndicate originating from Nigeria and operating across the globe. click here to read full Article Read more...
Baby's Death Alleged to Be Linked to Ransomware
A U.S. hospital paralyzed by a ransomware attack in 2019 will be defending itself in court in November over the death of a newborn, allegedly caused due to the cyberattack. click here to read...
New Tomiris Backdoor Found Linked to Hackers Behind SolarWinds Cyberattack
Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday disclosed a previously undocumented backdoor likely designed and developed by the Nobelium advanced persistent threat (APT) behind last year’s SolarWinds supply chain attack, joining the threat actor’s ever-expanding arsenal of hacking...
Apple Fixed Two Zero-Day Flaws Linked to Pegasus
Apple has released a security patch update for its range of devices in the wake of a vulnerability exploited by invasive spyware built by NSO Group. The first flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-30860, which is...
SideWalk Backdoor Linked to China-Linked Spy Group ‘Grayfly’
The novel backdoor technique called SideWalk, seen in campaigns targeting US media and retailers late last month, has been tied to an adversary that’s been around for quite a while: namely, China-linked Grayfly espionage...
New Infrastructure Linked to APT29’s WellMess Malware
RiskIQ laid bare more than 30 active C&C servers delivering WellMess and WellMail malware, allegedly owned by Russian-speaking attack group APT29. It is infamous for targeted attacks aimed at U.S. organizations. Federal agencies and organizations...