Cyberattack against Kaseya shows hackers are becoming strategic and targeting remote managed service providers.
Key Findings McAfee sees attackers shift from mass-spread campaigns to fewer, more lucrative targets Cryptocurrency coin miner malware increases 117% due to growth in 64-bit CoinMiner applications New Mirai malware variants drove increases in Internet of Things and Linux threats Overall newly detected malware threats averaged 688 per minute SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–McAfee Corp. (Nasdaq: […]
The group behind the ransomware attack of Colonial Pipeline that led to huge spikes in fuel prices across the country has reportedly quit after its servers and cryptocurrency was seized. Cybersecurity researcher Brian Krebs wrote last Friday that Darkside, the gang behind the ransomware of the same name, announced on a cybercrime forum that it […]
Key Findings McAfee sees COVID-19-themed cyber-attack detections increase by 114% in Q4 2020 Powershell threats grow 208% driven by Donoff malware New malware samples grow 10%; averaging 648 new threats per minute New ransomware increases 69%; Mobile malware grows 118% McAfee observes 3.1 million external attacks on cloud user accounts The Eternal Blue exploit was […]
U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning K-12 educators of an uptick in cyberattacks designed to exploit and disrupt distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. As schools everywhere continue to rely on critical IT services to support distance learning via videoconferencing and collaboration tools, cybercriminals are taking notice. Bad actors are targeting schools with ransomware, data theft […]
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has identified dozens of hospitals that have vulnerable gateway and virtual private network (VPN) appliances in their infrastructure that make them susceptible to more sophisticated human-operated ransomware attacks during the COVID-19 crisis. “To help these hospitals, many already inundated with patients, we sent out a first-of-its-kind targeted notification with important information […]
Although more cybercriminals have been capitalizing on coronavirus fears, at least some ransomware gangs say they will forgo targeting healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 crisis. BleepingComputer reached out to operators of the Maze, DoppelPaymer, Ryuk, Sodinokibi/REvil, PwndLocker and AKO Ransomware infections to see if they would continue attacking health and medical organizations during the pandemic. DoppelPayer told BleepingComputer […]
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