ScreenConnect is a remote access tool (RAT) used for remote meetings. Powerkatz is a PowerShell version of Mimikatz. New intelligence about the actors behind the attack on India’s largest IT outsourcing and consulting organization Wipro has emerged lately. It is found that the attack on Wipro was conducted using ScreenConnect and Powerkatz. What does the new update say? Researchers from ...

‘Many companies pay us for our work, and we do not publish data and help them to eliminate vulnerabilities’ A service provider hired by the likes of Oracle, SAP, BT, and many others, to manage their IT systems has been hacked – and its client data held to ransom. At the turn of this month, Germany-based CityComp was broken into ...

A ransomware infection has crippled the operations of a US-based web hosting provider for almost eight days now, several of the company’s disgruntled customers have told ZDNet today. Impacted are all Windows-based servers owned by A2 Hosting, a provider of virtual private servers (VPS) and WordPress hosting services. CUSTOMERS LOSING MONEY The infection, which took place last week on April ...

This malvertising campaign targeted Russian organizations with an aim to compromise accountants’ computers. The six different malware families such include Buhtrap banking trojan, RTM banking trojan, Clipbanker trojan, VegaLocker ransomware, and cryptocurrency miners. ESET researchers have observed a new malvertising campaign that leverages Yandex.Direct network to distribute malware onto victims’ computers and steal cryptocurrency. Yandex.Direct is an online advertising network ...

A new phishing scam pretending to be from Chase bank targets customers’ PII, login credentials, banking details, as well as selfies. This way, the scammers have collected all the details right from basic details and credentials such as Chase account login credentials, email credentials, names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, to sensitive information such as payment card details, Social ...

The Asia-Pacific region led in the number of data compromises investigated in 2017, accounting for 35% of instances and overtaking North America at 30%, down from 43%. Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) came in third at 27%, followed by Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) at 8%. The retail sector experienced the highest number of incidences at 18%. The finance ...

A recent study found that healthcare organizations are most susceptible to phishing attempts, with employees clicking one in seven simulated emails sent. The research report, Assessment of Employee Susceptibility to Phishing Attacks at U.S. Healthcare Facilities, reveals current click rates in phishing simulations at U.S. healthcare organizations indicate a major cybersecurity risk. Under simulation, a large number of employees clicked on ...

A ransomware attack hit Cleveland Hopkins International Airport disabling information screens displaying in-airport flight arrivals, departures and baggage claims. The City of Cleveland calls this attack as an isolated technical issue that has impacted a limited number of systems. What is the issue – On April 22, 2019, a ransomware attack hit Cleveland Hopkins Internation Airport disabling information screens that display ...

The malware variant is tracked as Trojan.W97M.POWLOAD and spreads via phishing emails. The email contains a malicious ZIP file, which if opened, results in the download of the malware. A new variant of Emotet trojan that leverages a new POST-infection traffic technique has been discovered recently. The malware variant is tracked as Trojan.W97M.POWLOAD and spreads via phishing emails. How does ...

  The malware has been created with a purpose to help academicians in their research. The source code of the malware is neither weaponized for cybercrime nor released on GitHub. Two leaked NSA exploit kits have been used to create a malware named SMBdoor. The malware’s characteristics are similar to that of DoublePulsar and DarkPulsar. What’s the matter – SMBdoor is ...