An initial access broker group tracked as Prophet Spider has been linked to a set of malicious activities that exploits the Log4Shell vulnerability in unpatched VMware Horizon Servers. According to new research published by BlackBerry Research & Intelligence and Incident Response (IR) teams today, the cybercrime actor has been opportunistically weaponizing the shortcoming to download a

Ransomware has maintained its dominance the past few years; however, increased law enforcement attention may result in changes to how it looks in the future.

The financially motivated FIN8 actor, in all likelihood, has resurfaced with a never-before-seen ransomware strain called "White Rabbit" that was recently deployed against a local bank in the U.S. in December 2021. That's according to new findings published by Trend Micro, calling out the malware's overlaps with Egregor, which was taken down by Ukrainian law enforcement authorities in February

Logic flaw exists in malware that can be used to prevent it from encrypting remote shares, security vendor says.

Organizations need to take matters into their own hands with a new approach.

Ransomware attackers have already siphoned tens of millions of dollars in crypto this year, according to the blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. In a new mid-year ransomware update, Chainalysis notes that the stolen amount of $81 million is likely to grow, even when only looking at the first five months of 2021. “$81 million must be […]

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