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Ransomware: two pieces of good news Decryptors released for Yatron and FortuneCrypt ransomware
Posted by AngelaWong, 15-04-2020We’ve released a decryptor for the Yatron ransomware. The authors of the ransomware chose the first scenario mentioned above and based their ‘creation’ on the code used in Hidden Tea...
Hospital Hackers Seize Upon Coronavirus Pandemic
Posted by AngelaWong, 15-04-2020“We have become easy targets,” a hospital deputy administrator said. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, staffers at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District in Illinois ...
Impersonation Scams on the Rise During COVID-19
Posted by AngelaWong, 15-04-2020Hackers were found locking the victim's computers before they attempt to start Windows and then blaming the infection on reputed researchers. Besides following guidelines, businesses must look for ...
Gamepad maker SCUF Gaming exposes 1.1 million customer records on the web without a password
Posted by AngelaWong, 10-04-2020A customer database of more than 1.1 million records was exposed on the web by SCUF Gaming, maker of high-end gamepads and other video game peripherals. The database included customer names, contact i...
Dark Nexus, a new IoT botnet that targets a broad range of devices
Posted by AngelaWong, 10-04-2020Dark Nexux is the name of a new emerging IoT botnet discovered by Bitdefender that is used to launch DDoS attacks. The botnet spreads using exploits and launching credential stuffing attack...
Copycat criminals abuse Malwarebytes brand in malvertising campaign
Posted by AngelaWong, 10-04-2020While exploit kit activity has been fairly quiet for some time now, we recently discovered a threat actor creating a copycat—fake—Malwarebytes website that was used as a gate to the F...