In response to tightening security, it appears that ransomware hackers are adopting new methods. One gang, Lockbit 2.0, is now offering millions of dollars to employees who are willing to help them gain access to a network.
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A dark web forum recruited affiliates in a phishing campaign targeting YouTube creators with cookie stealing malware to hijack their accounts and stream cryptocurrency scams.
A cybersecurity advisory by CISA, the FBI, and the NSA warned that BlackMatter ransomware is actively targeting critical infrastructure entities and food organizations in the US.
Acer suffered another cyber attack in Taiwan by the Desorden group that hacked the company in India. Hackers warned of Acer's poor cybersecurity practices and vulnerable Asian servers.
KnowBe4's State of Privacy and Security Report found that employee awareness of cybersecurity best practices is so appalling that most workers cannot identify common security risks.
U.S. federal agencies issued a joint cybersecurity advisory over cyber threats targeting water facilities and wastewater treatment plants threatening water safety and availability.
Olympus suffered a second cyber attack on their Americas operation a month after a suspected ransomware incident shut down its EMEA networks. The cyber attack affected the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.
Cloud security firm Ermetic found that vulnerable identities and misconfigured environments on most AWS accounts expose 90% of S3 buckets to potential ransomware attacks.
Palo Alto Networks’ researchers discovered that 96% of cloud containers on public registries were prone to vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could result in a supply chain attack.
Attackers can commit payment fraud using a locked iPhone with Apple Pay Transit Mode set with a Visa card. Both companies evaded responsibility for the vulnerability.
