On the heels of a Ryuk ransomware attack on the Tampa Bay Times, researchers reported a new variant of the Ryuk stealer being aimed at government, financial and law enforcement targets. The Times attack didn’t result in a breach, noted David Ruiz, 0f Malwarebytes Labs, who cited the Times Publishing […]
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Several members of a group allegedly behind hundreds of Magecart-style attacks were arrested last month in Indonesia as the result of an international law enforcement operation. Interpol’s ASEAN Cyber Capability Desk and the Indonesian National Police just announced late last week the December 20, 2019 arrest of three members of […]
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we reported on a Ryuk ransomware attack on The Tampa Bay Times, a newspaper in Florida; unmasked an elaborate browser locking scheme behind the more advanced tech support operations that are currently active; and looked at the latest laws on regulating deepfakes. Other cybersecurity news […]
We’ve all heard about sim swapping, SIM splitting, simjacking or sim hijacking- the recent trend with cybercriminals and now a study by Princeton University prooves the vulnerability of wireless carriers and how these SIM swapping has helped hackers ease their hands into frauds and crimes. SIM swapping gained quite an […]
As an initiative to provide protection to the military’s artificial intelligence systems from cyber-attacks, researchers from Delhi University and the Army have joined hands, as per a recent Army news release. As the Army increasingly utilizes AI frameworks to identify dangers, the Army Research Office is investing in more security. […]
Per local news and reports, allegedly, a cyber-attack shook the Tillamook County of Oregon, USA when it rendered the local government’s services ineffective. Apparently owing it to the cyber-attack, the county officials are back to basics with all their daily tasks and are working about the crisis. When the computers […]
This tool is intended for penetration testers who want to perform an engagement quickly and efficiently. While this tool can be used for more covert operations (including some additions below), it really shines when used at the scale of a large network. At the core of it, you provide it […]
Smart OSINT collection of common IOC types. OverviewThis application is designed to assist security analysts and researchers with the collection and assessment of common IOC types. Accepted IOCs currently include IP addresses, domain names, URLs, and file hashes.The title of this project is named after Mimir, a figure in Norse […]
InsightIDR’s Log Search interface allows you to easily query and visualize your log data from within the product, but sometimes you may want to query your log data from outside the application. For example, if you want to run a query to pull down log data from InsightIDR, you could […]
The hacker attack that the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs underwent prompted European countries to take active measures to defend against such attacks. At the same time, the EU accuses Moscow of the attack, which makes no sense, given the friendly relations between Russia and Austria. Alexander Baranov, head of […]
“The United Nations officials are not using WhatsApp for purposes of communication as it is unsafe and vulnerable to hacking,” said a UN spokesperson last Thursday. The statement came out following the Jeff Bezos incident, where experts at the UN accused Saudi Arabia of hacking the WhatsApp account of Amazon’s […]
socialscan offers accurate and fast checks for email address and username usage on online platforms.Given an email address or username, socialscan returns whether it is available, taken or invalid on online platforms.Features that differentiate socialscan from similar tools (e.g. knowem.com, Namechk, and Sherlock): 100% accuracy: socialscan’s query method eliminates the […]
Aircrack-ng is a complete suite of tools to assess WiFi network security.It focuses on different areas of WiFi security: Monitoring: Packet capture and export of data to text files for further processing by third party tools. Attacking: Replay attacks, deauthentication, fake access points and others via packet injection. Testing: Checking […]
In a recent cybersecurity issue, some hackers from North Korea are attacking Internet Explorer by exploiting a vulnerability, which is said to be a zero-day flaw. The company Microsoft has not yet spoken on the issue and is still silent. Users should immediately stop using Internet Explorer for a while […]
TrickBot trojan, a strain of malware that has been around affecting users since 2016 – is now evolved to steal Windows Active Directory credentials. Today, in the cybersecurity ecosystem it is considered as one of the top threats abusing businesses, experts estimate that TrickBot is responsible for compromising more than […]