LockBit ransomware affiliates are using an interesting trick to get people into infecting their devices by disguising their malware as copyright claims. The recipients of these emails are warned about a copyright violation, allegedly having used media files without the creator’s license. These emails demand that the recipient remove the infringing content from their websites, or they will face legal action, reports BleepingComputer Reports The emails, spotted by analysts at AhnLab, Korea, do not determine which files were unfairly used in the body and instead tell the recipient to download...
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Facebook users have been warned over a reported cyber-attack which has put five million accounts at risk. Nick Ascoli of PIXM, an anti-phishing browser extension, has issued the warning after millions of accounts were reportedly “stolen and breached”. The attack warning relates to a scam which sees mock Facebook pages sent out via Messenger in an effort to dupe unsuspecting victims into sharing their personal details. Five Million Facebook accounts at risk Nick Ascoli warned: “Once the adversary has compromised the account of a Facebook user, they log in...
Threat actors are exploiting critical F5 BIG-IP flaw CVE-2022-1388 to deliver malicious code, cybersecurity researchers warn. Threat actors started massively exploiting the critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-1388, affecting F5 BIG-IP. Last week security and application delivery solutions provider F5 released its security notification to inform customers that it has released security updates from tens of vulnerabilities in its products. The company addressed a total of 43 vulnerabilities, the most severe one is a critical issue tracked as CVE-2022-1388 (CVSS score of 9.8). An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management...
The US FBI warns that the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA published a flash alert to warn that the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations across 10 critical infrastructure sectors. The ransomware operation has been active since late December 2019, this is the second time that the FBI first shares IoC related to RagnarLocker operation, the FBI first became aware of this threat...
U.S. government warns that firmware presents “a large and ever-expanding attack surface.” The U.S. government, at the very highest levels, is calling attention to major weaknesses in the firmware supply chain, warning that the layer below the operating system is fertile ground for devastating hacker attacks. A new joint draft report issued by leadership of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Commerce said firmware presented “a large and ever-expanding attack surface” for malicious hackers to subvert the core of modern computing. “Securing the firmware layer is often...
Watch out when handing an old Windows PC to a new owner after resetting it. Some of your files could still be on there. Microsoft has warned Windows 10 and Windows 11 users that files might not be deleted after resetting the device using the “Remove everything” option. The issue stems from Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud file service and could mean files that were synced locally remain on a computer after a local or remote reset, which admins might do before handing the device to a new owner. This issue...
The FBI released a flash alert containing technical details associated with the LockBit ransomware operation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a flash alert containing technical details and indicators of compromise associated with LockBit ransomware operations. The LockBit ransomware gang has been active since September 2019, in June 2021 the group announced the LockBit 2.0 RaaS. Like other ransomware gangs, Lockbit 2.0 determines the system anduser language settings and only targets those not matching a set list of languages that areEastern European. After ransomware ads were banned on hacking forum, the LockBit operators...
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) urges organizations to improve cybersecurity due to the risk of imminent destructive cyberattacks from Russia-linked APT groups. The NCSC is investigating recent cyber attacks against entities in Ukraine making parallelism with other attacks preciously attributed to Moscow, such as NotPetya (2017) and cyber attacks against Georgia. “UK organisations are being urged to bolster their cyber security resilience in response to the malicious cyber incidents in and around Ukraine. ” reads the alert published by the NCSC. While the tension between Ukraine and Russia is rising, the risks of...
The often-exploited Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is once again in the news. This time, it has a new attack vector that was discovered by researchers and subsequently patched earlier this month by Microsoft. Given that all versions of Windows for the past 10 years – for both desktop and server – need to be patched, you should put this on your priority list, especially since this new problem can be easily exploited. RDP has a valuable function in today’s connectivity. It is used often as a way to provide remote access so that users don’t need...
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