Trends, Reports, Analysis

The University of Hertfordshire in the UK has been hit by a cyber-attack that has taken down its entire IT network as well as blocking access to its cloud-based services. The attack, which began at just before 22:00 on Wednesday,...

NimzaLoader malware is unusual because it's written in a programming language rarely used by cybercriminals - which could make it harder to detect and defend against. "Malware developers may choose to use a rare programming language to avoid detection, as...

Ongoing investigations into the active use of four Microsoft Exchange bugs has revealed attacks against US local government agencies. On March 2, Microsoft warned that the current risk of zero-days - now tracked such as CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065...

Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, claims to have received a ransom note asking for 500 bitcoin (currently worth about USD $22 million), lest documents are made public that could “harm the bitcoin ecosystem.” Tether has revealed a ransomware demand in which threat...

Although the Flash Player app has officially reached its final date on December 31, 2020, Adobe has allowed a local Chinese company to continue distributing Flash within China, where the app remains a major part of the local IT...

Chinese threat actors "cloned" and used a Windows zero-day exploit stolen from the NSA's Equation Group for years before the privilege escalation flaw was patched, researchers say.  On August 13, 2016, a hacking unit calling itself "The Shadow Brokers" announced...

Addressing big business and government agencies, the UK's National Cyber ​​Security Center (NCSC) has issued a warning that attacks on software pipelines "could have a significant impact." The compromise of SolarWinds's updates, which the US says was "likely" carried out...

In only one update, the popular barcode scanner app on Google Play has been transformed into malware and has been able to hijack up to 10 million devices. Barcode Scanner by Lavabird Ltd. was an Android app available in the...

Mozilla is expected to expand its virtual private network (VPN) offering in Germany and France by the end of Q1 2021, which includes the first extension of the service within the EU. The move comes after a browser maker officially...

A high percentage of ransom victims choose to opt-out of pay the ransom amounts but don't assume that the ransom will go away anytime soon. The ransom rate paid to cyber criminals following a ransomware attack dropped as more and...