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Chinese-Affiliated APT31 Cloned & Used NSA Hacking Tool

22nd February 2021Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor

APT31 cloned and reused a Windows-based hacking tool for years before Microsoft patched the vulnerability, researchers report. Source: Dark Reading – Threat [...]

Cybercrime Groups More Prolific, Focus on Healthcare in 2020

22nd February 2021Robert Lemos Contributing Writer

Almost four of every five attacks attributed in 2020 were conducted by cybercriminal groups, a significant jump from 2019, with attacks on healthcare [...]

Researcher Reports Vulnerability in Apple iCloud Domain

22nd February 2021Dark Reading Staff

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the iCloud website reportedly earned a security researcher $5,000. Source: Dark Reading – Threat Intelligence – [...]

8 Ways Ransomware Operators Target Your Network

22nd February 2021Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor

Security researchers explore how criminals are expanding their arsenals with new, more subtle, and more effective ransomware attack techniques. Source: Dark Reading [...]

Kia Denies Ransomware Attack as IT Outage Continues

19th February 2021Dark Reading Staff

Kia Motors America states there is no evidence its recent systems outage was caused by a ransomware attack. Source: Dark Reading – [...]

Attackers Already Targeting Apple's M1 Chip with Custom Malware

19th February 2021Robert Lemos Contributing Writer

A proof-of-concept program infects systems with ARM64-compiled binaries and then reaches out to download additional functionality. Source: Dark Reading – Threat Intelligence [...]

How to Fine-Tune Vendor Risk Management in a Virtual World

19th February 2021Ryan Smyth amp Spencer MacDonald Managing Director Director

Without on-site audits, many organizations lack their usual visibility to assess risk factors and validate contracts and SLA with providers. Source: Dark [...]

Hiding in Plain Sight: What the SolarWinds Attack Revealed About Efficacy

18th February 2021Pieter Danhieux CEO

Multilayered infiltration involved custom malicious tooling, backdoors, and cloaked code, far beyond the skills of script kiddies. Source: Dark Reading – Threat [...]

Egregor Arrests a Blow, But Ransomware Will Likely Bounce Back

17th February 2021Robert Lemos Contributing Writer

Similar to previous ransomware takedowns, this disruption to the ransomware-as-a-service model will likely be short-lived, security experts say. Source: Dark Reading – [...]

Kia Faces $20M DoppelPaymer Ransomware Attack

17th February 2021Dark Reading Staff

Kia Motors America this week experienced a nationwide IT outage; now, reports indicate the company was hit with ransomware. Source: Dark Reading [...]