German Investigators Identify REvil Ransomware Gang Core Member German investigators have reportedly identified a Russian man whom they believe to be one of REvil ransomware gang’s core members, one of the most notorious and successful ransomware groups in recent years. The man is presenting himself as a cryptocurrency investor and trader, Read more…
EU Investigating Leak of Private Key Used to Forge Covid Passes The private key used to sign EU Digital Covid certificates has been reportedly leaked and is being circulated on messaging apps and online data breach marketplaces. The key has also been misused to generate forged certificates, such as those for Adolf Hitler, Mickey Mouse, Sponge Bob—all Read more…
Sensitive Data of 400,000 German Students Exposed By API Flaw Approximately 400,000 users of Scoolio, a student community app widely used in Germany, had sensitive information exposed due to an API flaw in the platform. Lilith Wittmann, a security researcher from the IT security collective “Zerforchung” discovered the bug and Read more…
NRA: No Comment on Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Claims The Grief ransomware gang claims to have attacked the National Rifle Association (NRA) and released stolen data as proof of the attack. Today, the ransomware gang added the NRA as a new victim on their data leak site while displaying screenshots Read more…
Free Decryptor Released for Atom Silo and LockFile Ransomware Avast has just released a decryption tool that will help AtomSilo and LockFile ransomware victims recover some of their files for free without having to pay a ransom. Avast released another decryption tool earlier today to help Babuk ransomware victims recover their Read more…
Twitter Employees Required to Use Security Keys After 2020 Hack Twitter rolled out security keys to its entire workforce and made two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatory for accessing internal systems following last year’s hack. The company migrated all of its employees from legacy 2FA using SMS or authenticator apps to security Read more…
Hackers Arrested for ‘infiltrating’ Ukraine’s Health Database The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has arrested a team of actors who illegally infiltrated the information system of the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) and entered false vaccination entries for other people. The actors found clients in the Sumy region through Read more…
Babuk Ransomware Decryptor Released to Recover Files for Free Czech cybersecurity software firm Avast has created and released a decryption tool to help Babuk ransomware victims recover their files for free. According to Avast Threat Labs, the Babuk decryptor was created using leaked source code and decryption keys. The free decryptor Read more…
US Bans China Telecom Americas Over National Security Risks The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked China Telecom Americas’ license to provide telecommunication services within the United States. China Telecom Americas is the largest foreign subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation, China’s state-owned telecom company. It provides services in over 100 Read more…
Malicious NPM Libraries Install Ransomware, Password Stealer Malicious NPM packages pretending to be Roblox libraries are delivering ransomware and password-stealing trojans on unsuspecting users. The two NPM packages are named noblox.js-proxy and noblox.js-proxies, and use typo-squatting to pretend to be the legitimate Roblox API wrapper called noblox.js-proxied by changing a single letter in the library’s Read more…
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