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Fintech Firm Hit by Log4j Hack Refuses to Pay $5 million Ransom One of the largest Vietnamese crypto trading platforms, ONUS, recently suffered a cyber attack on its payment system running a vulnerable Log4j version. Soon enough, threat actors approached ONUS to extort a $5 million sum and threatened to publish customer data should ONUS refuse to comply. After the company’s refusal
The year is about to end, and there’s a lot for us to look back and set as a reminder for us not to do again. As the PDPC strictly monitors data breaches and related endeavors, organizations must make sure that they are kept abreast with the recent decisions and undertaking of the PDPC as
Log4j 2.17.1 Out Now, Fixes New Remote Code Execution Bug Apache has released another Log4j version, 2.17.1 fixing a newly discovered remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in 2.17.0, tracked as CVE-2021-44832. Prior to today, 2.17.0 was the most recent version of Log4j and deemed the safest release to upgrade to, but that advice has now
New Flagpro Malware Linked to Chinese State-backed Hackers BlackTech cyber-espionage APT (advanced persistent threat) group has been spotted targeting Japanese companies using novel malware that researchers call ‘Flagpro’. The threat actor uses Flagpro in the initial stage of an attack for network reconnaissance, to evaluate the target’s environment, and to download second-stage malware and execute