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GhostEmperor Hackers Use New Windows 10 Rootkit In Attacks Chinese-speaking cyberspies have targeted Southeast Asian governmental entities and telecommunication companies for more than a year, backdooring systems running the latest Windows 10 versions with a newly discovered rootkit. The hacking group, dubbed GhostEmperor by Kaspersky researchers who spotted it, use the Demodex rootkit, which acts as a backdoor to
JVCKenwood Hit by Conti Ransomware Claiming Theft of 1.5TB Data JVCKenwood has suffered a Conti ransomware attack where the threat actors claim to have stolen 1.7 TB of data and are demanding a $7 million ransom. JVCKenwood is a multinational electronics company based out of Japan that employs 16,956 people and has a 2021 revenue of $2.45
WireX DDoS Botnet Admin Charged For Attacking Hotel Chain The US Department of Justice charged the admin of the WireX Android botnet for targeting an American multinational hotel chain in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Izzet Mert Ozek, the defendant, used the botnet which consisted of tens of thousands of enslaved Android devices — more
RansomEXX Ransomware Linux Encryptor May Damage Victims’ Files Cybersecurity firm Profero has discovered that the RansomExx gang does not correctly lock Linux files during encryption, leading to potentially corrupted files. In a new report by Profero, Senior Incident Responder Brenton Morris says the RansomEXX decryptor was failing on various files encrypted by the threat actor’s