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Cybercriminals Target Companies with Outdated Cybersecurity Procedures

Most Organizations Affected by a Cyberattack Will Fall Victim Again as They Fail to Upgrade Their Cybersecurity Approach.

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Ransomware Distribution: How One Infection Can Go Network-Wide

Ransomware Network Distribution Techniques and Sub-Techniques

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Over 2 Million People Have Downloaded Android Malware from the Google Play Store

Five of the Threats that Have Managed to Infiltrate the Google Play Store Are Still Available.

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Ransomware Group Launches Search Site for Stolen Data

ALPHV Ransomware Created a Website Allowing Victims’ to Verify Whether Their Data Was Stolen.

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What Is Legacy Software and a Legacy System in Business + The Risks

What Counts as Legacy Software. Why Businesses Still Use Legacy Software and What They Risk.

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Italian City Palermo Impacted by Cyberattack, Vice Society Ransomware Claims Responsibility

In Order to Contain the Damage, All Systems Had to Be Taken Offline.

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Millions of Users Have Been Enticed to Phishing Pages in Massive Campaign Exploiting Facebook Messenger

Security Experts Believe the Phishing Operation Has Been Active Since at Least September 2021.

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New Emotet Variant Scrapes Google Chrome Credit Card Info

Emotet Recently Started to Distribute a New Module.

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Chinese State-backed Actors Hack Telecom Firms to Steal Data

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Attack.

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Deadbolt Ransomware Uses Multi-Tiered Extortion

A Warning Was Issued Regarding Continuous Attacks Against NAS Equipment.

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Ransomware Gangs Now Employ a New Technique

They Conceal Their Victims’ Identities, Describing Them Only by Their Sector, Size, and Stolen Data, Thus Increasing Their Chances of Receiving the Requested Ransom.

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QBot Now Attacks Using Black Basta Ransomware

The Ransomware Operation Is Now Able to Propagate Laterally Across Hijacked Business Networks.

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Phishing Campaign Uses Reverse Tunnels and URL Shorteners

This Makes Stopping Malicious Activities More Difficult.

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60GB of User Data Was Exposed by Australian Trading Company ACY Securities

A Representative of the Trading Giant Declared that the Exposed Server Was an “Insignificant One.”

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LockBit Malware Is Now Used by Evil Corp 

The Threat Actors Are Trying to Circumvent Sanctions.

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Zero-day Exploited to Target Atlassian Confluence

The Severity of the Vulnerability Was Determined as Critical.

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Industrial Spy Is Now Targeting Corporate Websites to Display Ransom Notes

The Attackers Threaten to Sell the Victims’ Stolen Data on Their Tor Marketplace if They Fail to Pay the Ransom.

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New RuneScape Phishing Scam Aimed at Stealing Accounts and In-game Item Bank PINs

The Phishing Operation Sends a Bogus Email Update Notice to Old School and Standard Gamers to Steal Personal Information.

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Malware Targeting Linux Becoming More Prevalent

In the last year, there has been a significant rise in the amount of malware that targets Linux platforms.

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10K Followers on LinkedIn and Heimdal™’s LinkedIn Giveaway

We have recently reached 10k followers on LinkedIn. We want to give you something back!

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Clop Ransomware Has Returned and Is Busier than Ever

In April, the Ransomware Gang’s Data Leak Site Was Updated with 21 New Victims.

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As Malware Dissemination Drops, Mobile Trojan Detections Grow.

Researchers Observed a Declining Trend Regarding Mobile Virus Dissemination.

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Threat Hunting Journal May 2022 Edition

Top Malware(s) Detections: 1st of May – 27th of May

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Zyxel Issues Security Warning

This Warning Is Concerning Vulnerabilities in Its Firewall, Access Point, and Access Point Controller Devices.

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The 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) Is Out

Ransomware Continues Its Upward Trend.

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New Ransomware Variant Dubbed ‘Cheers’ Discovered

The Linux-based Ransomware Variant Is Compromising ESXi Servers.

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SpiceJet Suffers Ransomware Attack

The Attack Resulted in Delayed Departures of the Flights Scheduled for Wednesday Morning. 

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