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Help Net Security Publishes a Report on Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

The Paper Includes a Directory of Notable Players in the XDR Market Segment, Including Heimdal™’s CEO, Morten Kjærsgaard.

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Crypto-mining Malware Targets Huawei Cloud

This Linux Malware Has a New Version with Enhanced Capabilities.

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Cox Media Group Ransomware Attack Confirmed

The Attack Took Down the Live TV and Radio Broadcast Streams.

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Three Men Accused to Have Participated in a Scheme to Launder the Profits of a BEC Attack

One of the Individuals Is Facing Up to 52 Years in Jail.

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Heimdal™ and Sumillion Partner Up for Educational Cyberattack Prevention Webinar

Our Very Own Alan Case Hosted a Cyberattack Prevention Webinar for Sumillion. Find Out More About It Here!

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AVD Bug Fixed by Microsoft

A Bug that Was Blocking Azure Virtual Desktop Devices to Run and Deploy Monthly Updates Has Been Fixed by Microsoft.

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Excel 4.0 Macros Will Be Disabled in Order to Protect Users

​Microsoft Will Begin to Disable Excel 4.0 XLM Macros.

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14,000 Gmail Users Warned by Google of Phishing Campaign

The Phishing Operation Was Reportedly Conducted by Russian APT28Threat Actors.

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Vidar Stealer Returns and Has a New Target: Mastodon

Researchers Have Discovered a New Malicious Campaign where Vidar Stealer Is Back in the Game.

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Medtronic Cybersecurity Risks: Some Devices Should Be Returned to Vendor

The Outdated Versions of Some Remote Controllers Could Allow Cyberattacks.

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Welland Park Academy IT Systems Hacked by a Former Employee Who Was Getting Bored

The School Is Not the Only Victim of the 29-year-old Man. An IT Company Also Reported Unauthorized Actions against their Computer Systems.

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Twitch Was Hacked

The Source Code of the App and Payment Reports Got Leaked Online.

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The Telegraph Leaked 10 TB Database

After Not Properly Securing One of Its Database One of the UK’s Largest Publication Leaked 10 TB of Data.

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Heimdal™ Security Is a Finalist at the Network Computing Awards 2021 in Five Categories

Here’s what we’ve been nominated for and how you can help. We couldn’t have done it without you!

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Apache Airflow Servers Leak Thousands of Credentials

A Misconfiguration Flaw Exposes Instances Over the Web.

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Staking Protocol Compound Users Mistakenly Receive $90M

The Huge Payout Happened Due to a Bug in the Software Upgrade.

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Sandhills Shut Down by Ransomware Attack

The Website for Sandhills Global and All Their Hosted Publications Went Offline.

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Former Army Contractor Received 12.5 Years Sentence for Fraud Scheme

The Scheme Was Targeting Thousands of U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans.

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JVCKenwood Suffers Ransomware Attack

Conti Ransomware Gang Claims to Have Stolen 1.5TB Data from JVCKenwood During the Attack.

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New Pegasus Scanner Used to Infect Windows

The Spyware Could be Used by the Threat Actors to Drop a Less-known Remote Access Tool Called Sarwent.

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GhostEmperor Campaign Targets Asian Countries Abusing Microsoft Vulnerabilities

Hackers Use a New Rootkit Dubbed Demodex that Has Been Adapted to Work on Windows 10.

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Cybersecurity Firm CEO Arrested on Suspicion of High Treason

Ilya Sachkov, the Co-founder and CEO of Cybersecurity Company Group-IB Was Arrested.

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Forward Air Corporation Recently Disclosed Data Theft Following a Ransomware Attack

The Ransomware Attack Had Been Revealed by the Freight Shipping Company in December 2020.

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Windows Boot Manager Hijacked by FinFisher Malware

The Malware Can Now Infect Windows Devices Using a UEFI Bootkit.

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Illegitimate Call Centers Defrauding Foreign Cryptocurrency Investors Were Taken Down by SSU

Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Said that Thousands of Investors Worldwide Have Been Tricked.

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Malicious Safepal Wallet Add-On Goes After Cryptocurrency

It Empties Users’ Crypto Wallets.

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Critical Vulnerabilities Affecting QVR Video Surveillance Software Patched Up by QNAP

Two Out of Three Vulnerabilities Received a Critical Severity Score of 9.8 Out of 10.

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BloodyStealer Malware Wreaks Havoc on the Gaming Platforms

For Sale on the Black Market, the Malware Targets the Gaming Industry.

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Bandwidth.com Became the Victim of DDoS Attacks

The Company Is the Latest Victim of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Against VoIP Providers.

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