A new backdoor deployed as part of a recent DragonForce ransomware attack is using Microsoft Teams relay servers for command-and-control (C&C), according to Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black threat hunter team. The DragonForce group has been active since 2023, operating… Read More "Microsoft Teams Relay Servers Abused in DragonForce Ransomware Attack"
Mackay Sugar, a major Australian sugar producer, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down some of its mills. The hacker attack came to light on June 10, when Mackay Sugar announced it was responding… Read More "Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Mills of Australia’s Second-Largest Sugar Producer"
A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty in a US court to his role in the notorious Conti ransomware group, the Department of Justice announced. The man, Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, of Cork, Ireland, was arrested in Ireland in 2023 and was… Read More "Ukrainian Man Pleads Guilty in US to Conti Ransomware Charges"
After WIRED reported last week that Meta’s smart glasses app contained code that would enable the company to activate face-recognition features on the devices, the company removed the code this week without commenting on why or whether it plans to… Read More "The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones"
Key Takeaways Double extortion ransomware combines data encryption with data theft, increasing pressure on organizations by threatening both operational disruption and public data exposure. Attackers gain access through phishing, weak credentials, or unpatched vulnerabilities, then move laterally to exfiltrate sensitive… Read More "How to Defend Against Double Extortion Ransomware: Protecting Your Data and Your Reputation"
Check Point on Monday warned that a critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting its VPN and firewall products has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. Tracked as CVE-2026-50751 (CVSS score of 9.3), the security defect is described as a… Read More "Check Point VPN Zero-Day Exploited in Qilin Ransomware Attacks"
Maria Glendinning Maria has worked at Fidelis Security for over 6 years, where she has evolved from an ISR to a strategic role as the Business Development and Channel Marketing Manager for the EMEA region. Her journey reflects a passion… Read More "What Security Leaders Are Saying About Ransomware"
The infamous Silent Ransom Group (SRG) ransomware gang is relying on a fast flux network of infected devices to hide its infrastructure, Resecurity warns. Also tracked as Chatty Spider, Luna Moth, and UNC3753, SRG uses voice phishing (vishing) and social… Read More "Silent Ransom Group Uses DNS Fast Flux in Attacks"
Cryptographic attacks are methods or techniques by which an intruder exploits the cryptographic system’s weakness to derive the plaintext from the ciphertext, recover the encryption keys, or violate the integrity of the data. Understanding cryptographic attacks is important in the… Read More "Overview of Cryptographic Attacks"
