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AI as you know it is dead, and cybersecurity will never be the same

The arrival of autonomous “agentic” AIs could finally deliver the profound cybersecurity disruption many expected from ChatGPT in 2022.

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Ransomware in January 2024—bad news for US healthcare

January 2025 saw some high profile attacks and no shortage of bad news for the US healthcare sector.

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How a clipboard hijacker delivers Lumma Stealer

The use of fake Captcha websites has doubled in only a few months.

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Ransomware in December 2024—Cl0p returns

December 2024 saw the unwelcome return of the notorious Cl0p ransomware gang.

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Clipboard hijacker tries to install a Trojan

Criminals are attempting to get users to install malware from the clipboard.

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Sysrv cryptomining botnet is still alive (and kicking out the competition)

Sysrv cryptomining botnets are still active, and analysis shows they are actively kicking out other malware.

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Why ransomware gangs want you to keep using that GPON router

A vulnerability found in 2018 is ranked #6 on the list of most attacked vulnerabilities.

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Ransomware gangs target SonicWall vulnerability

SonicWall is urging customers affected by CVE-2024-40766 to "please apply the patch as soon as possible."

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At last! Microsoft calls time on ActiveX in Office 2024

When Office 2024 is released next month, ActiveX controls will be off by default in client apps like Word, Excel,…

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You have one minute to save your leaked AWS credentials

New research suggests that cyber-thieves can discover and use leaked credentials in a matter of seconds.

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Rise of Atomic Stealer signals a sea change in macOS malware

Atomic Stealer is the most popular malware-as-a-service on macOS because of highly active affiliate-driven distribution campaigns and constant feature upgrades.

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Rhysida using Oyster Backdoor to deliver ransomware

In a recent attack, Rhysida used a new variant of the Oyster backdoor, also known as Broomstick.

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Fake CrowdStrike hot fix leads to Remcos Trojan

To nobody's surprise, cybercriminals are abusing the CrowdStrike outage.

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Why Microsoft? Why?

A vulnerability in IE (yes! IE!) has been used for over a year as a zero-day to plant infostealers on…

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Watch out for CRYSTALRAY, an open source aficionado with a hunger for crypto

The CRYSTALRAY group, tracked by Sysdig, is using a suite of open source tools to find and compromise targets for…

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How ransomware changed in 2023

In 2023, the CL0P ransomware gang broke the scalability barrier and shook the security world with a series of short,…

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FBI and CISA publish guide to Living off the Land techniques

FBI and CISA have produced guidance about Chinese APT group Volt Typhoon and other groups that use Living off the…

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Known ransomware attacks up 68% in 2023

Big Game ransomware is just one of six threats resource-constrained IT teams need to pay attention to in 2024.

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ASyncRat surpasses Dridex, TrickBot and Emotet to become dominant email threat

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Threat spotlight: Conti, the ransomware used in the HSE healthcare attack

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AI as you know it is dead, and cybersecurity will never be the same

Ransomware in January 2024—bad news for US healthcare

How a clipboard hijacker delivers Lumma Stealer

Ransomware in December 2024—Cl0p returns

Clipboard hijacker tries to install a Trojan

Sysrv cryptomining botnet is still alive (and kicking out the competition)

Why ransomware gangs want you to keep using that GPON router

Ransomware gangs target SonicWall vulnerability

At last! Microsoft calls time on ActiveX in Office 2024

You have one minute to save your leaked AWS credentials

Rise of Atomic Stealer signals a sea change in macOS malware

Rhysida using Oyster Backdoor to deliver ransomware

Fake CrowdStrike hot fix leads to Remcos Trojan

Why Microsoft? Why?

Watch out for CRYSTALRAY, an open source aficionado with a hunger for crypto

How ransomware changed in 2023

FBI and CISA publish guide to Living off the Land techniques

Known ransomware attacks up 68% in 2023

ASyncRat surpasses Dridex, TrickBot and Emotet to become dominant email threat

Threat spotlight: Conti, the ransomware used in the HSE healthcare attack

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