Security experts have published the innovative mechanism behind the spread of a new scareware program called Azov Ransomware, which is designed to make data inaccessible and causes “unalloyed damage” to compromised software. Distributed through another malware loader known as SmokeLoader, the malware has been described as an effective, fast, and unrecoverable data wiper, by Israeli
Ransomware attacks continue to rise in sophistication and frequency. According to analysts, ransomware has become a repeatable and profitable business model that has disrupted the cyberattack landscape. An example of Conti, a cybercrime company that operates in a manner similar to the businesses it targets, with a human resources department and an employee of the
Cisco has discovered a high-severity issue affecting its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, tracked as CVE-2022-20968 (excluding Cisco Wireless IP Phones 8821). An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker might exploit the flaw to cause program flow overruns on a large affected device, which might result in remote code execution (RCE) and denial of service (DoS) attacks.
A darknet platform known as “Zombinder” allows cyber-criminals to compose malicious Android apps that imitate genuine ones, giving victims the opportunity to unintentionally infect themselves. New tracking systems for computing platforms, observed by cybersecurity company ThreatFabric, caught the eye of malware developers. The website impersonates WiFi authorization portals, supposedly enabling users to gain access to
