Researchers have identified a new malware family that was designed to backdoor and create persistence on VMware ESXi servers by leveraging legitimate functionality the hypervisor software supports. According to researchers from Mandiant who found and analyzed the backdoors, they were packaged and deployed on infected servers as vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs). VIBs are software packages […]
Cyber NewsWeeks after it breached the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Vice Society ransomware group is threatening to leak the stolen data, unless they get paid.
Cyber NewsWhile ransomware seems stalled, business email compromise (BEC) attacks continue to make profits from the ProxyShell and Log4j vulnerabilities, nearly doubling in the latest quarter.
Cyber NewsIt’s time to dispel notions of deepfakes as an emergent threat. All the pieces for widespread attacks are in place and readily available to cybercriminals, even unsophisticated ones.
Cyber NewsNumber one on Skillsoft’s 2022 list of top-paying IT certs is AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, with an annual salary of $168,080. The post 15 highest-paying certifications for 2022 appeared first on TechRepublic.
Cyber NewsMalicious Comm100 files have been found scattered throughout North America, and across sectors including tech, healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, insurance, and others.
Cyber NewsFor enterprise security professionals alarmed about the rising number of supply chain attacks, a report released this week by Google and supply chain security firm Chainguard has good news: Devsecops best practices are becoming more and more common. The recent prevalence of supply chain attacks—most notably the SolarWinds attack, which affected numerous large companies in […]
Cyber NewsThe “ProxyNotShell” security vulnerabilities can be chained for remote code execution and total takeover of corporate email platforms.
Cyber NewsTwo men, who previously worked at eBay, have been sentenced to prison after admitting their role in a cyberstalking campaign that targeted the editor and publisher of a newsletter that criticised the company. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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