RansomHub Taps FakeUpdates to Target US Government Sector
A ransomware activity wave using the SocGholish MaaS framework for initial access also has affected banking and consulting firms in the US, Taiwan, and Japan since the beginning of the year.
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A ransomware activity wave using the SocGholish MaaS framework for initial access also has affected banking and consulting firms in the US, Taiwan, and Japan since the beginning of the year.
The ransomware group claimed it had breached the Federal Reserve, but the target now appears to have been an Arkansas-based bank, Evolve.
An economic success story in Asia, Vietnam is seeing more manufacturing and more business investment. But with that comes a significant uptick in cybercrime as well.
An attack on a technology partner claimed by LockBit ransomware exposed sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, of more than 57,000 banking customers.
Meanwhile, CISA joins the call to patch CVE-2023-4966 immediately amid reports of mass-exploit activity; at least 5,000 orgs remain exposed.
Following these basic cybersecurity hygiene policies can help make data more secure and protect colleges and universities from becoming the next ransomware headline. The steps aren't complicated, and they won't break the bank.
Unusually, SOVA, which targets US users, now allows lateral movement for deeper data access. Version 5 adds an encryption capability.
The banking Trojan-turned-ransomware-distribution tool has been a potent threat since late 2019.