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Meet Meris, the new 250,000-strong DDoS botnet terrorizing the internet

Catalin Cimpanu September 9, 2021

Meet Meris, the new 250,000-strong DDoS botnet terrorizing the internet
Fortinet warns customers after hackers leak passwords for 87,000 VPNs

Catalin Cimpanu September 9, 2021

Fortinet warns customers after hackers leak passwords for 87,000 VPNs
Money launderer who helped North Korean cybercriminals sentenced to more than 11 years
Brief Money launderer who helped North Korean cybercriminals sentenced to more than 11 years

Adam Janofsky September 9, 2021

Ukrainian indicted for running brute-force botnet, selling hacked PC accounts
Brief Ukrainian indicted for running brute-force botnet, selling hacked PC accounts

Catalin Cimpanu September 8, 2021

REvil ransomware group returns following Kaseya attack
Brief REvil ransomware group returns following Kaseya attack

Catalin Cimpanu September 7, 2021

Jenkins project discloses security breach following Confluence server hack
Brief Jenkins project discloses security breach following Confluence server hack

Catalin Cimpanu September 6, 2021

TrickBot gang member arrested after getting stuck in South Korea due to COVID-19 pandemic

Catalin Cimpanu September 5, 2021

TrickBot gang member arrested after getting stuck in South Korea due to COVID-19 pandemic
FBI: Americans lost more than $8 million to sextortion scams this year
Brief FBI: Americans lost more than $8 million to sextortion scams this year

Catalin Cimpanu September 2, 2021

US farm loses $9 million in the aftermath of a ransomware attack

Catalin Cimpanu September 2, 2021

US farm loses $9 million in the aftermath of a ransomware attack
Fired credit union worker pleads guilty after accessing and deleting thousands of files
Brief Fired credit union worker pleads guilty after accessing and deleting thousands of files

Adam Janofsky September 1, 2021

Confluence enterprise servers targeted with recent vulnerability
Brief Confluence enterprise servers targeted with recent vulnerability

Catalin Cimpanu September 1, 2021

Mozi botnet authors arrested in China

Catalin Cimpanu September 1, 2021

Mozi botnet authors arrested in China
CISA and the FBI warn of ransomware gangs’ tendency of launching attacks over holidays and weekends

Catalin Cimpanu August 31, 2021

CISA and the FBI warn of ransomware gangs’ tendency of launching attacks over holidays and weekends
Bangkok Air confirms passenger PII leak after ransomware attack
Brief Bangkok Air confirms passenger PII leak after ransomware attack

Catalin Cimpanu August 30, 2021

Phorpiex botnet shuts down, source code goes up for sale

Catalin Cimpanu August 27, 2021

Phorpiex botnet shuts down, source code goes up for sale
Ragnarok ransomware operation shuts down and releases free decrypter
Brief Ragnarok ransomware operation shuts down and releases free decrypter

Catalin Cimpanu August 26, 2021

K-12 schools face escalating cybersecurity challenges

Andrea Peterson August 26, 2021

K-12 schools face escalating cybersecurity challenges
Scammers steal $2.3 million from small US town
Brief Scammers steal $2.3 million from small US town

Catalin Cimpanu August 25, 2021

ALTDOS hacking group wreaks havoc across Southeast Asia

Catalin Cimpanu August 24, 2021

ALTDOS hacking group wreaks havoc across Southeast Asia
FBI sends its first-ever alert about a ‘ransomware affiliate’

Catalin Cimpanu August 23, 2021

FBI sends its first-ever alert about a ‘ransomware affiliate’
Hundreds of thousands of Realtek-based devices under attack from IoT botnet

Catalin Cimpanu August 23, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of Realtek-based devices under attack from IoT botnet
Almost 2,000 Exchange servers hacked using ProxyShell exploit

Catalin Cimpanu August 21, 2021

Almost 2,000 Exchange servers hacked using ProxyShell exploit
Ransomware hits Lojas Renner, Brazil’s largest clothing store chain

Catalin Cimpanu August 20, 2021

Ransomware hits Lojas Renner, Brazil’s largest clothing store chain
Japanese crypto-exchange Liquid hacked for $94 million

Catalin Cimpanu August 19, 2021

Japanese crypto-exchange Liquid hacked for $94 million
Operator of the Helix bitcoin mixer pleads guilty to money laundering
Brief Operator of the Helix bitcoin mixer pleads guilty to money laundering

Adam Janofsky August 18, 2021