The leaders of the ransomware known as Sodinokibi (REvil Ransomware) have announced a nasty new tactic to get their victims to pay up when their files get encrypted.
The hackers are now threatening that they'll begin releasing stolen data from the Sodinokibi ransomware to the general public or to competitors unless the ransom is paid.
On the Dark Web, there's a live webcast show called "NulledCast" that few people have ever heard of. It's pretty popular in Dark Web circles, though.
The premise of the show is this: The hosts will hack the cameras in home security systems and mess with the owners.
Researchers at BlackBerry Cylance have discovered a new "Zeppelin" ransomware that is bringing companies to a standstill.
It has been used to target small numbers of healthcare and technology-related companies in the US, Canada, and Europe in recent weeks.
Do you have a home security system that incorporates Amazon's Blink XT2 cameras? Update blink cameras to fix any security vulnerabilities.
If so, be advised that researchers at Tenable Security recently identified several serious security flaws that would allow an attacker to take control of the cameras remotely and use them to spy on you and your family.
Researchers at SophosLabs have discovered a new threat to be on the alert for. A variant of the Snatch ransomware has been spotted in the wild.
It features an innovative means of getting around whatever antivirus software you may be used to defend yourself.
Researchers from Group-IB monitor the Dark Web and have recently reported the appearance of nearly half a million credit card records available for sale.
Each record is valued at more than half a million dollars. The records were rolled out in staggered fashion, with the first file containing some 30,000 records.
If you use Google's Chrome web browser, there's a new threat you should be aware of. A new trojan targeting Windows-based machines will attempt to steal passwords stored in the Chrome browser.
Dubbed CStealer, it was discovered by the Malware Hunter Team.
There's a new strain of malware in the wild. It is targeting Android devices and disguised as an innocuous chat app.
Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered it in two different apps so far: Chatrious and the Apex App. Chatrious has since vanished from Google's Play Store, but at the time this piece was written, the Apex App is still available for download.
According to data collected by Microsoft, phishing emails accounted for 0.62 percent of all inbox receipts in September 2019 and are becoming harder to identify.
That's up from 0.31 percent just one year prior to that.
The increase is alarming of course, but at first glance, these look like fairly harmless numbers.
FaceApp is in the news again but this time it's for a counterintelligence threat.
Several months ago, watchdog groups around the world sounded the alarm about the Russian-made app, which raised curious eyebrows.
It just takes a photo you upload to it and ages you, what's the harm in that?
According to the FBI, quite a bit, actually.
