[ad_1] A new financially motivated threat, Nitrogen Ransomware, has rapidly emerged targeting the financial sector and beyond. While traces of this financially motivated ransomware date back to July 2023, security experts primarily track its organized campaigns from September 2024. Nitrogen primarily targets organizations in construction, financial services, manufacturing, and technology sectors across the United States,...Read More
[ad_1] Symantec recently reported that a China-based threat actor who has been involved in installing backdoors in the systems of target government institutions (i.e., cyber espionage) has turned toward spreading RA World ransomware (i.e., a cybercriminal act) this time. Going from one act to the other is not usual for attackers. Why did the researchers...Read More
[ad_1] Your CPU’s Microcode May Be The Next Target The discovery of UEFI ransomware in the ecosystem ruined a lot of people’s happiness. The ability to infect your motherboard’s UEFI is an utter nightmare as the malware not only loads every time your system boots up, it exists in a place no traditional antivirus software...Read More
[ad_1] Bottom line: Chipmakers typically use microcode updates to fix bugs and improve CPU reliability. However, this low-level layer between hardware and machine code can also serve as a stealthy attack vector – capable of hiding malicious payloads from all software-based defenses. As threats evolve, even the deepest layers of a system can no longer...Read More
[ad_1] May 12 is recognised globally as Anti-Ransomware Day, an initiative created to raise awareness about the threat of ransomware and to promote better practices for prevention, response, and recovery. The date was chosen to mark the anniversary of the WannaCry outbreak in 2017, one of the most disruptive ransomware incidents in history, affecting systems...Read More
[ad_1] As artificial-intelligence services become more commonplace, their impact on the payments industry, both good and bad, is becoming clear. As a tool to help merchants, AI services can help with a variety of tasks, something restaurant point-of-sale specialist SpotOn Transact LLC will be counting on as it launches its AI-powered service later this week...Read More
[ad_1] A sophisticated attack campaign using steganographic techniques to hide malicious code within ordinary JPEG image files, delivering a fully undetectable (FUD) ransomware payload that bypasses traditional security solutions. The attack exploits the metadata structure of JPEG files to conceal PowerShell code that, when triggered, downloads and executes ransomware without raising security alerts. This technique,...Read More
