Tag: attack method
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The Register: Medusa ransomware affiliate tried triple extortion scam – up from the usual double demand
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/medusa_ransomware_infects_300_critical/ Source: The Register Title: Medusa ransomware affiliate tried triple extortion scam – up from the usual double demand Feedly Summary: Feds warn gang still rampant and now cracked 300+ victims around the world A crook who distributes the Medusa ransomware tried to make a victim cough up three payments instead of the…
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The Register: It’s bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/faceswapping_scams_2024/ Source: The Register Title: It’s bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake Feedly Summary: Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly High-profile deepfake scams that were reported here at The Register and elsewhere…
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The Register: MITRE Caldera security suite scores perfect 10 for insecurity
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/10_bug_mitre_caldera/ Source: The Register Title: MITRE Caldera security suite scores perfect 10 for insecurity Feedly Summary: Is a trivial remote-code execution hole in every version part of the training, or? The smart cookie who discovered a perfect 10-out-of-10-severity remote code execution (RCE) bug in MITRE’s Caldera security training platform has urged users to…
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The Register: Malware variants that target operational tech systems are very rare – but 2 were found last year
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/new_ics_malware_dragos/ Source: The Register Title: Malware variants that target operational tech systems are very rare – but 2 were found last year Feedly Summary: Fuxnet and FrostyGoop were both used in the Russia-Ukraine war Two new malware variants specifically designed to disrupt critical industrial processes were set loose on operational technology networks last…
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The Register: Russia’s Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/russias_sandworm_caught_stealing_credentials/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs Feedly Summary: ‘Near-global’ initial access campaign active since 2021 An initial-access subgroup of Russia’s Sandworm last year wriggled its way into networks within the US, UK, Canada and Australia, stealing credentials and data from “a limited number…
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The Register: Triplestrength hits victims with triple trouble: Ransomware, cloud hijacks, crypto-mining
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/triplestrength_google/ Source: The Register Title: Triplestrength hits victims with triple trouble: Ransomware, cloud hijacks, crypto-mining Feedly Summary: These crooks have no chill A previously unknown gang dubbed Triplestrength poses a triple threat to organizations: It infects victims’ computers with ransomware, then hijacks their cloud accounts to illegally mine for cryptocurrency.… AI Summary and…