Prestige ransomware marks dangerous shift in strategy for threat actor Microsoft says [299 words]. What: Security researchers at Microsoft have spotted Russia-based threat group Iridium dropping a new ransomware payload dubbed “Prestige”…
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RomCom threat actor using spoofed SolarWinds, KeePass apps to distribute RAT
Targets have been Ukraine-based but IT companies, food brokers, and food manufacturers in the U.S., Brazil, and the Philippines are also in its crosshairs, BlackBerry says [300 words]. What: The operators of…
Pro-Russian group urges supporters to launch DDoS attacks against US civilian infrastructure
Key takeaway: Killnet briefly disrupted several US airport websites in DDoS attacks that could well be a precursor of more to come in the next few days. Airport websites in two-dozen states,…