Cisco Talos identified two new campaigns utilizing ClickFix attacks, a method where victims are tricked into copying and executing malicious code on their own devices.
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) recently experienced a ransomware attack that disrupted access to certain systems within its College of Medicine, leading to a temporary data theft and system outage.
Sophisticated malware developers are creating Linux implants that closely mimic Korean and Taiwanese network edge appliances, making them exceptionally difficult to detect.
Spanish police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected of leading the KillSec ransomware group, which is accused of stealing data and threatening to publish it unless ransoms were paid.
A Russian state-backed hacking group, known as Star Blizzard, has significantly expanded its phishing operations this year, employing a new technique that simplifies malware infection for victims, according to Microsoft.
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