British news organization The Guardian has been impacted by a suspected ransomware attack on December 20, disrupting some business services but not its online site and applications, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The FBI issued a public service announcement warning that cybercriminals are impersonating brands via search engine advertisements to direct users to malicious sites.
U.S. consumers continue to lag in identifying and defending against cybersecurity threats even though the average prevalence of connected devices per household has risen by 25% between 2020 and 2022, according to TechRepublic.
New Raspberry Robin malware attacks against government systems and telecommunication service providers involved the delivery of a fake payload aimed at bypassing detection and confusing researchers, according to BleepingComputer.
More than 2,000 logs have been noted by the cybercrime market Russian Market to have been stolen using the new RisePro information stealer, indicating its rising popularity among threat actors, SecurityWeek reports.
Significantly more advanced persistent threat groups and malware families have adopted XLL files in Excel to serve as an initial vector following the adoption of the technique by the Dridex and Formbook commodity malware families last year, reports The Register.
