Emotet is back after a three-month hiatus

The infamous Emotet malware is back after a short hiatus, threat actors are spreading it via Microsoft OneNote email attachments. The Emotet malware returns after a three-month hiatus and threat actors are distributing it via Microsoft OneNote email attachments to avoid detection. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked […]

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Play ransomware gang hit Dutch shipping firm Royal Dirkzwager

Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager suffered a ransomware attack, the company was hit by the Play ransomware gang. The Play ransomware group hit the Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager. Royal Dirkzwager is specialized in optimizing shipping processes and managing maritime and logistic information flows. The ransomware group added the company to its Tor […]

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 411 by Pierluigi Paganini

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Kaspersky released a new decryptor for Conti-based ransomware US govt agencies released a joint alert […]

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Lowe’s Market chain leaves client data up for grabs

A misconfiguration on a website owned by the US-based Lowe’s Market grocery store chain could have allowed threat actors to gain control of its systems. On February 7, the Cybernews research team discovered a misconfiguration on the Lowe’s Market website. The supermarket chain’s website was leaking a treasure trove of private credentials, which left the […]

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NBA is warning fans of a data breach after a third-party newsletter service hack

The NBA (National Basketball Association) disclosed a data breach after a third-party firm providing a newsletter service was breached. The NBA (National Basketball Association) is notifying followers of a data breach after a third-party company providing a newsletter service was breached. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in Northern America composed […]

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US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware

The US government released a joint advisory that provides technical details about the operation of the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint advisory that provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, […]

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