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Average ransomware payment for US victims more than $6 million, survey says

A Mimecast survey of 742 cybersecurity professionals found that 80% have been targeted by ransomware over the last two years.
ZDnet 10 Nov 2021 414 Views

Robinhood Trading Platform Data Breach Hits 7M Customers

The cyberattacker attempted to extort the company after socially engineering a customer service employee to gain access to email addresses and more.
Threatpost 9 Nov 2021 346 Views

Two NPM Packages With 22 Million Weekly Downloads Found Backdoored

In what's yet another instance of supply chain attack targeting open-source software repositories, two popular NPM packages with cumulative weekly downloads of nearly 22 million were found to be compromised with malicious code by gaining unauthorized access to the respective developer's accounts.
ThreatPost 9 Nov 2021 378 Views

Zoho Password Manager Flaw Torched by Godzilla Webshell

Researchers have spotted a second, worldwide campaign exploiting the Zoho zero-day: one that’s breached defense, energy and healthcare organizations.
ThreatPost 9 Nov 2021 432 Views

BrakTooth Bluetooth Bugs Bite: Exploit Code, PoC Released

CISA is urging vendors to patch, given the release of public exploit code & a proof of concept tool for bugs that open billions of devices – phones, PCs, toys, etc. – to DoS & code execution.
Threatpost 6 Nov 2021 470 Views

Cloudflare report highlights devastating DDoS attacks on VoIP services and several 'record-setting HTTP attacks'

In Q3, Cloudflare researchers said they stopped "one of the largest recorded HTTP attacks​."
ZDnet 6 Nov 2021 342 Views

CISA urges vendors to patch BrakTooth bugs after exploits release

Researchers have released public exploit code and a proof of concept tool to test Bluetooth devices against System-on-a-Chip (SoC) security bugs impacting multiple vendors, including Intel, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Cypress.
BleepingComputer 5 Nov 2021 351 Views

Google Ads for Faux Cryptowallets Net Scammers At Least $500K

Malicious Phantom, MetaMask cryptowallets are on the prowl to drain victim funds. 
Threatpost 5 Nov 2021 413 Views

Microsoft Just Expanded Its Malware Protection For Linux Servers

Packet Storm 5 Nov 2021 20163 Views

Stealthier version of Mekotio banking trojan spotted in the wild

A new version of a banking trojan known as Mekotio is being deployed in the wild, with malware analysts reporting that it's using a new, stealthier infection flow.
BleepingComputer 4 Nov 2021 413 Views