Recent Security News
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Reasonable Valuations Drove Mergers and Acquisition Activity in Q3, 2023
October 12, 2023 at 09:59AM In Q3 2023, Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk for $28 billion was a major highlight in the cybersecurity industry. Other vendors made strategic purchases to position themselves in emerging security segments. The quarter also saw a revival in IPO activity and an increase in venture funding. The security segments experiencing the…
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Everest cybercriminals offer corporate insiders cold, hard cash for remote access
October 12, 2023 at 09:57AM The Everest ransomware group is seeking to recruit corporate insiders to gain access to corporate networks directly. The group is offering a percentage of the profits from successful attacks to those who assist in the initial intrusion, promising transparency and confidentiality. Everest is specifically targeting organizations in the US, Canada,…
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Building cyber resilience with data vaults
October 12, 2023 at 09:57AM Danish hosting subsidiaries CloudNordic and AzeroCloud experienced a serious ransomware attack in August 2023, resulting in complete encryption wipe-out and the loss of all customer data. The incident highlights the need for more effective backup and data resilience strategies to protect against ransomware attacks. Zerto offers a solution with continuous…
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Malicious NuGet Package Targeting .NET Developers with SeroXen RAT
October 12, 2023 at 09:57AM A malicious package named Pathoschild.Stardew.Mod.Build.Config has been found on the NuGet package manager. It delivers a remote access trojan called SeroXen RAT. The package is a typosquat of a legitimate package and has artificially inflated its download count to over 100,000. The profile behind the package has published six other…
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ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers
October 12, 2023 at 09:57AM The ShellBot threat actors are using hexadecimal IP addresses to attack Linux SSH servers and deploy DDoS malware. The malware, also known as PerlBot, breaches servers with weak SSH credentials and then stages DDoS attacks and delivers cryptocurrency miners. The use of hexadecimal IP addresses is an attempt to avoid…