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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

The Cuba Ransomware gang has partnered with the crooks behind the Hancitor malware in attacks aimed at corporate networks. Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution team found that Hancitor is being actively used by the threat actors to deploy Cuba ransomware. Cuba ransomware has been active since at least January 2020.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 292

Security Affairs

The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 292 appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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China-linked hackers target government agencies by exploiting flaws in Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems, and MS Exchange

Security Affairs

Department of Justice indictment, MSS-affiliated actors have targeted various industries across the United States and other countries—including high-tech manufacturing; medical device, civil, and industrial engineering; business, educational, and gaming software; solar energy; pharmaceuticals; and defense—in a campaign that lasted over ten years.[

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc. Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. But this attack is just the latest example of ransomware incidents in the US.