Top news of the week: 11.11.2021.
Threats And Attacks
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.
REvil Affiliates Arrested; DOJ Seizes $6.1M in Ransom
International law enforcement is squeezing REvil affiliates out of hiding, but the underground is shrugging it off: They know that Russia won’t touch a hair on the heads of the Russian ...
Microsoft Nov. Patch Tuesday Fixes Six Zero-Days, 55 Bugs
Experts urged users to prioritize patches for Microsoft Exchange and Excel, those favorite platforms so frequently targeted by cybercriminals and nation-state actors.
Experts Analyze Proposed Bill Allowing Private Entities to 'Hack Back’
Proposed bill (S. 2292) was designed to require DHS to study and report on the risks and benefits of allowing private organizations to hack back at cyber aggressors
Feds Offer $10 Million Bounty for DarkSide Info
The U.S. State Department ups the ante in its hunt for the ransomware perpetrators by offering a sizeable cash sum for locating and arresting leaders of the cybercriminal group.
Five affiliates to Sodinokibi/REvil unplugged
On 4 November, Romanian authorities arrested two individuals suspected of cyber-attacks deploying the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware. They are allegedly responsible for 5 000 infections, which ...
Malicious activity in Discord chats
In the wake of recent research, we talk about several scenarios that underlie malicious activity on Discord.
New Android Spyware Poses Pegasus-Like Threat
PhoneSpy already has stolen data and tracked the activity of targets in South Korea, disguising itself as legitimate lifestyle apps.