An increasing number of threat groups have been targeting organizations with industrial control system (ICS) or other operational technology (OT) environments, according to a new report from industrial cybersecurity company Dragos.
‘Xenomorph’ Android Trojan Targets 56 Banking Applications
More than 50,000 individuals have downloaded a new Android banking trojan through Google Play, according to online fraud detection firm ThreatFabric.
Cyberattack Hits Global Operations of Logistics Giant Expeditors International
Seattle, Washington-based logistics giant Expeditors International on Sunday announced the disruption of its global systems as a result of a cyberattack.
Cookware Distribution Giant Meyer Discloses Data Breach
Cookware and bakeware distribution giant Meyer Corporation has started informing employees of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of some of their personal data.
A subsidiary of Meyer Manufacturing Co. Ltd, the California-based company is the largest distributor of cookware in the United States, and the second largest in the world.
At Olympics, Cybersecurity Worries Linger in Background
Warnings to use disposable “burner” phones and laptops. Privacy-protecting software. Concerns about a security flaw in an official Games smartphone app.
Conti Ransomware ‘Acquires’ TrickBot as It Thrives Amid Crackdowns
Experts at threat intelligence and ransomware disruption company AdvIntel believe the notorious TrickBot malware has reached its limits, but its development team appears to have been “acquired” by the Conti ransomware gang, which has been thriving amid recent crackdowns.
Fast-Growing Golang-Based ‘Kraken’ Botnet Emerges
Over the past several months, a new Golang-based botnet targeting Windows has been ensnaring hundreds of new systems with every newly deployed command and control (C&C) server, cybersecurity firm ZeroFox reports.
Are You Prepared for 2022’s More Destructive Ransomware?
We’re barely into 2022, and already we’re seeing ransomware proliferate. What we saw last year is that while most attacks continue to exploit known vulnerabilities, cybercriminals have also redoubled efforts to target new ones – such as what we saw with Hafnium and new Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.
FBI Warns of BEC Scams Abusing Virtual Meeting Platforms
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week issued an alert regarding the increasing use of virtual meeting platforms to conduct business email compromise (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scams.
Mexican Businessman Pleads Guilty in U.S. to Brokering Hacking Tools
A Mexican businessman has admitted in a United States federal court to conspiring to sell and use interception devices and hacking services from companies in Italy, Israel, and elsewhere.
The man, Carlos Guerrero, of Chula Vista, California, and Tijuana, Mexico, owned and operated multiple companies in the U.S. and Mexico.












