Cybersecurity

Cybercriminals Deploy CORNFLAKE.V3 Backdoor via ClickFix Tactic and Fake CAPTCHA Pages

Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Threat actors have been observed leveraging the deceptive social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to deploy a versatile backdoor...

3AM ransomware actors dropped virtual machine with vishing and Quick Assist – Sophos News

Ransomware is usually a crime of opportunity.  Attackers typically strike through an easily discovered vulnerability or security weakness— unpatched Internet-facing software, vulnerable network edge...

Gh0st RAT-based GodRAT attacks financial organizations

Summary In September 2024, we detected malicious activity targeting financial (trading and brokerage) firms through the distribution of malicious .scr (screen saver) files disguised as...

Keeping an Eye on MFA-Bombing Attacks

I recently woke up (as one does each day, hopefully) and saw a few Microsoft MFA prompts had pinged me overnight.  Since I had...

Mobile Phishers Target Brokerage Accounts in ‘Ramp and Dump’ Cashout Scheme – Krebs on Security

Cybercriminal groups peddling sophisticated phishing kits that convert stolen card data into mobile wallets have recently shifted their focus to targeting customers of brokerage...

Poisoned Calendar invites, ChatGPT, and Bromide • Graham Cluley

A poisoned Google Calendar invite that can hijack your smart home, a man is hospitalised after...

MalwareTech – Darknet Diaries

Full Transcript MalwareTech was an anonymous security researcher, until he accidentally stopped WannaCry, one of the largest ransomware attacks in history....

Check your risk blind spot

Does your business truly understand its dependencies, and how to mitigate the...

Get Pwned, Get Local Advice From a Trusted Gov Source

We were recently travelling to faraway lands, doing meet and greets with...

Anomaly detection betrayed us, so we gave it a new job – Sophos News

Anomaly detection in cybersecurity has long promised the ability to identify threats by highlighting deviations from expected behavior. When it comes to identifying malicious...

BadCam Attack, WinRAR 0-Day, EDR Killer, NVIDIA Flaws, Ransomware Attacks & More

Aug 11, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan This week, cyber attackers are moving quickly, and businesses need to stay alert. They're finding new weaknesses in popular software and...

Rubrik & Sophos Enhance Cyber Resilience for Microsoft 365 – Sophos News

Cybersecurity attacks are rising sharply in 2025, and Microsoft has been one among many prominent targets. Research shows that 70 percent of M365 tenants...

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