Ransomware Payments Reach a Collective Payout Estimated at $1B in 2023
According to Chainalysis, the estimated total value received by ransomware attackers reached $1.1B in 2023.
The Chainalysis report also states that the estimated $1.1B only pertains to ransomware demands collected, and does not account for operational and third-party disruption costs.
Fake Facebook Job Ads Spread Password-Stealing Malware
Analysts at Trustwave discovered a malware campaign that starts from a fake sponsored Facebook job post, which leads unsuspecting victims to a Discord server that downloads the “Ov3r_Stealer” password-stealing payload through a GitHub repository.
The “Ov3r_Stealer” payload when successfully deployed onto a user’s system, attempts to steal data from a range of apps including crypto wallets, and web browsers, among others.
Cisco, Fortinet, and VMWare Security Fixes Deployed
Security patches covering a collective 10 security flaws from Cisco (3), Fortinet (2), and VMWare (5) were deployed, fixing all critical security flaws.
The flaws found in the Cisco, Fortinet, and VMWare systems if exploited by threat actors could have led to DDoS, remote access, and malicious code attacks.
