Tag: infostealing
Malware Found to Evade Ukranian Detection for 9 Years – April 18th
Cisco Talos revealed its findings, showing that select Ukranian government agencies have been infected with the 'OfflRouter' malware since 2015. Cisco Talos researcher, Vanja Svajcer said. "The virus is still active in Ukraine and is causing potentially confidential documents to be uploaded to publicly accessible document repositories."
Ransomware Attacks Decline by 11% in 2023 – February 21st
IBM X-Force released a report, disclosing that ransomware attacks declined by 11.5% in 2023, compared to 2022. IBM says the decline in ransomware attacks is largely due to the new cybercrime focus of infostealing tactics which rose by 32%. IBM X-Force's report gathered data for the report based on 150 billion daily security events from 130 countries last year.