Cybercrime

PGMiner cryptomining botnet remained unnoticed by exploiting a disputed CVE in PostgreSQL

Foxconn and Randstad are laid low by cyber criminals, while Sophos spills on Egregor, and prognosticators turn to their crystal balls to divine how ransomware will develop in the next 12 months

Cyber security company says investigations have revealed security breach occurred because of a flaw in a network monitoring software

With record levels of online shopping expected, the NCSC hopes to keep British consumers safe through a new awareness campaign.

One of the operators behind a Mirai botnet pleaded guilty to their involvement in a huge DDoS attack that caused a massive Internet disruption during October 2016.

Russian APT groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in VMware products to access protected data, according to latest warnings

While no zero-day exploits were included in the red team tools, FireEye released detection rules and known vulnerabilities to help organizations defend themselves.

Researchers at Recorded Future’s Insikt Group highlight links between the emerging Egregor ransomware and other strains, and offer guidance on defending against it

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493147/Opportunistic-Egregor-ransomware-is-an-emerging-and-active-threat

Data collated by McAfee and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies highlights the growing impact of cyber crime

The international vaccine supply chain has been targeted by cyber-espionage, according to IBM.