4 alternatives to encryption backdoors, but no silver bullet
End-to-end encrypted communication has been a boon to security and privacy over the past 12 years since Apple, Signal, email providers, and other early adopters...
Microsoft Takes Aim at Malicious Office Macros
Microsoft Takes Aim at Malicious Office Macros Microsoft has finally taken action against a common threat vector, blocking by default Office macros downloaded from the...
A Quarter of New Online Accounts Are Fake – Report
A Quarter of New Online Accounts Are Fake - Report There was an 85% year-on-year increase in attacks targeting logins or account creation in 2021...
Russia Arrests Third Cybercrime Group
Russia Arrests Third Cybercrime Group The Russian authorities are claiming to have arrested a third cybercrime group following previous high-profile detentions. The six individuals were...
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Android OS Could Allow for Escalation of Privilege
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Google Android operating system (OS), the most severe of which could allow for escalation of privilege. Android is...
IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said today it will be transitioning away from requiring biometric data from taxpayers who wish to access their records at...
ACTINIUM – Targeting Interests in the Ukraine
FortiGuard Labs is aware of various campaigns targeting Ukraine by threat actors known as ACTINIUM/Gamaredon/DEV-0157. ACTINIUM's modus operandi targets various verticals to conduct cyber espionage,...
Sugar Ransomware in the Wild
FortiGuard Labs is aware that a new ransomware called "Sugar" is in the wild. Reportedly, Sugar ransomware targets consumers rather than enterprises. The first sample...
Proof-of-Concept Code Now Available for an Exploited Windows Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
FortiGuard Labs is aware that a Proof-of-Concept (POC) code for a newly patched Windows vulnerability (CVE-2022-21882) that is reported to have been exploited in the...
BotenaGo Malware Targets Multiple IoT Devices
FortiGuard Labs is aware of a report that source code of BotenaGo malware was recently made available on GitHub. BotenaGo is a malware written in...