CyberSecure Specialist

ESET researchers have discovered new Rust-based tooling leading to the deployment of Embargo ransomware. Embargo is a relatively new player in the ransomware scene, first observed by ESET in June 2024. The new toolkit consists of a loader and an EDR killer, named MDeployer and MS4Killer respectively by ESET. MS4Killer is particularly noteworthy as it is custom compiled for each victim’s environment, targeting only selected security solutions. Both tools are written in Rust, the Embargo…

ESET Research Learn how a rather clumsy cybercrime group wielding buggy malicious tools managed to compromise a number of SMBs in various parts of the world ESET Research 24 Oct 2024  •  , 1 min. read Some cybercriminal groups are sophisticated, create advanced schemes, cooperate with other attackers and do everything to stay under the radar. Then there are threat actors like CosmicBeetle – they lack the necessary skills set, write crude malware, yet still…

Scams Watch out for schemes where fraudsters trick people into sharing verification codes so they can gain access to their phone numbers Phil Muncaster 21 Oct 2024  •  , 5 min. read In our hyper-connected world, technology has transformed the way we communicate, enabling us to connect with anyone, anywhere, at the touch of a button. One of the most popular services to take advantage of the near ubiquity of high-speed internet coverage is Google…

Video The average time it takes attackers to weaponize a vulnerability, either before or after a patch is released, shrank from 63 days in 2018-2019 to just five days last year 18 Oct 2024 As many as 97 out of the 138 vulnerabilities disclosed as actively exploited in the wild in 2023 were zero-days, according to a report from Mandiant. The rest of the software flaws under review were exploited as n-days; i.e., vulnerabilities first…