Dutch police and Cisco Talos take down Babuk Tortilla ransomware
Cooperation between Cisco Talos and the Dutch police has led to disabling the Babuk ransomware's Tortilla variant. The hacker responsible has been arrested, and a very commonly used decryption tool has been discovered.
Recently, the possible mastermind behind Babuk Tortilla was apprehended in Am... Read more
Qakbot still a threat despite its supposed destruction
The collective of Qakbot ransomware gang members is still actively spreading malware, Cisco Talos researchers note. This is despite their network having been targeted and supposedly destroyed by the FBI.
In August of this year, the FBI managed to dismantle the infrastructure of the ransomware sp... Read more
Researchers find multiple critical vulnerabilities in Atlantis Word Processor
Researchers have found a series of critical vulnerabilities in the Atlantis Word Processor, allowing attackers to execute code. Cisco Talos security researchers wrote last night about the bugs found in Atlantis Word Processor versions 3.0.2.3, 3.2.5.0 and 3.2.6.
The Atlantis Word Processor is softwa... Read more
Two major VPN providers had to deal with serious vulnerabilities
Two major providers of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) had to deal with errors in their services, which allowed hackers and other malicious parties to execute random code. Researchers at Cisco Talos, who also state that users of ProtonVPN and NordVPN were at serious risk, confirm this.
These are vuln... Read more