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The NoName ransomware gang has been trying to build a reputation for more than three years targeting small and medium-sized businesses worldwide with its encryptors and may now be working as a RansomHub affiliate. The gang uses custom tools known as the Spacecolon malware family, and deploys them after gaining access to a network through brute-force methods…

Ransomware affiliates exploit a critical security vulnerability in SonicWall SonicOS firewall devices to breach victims’ networks. Tracked as CVE-2024-40766, this improper access control flaw affects Gen 5, Gen 6, and Gen 7 firewalls. SonicWall patched it on August 22 and warned that it only impacted the firewalls’ management access interface. However, on Friday, SonicWall revealed that the…

New attacks attributed to China-based cyber espionage group Mustang Panda show that the threat actor switched to new strategies and malware called FDMTP and PTSOCKET to download payloads and steal information from breached networks. Researchers found that the hackers are using a variant of the HIUPAN worm to deliver the PUBLOAD malware stager through removable…

The Quad7 botnet is evolving its operation by targeting additional SOHO devices with new custom malware for Zyxel VPN appliances, Ruckus wireless routers, and Axentra media servers. This comes in addition to the TP-Link routers reported initially by Sekoia, from where the botnet got its name due to targeting port 7777, and also the ASUS routers targeted by…

Highline Public Schools, a K-12 district in Washington state, has shut down all schools and canceled school activities after its technology systems were compromised in a cyberattack. In a statement issued Monday, the district confirmed that all schools would remain closed, and all activities, including athletics and meetings, would be canceled on September 9. However, the…