A company spokesperson confirmed that the key works but won’t reveal the source, saying only that it came from a trusted third party. Image: mundissima/Shutterstock Hit by a severe cyberattack earlier this month, IT enterprise firm Kaseya said on Thursday that it obtained a universal decryptor key for recent victims of the REvil ransomware. Kaseya Senior VP of corporate marketing Dana Liedholm said the company obtained the key on Wednesday and that it does work….

Check Point Research (CPR) experts have spotted a cheap malware, dubbed XLoader variant, which was upgraded to target both Windows and macOS PCs. XLoader is a very cheap malware strain that is based on the popular Formbook Windows malware. FormBook is a data-stealing malware that is used in cyber espionage campaigns, like other spyware it is capable of extracting data from HTTP sessions, keystroke logging, stealing clipboard contents. FormBook can also receive commands from a command-and-control (C2)…

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Kaspersky’s analysis found that cybercriminals are getting extra creative with the latest campaigns designed to harvest credentials. Image: iStock/Melpomenem Kaspersky experts analyzed Olympic-related phishing attacks and found fake pages offering streaming services, tickets to events that won’t have spectators, and even a fake Olympic Games virtual currency. Olga Svistunova, a security expert at Kaspersky, said that cybercriminals always use popular sports events as bait for their attacks. Security experts recommend that security teams recognize this…

Experts warn of a 16-year-old vulnerability (CVE-2021-3438) in an HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers driver that an attacker could exploit to gain admin rights on systems. Researchers from SentinelOne discovered a 16-year-old security vulnerability in an HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers driver that can allow attackers to gain admin rights on systems running the flawed driver. The discovery was casually made several months ago, while experts were configuring a brand new HP printer, and noticed…