Progress Software plans to use its $15 million cyber insurance policy to cover losses resulting from the MOVEit file transfer software breach and a previous incident, with $4.9 million already received in insurance recoveries, but the company is facing legal battles and an SEC investigation.
Void Rabisu, a threat actor associated with RomCom RAT malware and Cuba ransomware, targets European Union navy personnel and political leaders involved in gender equality initiatives with spear-phishing emails and a slimmed-down version of RomCom RAT called PEAPOD disguised as a folder containing photos from the Women Political Leaders Summit.
Ransomware groups are using new evasion techniques and coding variants to exploit vulnerabilities in networking devices, with the healthcare sector and affluent organizations being the primary targets.
Cofense warns of a surge in phishing attacks that exploit LinkedIn’s Smart Links to gather Microsoft account credentials, targeting users across various industries.
California-based engineering firm and building material provider, Simpson Manufacturing Co., experiences a cybersecurity incident on October 10, leading to disruptions in its IT infrastructure and applications.
Microsoft plans to retire VBScript in future releases of Windows in order to enhance security and prevent the delivery of malware, as the legacy scripting language has been exploited by threat actors in the past.
