A cybercrime group has gained notoriety for attacking VMware ESXi servers since February 2024.
Learn more about the SEXi / APT Inc ransomware in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Author: Graham Cluley
SEXi? Seriously? What are you talking about this time? Don't worry, I'm not trying to conjure images in your mind of Rod Stewart in his iconic leopard print trousers. Instead, I want to warn you about a cybercrime group that has gained notoriety for attacking VMware ESXi servers since February 2024. Excuse me for not knowing, but what is VMWare EXSi? EXSi is a hypervisor - allowing businesses who want to reduce costs and simplify management to consolidate multiple servers onto a single physical machine. ESXi is a popular choice with cloud providers and data centres that have a require to host...
Computers blue-screen-of-death around the world! The Paris Olympics is at risk of attack! And the FBI pull off the biggest sting operation in history by running a secret end-to-end encrypted messaging app! All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by industry veterans Graham Cluley and … Continue reading "Smashing Security podcast #382: CrowdStrike, Dark Wire, and the Paris Olympics"
British police have arrested a 17-year-old boy believed to be linked to a cybercriminal gang that launched devastating ransomware attacks last year on MGM Resorts and other companies.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
It has been revealed that earlier this month a website which offered a DDoS-for-hire service was taken offline by law enforcement, but only after they collected data about its criminal customers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
In episode eight of “The AI Fix”, our hosts tackle the latest news from the world of AI and learn about two important medical breakthroughs, Mark coughs, Graham ruins “Killing me softly”, and neither shows their junk to an AI. Graham explains humour to Mark and shares a donkey story he learned from a Bulgarian, … Continue reading "The AI Fix #8: Emergence, a rancid donkey, and the world’s funniest joke"
Social media fuels conspiracies galore after Donald Trump is shot at a rally, cryptocurrency websites are hijacked after a screw-up at Squarespace, and our guest takes a close look at bottoms on Instagram.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Zoë Rose.
A new strain of the HardBit ransomware has emerged in the wild, which contains a protection mechanism in an attempt to prevent analysis from security researchers.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
What's happened? A new strain of the HardBit ransomware has emerged in the wild. It contains a protection mechanism in an attempt to prevent analysis from security researchers. HardBit? I think I've heard of that before. Quite possibly. HardBit first emerged in late 2022, and quickly made a name for itself as it attempted to extort ransom payments from corporations whose data it had encrypted. That doesn't sound unusual. What made HardBit different?, and demand that You're right. In many ways, HardBit is like other ransomware. It is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation made available -...
In episode seven of The AI Fix, Alexa goes wild, Mark learns how to hang a towel on a Peloton for only $39.90 a month, Graham puts the news items in the wrong order, and a strawberry uses the internet.
Graham explains to Mark what bats argue about, our hosts ponder whether AI should always write in Comic Sans, and Mark tells Graham why AIs are like dolphins that smoke pufferfish.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of "The AI Fix" podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.