Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called Ymir that was deployed in an attack two days after systems were compromised by a stealer malware called RustyStealer.
“Ymir ransomware introduces a unique combination of technical features and tactics that enhance its effectiveness,” Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said.
“Threat actors leveraged an unconventional blend

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Windows users are at risk for full device takeover by an emerging malicious version of the Remcos remote admin tool, which is being used in an ongoing campaign exploiting a known remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft Office and WordPad.

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Attackers abuse concatenation, a method that involves appending multiple zip archives into a single file, to deliver a variant of the SmokeLoader Trojan hidden in malicious attachments delivered via phishing

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Meta has maintained that Facebook did not mislead investors by not including mention of the Cambridge Analytica scandal in its forward-looking risk disclosures, but the plaintiffs say it was a glaring omission.

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