InfoSec News Nuggets 08/31/2021

Fake DMCA and DDoS complaints lead to BazaLoader malware Cybercriminals behind the BazaLoader malware came up with a new lure to trick website owners into opening malicious files: fake notifications about the site being engaged in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The messages contain a legal threat and a file stored in a Google Drive folder that allegedly provides evidence of the source of the attack. The DDoS theme is a variation of another lure, a…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 12/18/2019

1 - Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up As if the scourge of ransomware wasn’t bad enough already: Several prominent purveyors of ransomware have signaled they plan to start publishing data stolen from victims who refuse to pay up. To make matters worse, one ransomware gang has now created a public Web site identifying recent victim companies that have chosen to rebuild their operations instead of quietly acquiescing to their tormentors.…
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