New York-Based Facial-Recognition Technology Ruled Illegal in Canada
Clearview AI’s controversial practice of scraping the Internet for billions of images of people has been ruled illegal in Canada. The joint investigation of privacy... Read More
Cyber Threats
Cyber threats refer to the actors and actions attempting to execute successful cyber attacks aimed at gaining unauthorized access, damaging, disrupting, or stealing information technology assets, computer networks, intellectual property, personally identifiable information, or any other form of sensitive data. Cyber threats can originate from within an organization by trusted users or from outside the organization by external malicious actors. This page provides information on some of the cyber threats that Atlas Cybersecurity is tracking.
TeamTNT Adds Detection-Evasion Tools to its Arsenal
TeamTNT is a cybercrime group known for cloud-based attacks and has targeted Amazon Web Services credentials in order to gain access to the cloud for... Read More
Rocke Group’s Cloud-Targeting Malware Evolves
In 2019, researchers documented a cloud-targeting malware used by the Rocke Group to conduct cryptojacking attacks to mine for Monero. Due to the increased scrutiny... Read More
Suspect Charged in Relation to the NetWalker Ransomware
The US Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has brought charges against a Canadian national in relation to recent NetWalker ransomware attacks. It also... Read More
Internet Disconnected Devices Vulnerable Thanks to NAT Slipstreaming
Devices that are disconnected from the Internet are now vulnerable thanks to a new version of a known NAT slipstreaming attack. This would allow remote... Read More
‘Groundhog’ Botnet Infects Hundreds Per Day and Increasing
Discovered in early 2015, the ‘Groundhog’ DDOS botnet began its spread using SSH brute force attacks. Researchers at Lacework believe that the botnet is rapidly... Read More
Attackers Use Google Forms to Select Targets for Business Email Compromise
Proofpoint Threat Researchers discovered attacks using Google Forms to bypass email security content filters, which work off known keywords. The use of Google Forms is... Read More
SQL Server Malware, MrbMiner, Revealed to be Iranian-Based
First discovered in September 2020, the MrbMiner campaign involves the downloading and installing of a crypto miner on thousands of SQL servers. Sophos researchers have... Read More
Scottish EPA Suffers Breach and Disclosure of 4,000 Stolen Files
In the follow up to the Christmas Eve attack that left the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency with encrypted files, the attackers have now released the... Read More
Hackers Mistakenly Leave Over 1,000 Stolen Credentials Exposed Online
While the attack is your typical phishing scam, the threat actors behind it left more than 1,000 stolen credentials available online via simple Google searches.... Read More
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