Chinmay Rautmare
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Bengaluru, KA, India
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Gaming Company Confirms Ragnar Locker Ransomware Attack
Japanese computer game company Capcom acknowledged this week that a November security incident was a Ragnar Locker ransomware attack that resulted in about 350,000 → Read More
IRS Domain Spoofed in Fraud Campaign
A recently uncovered phishing campaign is using a spoofed U.S. Internal Revenue Service domain and social engineering techniques in an attempt to trick targeted → Read More
US Election Interference-Themed Spam Spreads Banking Trojan
Only a few hours after polls closed, fraudsters started using the uncertainty over the winner of the U.S. presidential election to send out spam messages that are → Read More
FBI, CISA Warn of DDoS Attacks Targeting November Election
The FBI and CISA are warning that hackers may attempt to conduct distributed denial-of-service attacks on U.S. election infrastructure in November, but such attacks → Read More
APT Group Wages Cyber Espionage Campaign
Palmerworm, an advanced persistent threat group that's been active since 2013, is waging a cyber espionage campaign using customized malware that’s targeting → Read More
Fresh Joker Malware Variant Targeting Android Users
A fresh round of Joker malware that targets Android users has been found in Google Play as well as third-party app stores, according to reports from Zscaler and → Read More
Former 'Silk Road' Associate Pleads Guilty to Lying to Feds
A member of the now-defunct "Silk Road" darknet marketplace surrendered to authorities this week and immediately pleaded guilty to making false statements → Read More
Congress Questions NASA on Cybersecurity Efforts
Foreign and domestic hacking activity targeting NASA continues to grow at a time when many staffers are working at home, space agency officials testified at a → Read More
Phishing Campaign Uses Homepage Overlay to Trick Victims
A recently uncovered phishing campaign designed to harvest credentials used companies' official webpages as an overlay to hide malicious domains, according to → Read More
Another Twitter Hack: This Time, India's Modi Targeted
Twitter is investigating the hacking of an account associated with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an apparent cryptocurrency scam, according to news → Read More
AlphaBay Moderator Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
The former moderator of the now-defunct AlphaBay darknet marketplace has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal racketeering → Read More
'Lemon Duck' Cryptominer Aims for Linux Systems
The New Zealand Stock Exchange remained shuttered for a third day Thursday after a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks that swamped the exchange and → Read More
SANS Institute Sees Its Breach as Teachable Moment
The SANS Institute, which is known for its cybersecurity training courses, is now planning to turn its own data breach into a teachable moment for its membership. → Read More
US Intelligence Warns of Foreign Election Interference
With less than 100 days to go before the U.S. election, intelligence officials are warning of attempted interference by Russia, China and Iran. But Congressional → Read More