The Week in Ransomware - May 6th 2022 - An evolving landscape•41by Lawrence Abrams / 15h
Ransomware operations continue to evolve, with new groups appearing and others quietly shutting down their operations or rebranding as new groups. [...]
npm package with 1.4M weekly downloads ditches npmjs.com for own CDNIn a surprising move, the popular open source project, SheetJS aka "xlsx," has dropped support for the npm registry. Downloaded about 1.4 million times every week on npm, SheetJS is relied upon by NodeJS developers looking to craft and parse Excel spreadsheets using nothing but JavaScript. [...]
Ferrari subdomain hijacked to push fake Ferrari NFT collectionOne of Ferrari's subdomains was hijacked yesterday to host a scam promoting fake Ferrari NFT collection, according to researchers. The Ethereum wallet associated with the cryptocurrency scam appears to have collected a few hundred dollars before the hacked subdomain was shut down. [...]
US agricultural machinery maker AGCO hit by ransomware attackAGCO, a leading US-based agricultural machinery producer, has announced it was hit by a ransomware attack impacting some of its production facilities. [...]
QNAP fixes critical QVR remote command execution vulnerabilityQNAP has released several security advisories today to alert its customers about various fixes for flaws affecting its products. The one that stands out is a critical RCE (remote code execution) in QVR. [...]
US sanctions Bitcoin laundering service used by North Korean hackers•100+by Sergiu Gatlan / 22h
The US Department of Treasury today sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io used last month by the North Korean-backed Lazarus hacking group to launder funds stolen from Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge. [...]
NVIDIA fined for failure to disclose cryptomining sales boost•100+by Sergiu Gatlan / 23h
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Friday that it settled charges against multinational tech firm NVIDIA for "inadequate disclosures" of cryptomining's impact on its gaming business. [...]
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