Author Archives: Onsite Computing, Inc.

Will the public nature of ransom payments change CISO strategy over whether to pay?

Reports that a Fortune 50 company paid a $75 million ransom to the Dark Angels ransomware group back in March is raising questions about whether CISOs should revisit their ransomware decision processes. The payment, which Zscaler said is almost double the previous top ransom paid, is concerning, not solely for the large dollar amount, but […]

Over 1 Million Domains at Risk of ‘Sitting Ducks’ Domain Hijacking Technique

Over a million domains are susceptible to takeover by malicious actors by means of what has been called a Sitting Ducks attack. The powerful attack vector, which exploits weaknesses in the domain name system (DNS), is being exploited by over a dozen Russian-nexus cybercriminal actors to stealthily hijack domains, a joint analysis published by Infoblox […]

Hackers Distributing Malicious Python Packages via Popular Developer Q&A Platform

In yet another sign that threat actors are always looking out for new ways to trick users into downloading malware, it has come to light that the question-and-answer (Q&A) platform known as Stack Exchange has been abused to direct unsuspecting developers to bogus Python packages capable of draining their cryptocurrency wallets. “Upon installation, this code […]

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