Qualcomm Win Case Against EU Antitrust Agency
EU antitrust authorities have decided not to appeal against the ruling of Luxembourg’s General Court, Europe’s second highest court, which overturned Qualcomm’s US$991 million fine. Apart from rejecting the fine, the court also rejected claims that Qualcomm paid Apple anti-competitive funds between 2011 and 2016 to use only its chips in all iPhones and iPads, […]
Over 111,000 Users Infected With Crypto-mining Malware
Over 111,000 users have been infected with crypto-mining malware posing as a desktop application for Google Translate. The malware campaign, which is linked to a Turkish-speaking entity called Nitrokad, involves spreading malware via free software hosted on popular websites such as Softpedia and Uptodown. After successful installation, the malware provides an executable update to the […]
New “Agenda” Ransomware Allow Attackers Customize Payloads for Each Victim
Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered Agenda, a new ransomware strain written in Golang that is used in the wild to target health and education facilities in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Thailand. A threat actor identified as Qilin is advertising the ransomware on the dark web. Qilin claims the ransomware offers affiliates the […]
Oktapus Phishing Campaign Exploit MFA To Compromise 130 Companies
9,931 accounts at more than 130 organizations were compromised by a phishing attack on Twilio and Cloudflare employees. 114 US companies and other companies in 68 countries were impacted. According to security researchers at Group-IB, the threat actors dubbed Oktapus had only one aim in compromising the identity and access management company Okta. To achieve […]
