Notorious hacker group, UNC5537, is reportedly behind a series of attacks on 165 customers of software service provider, Snowflake. The affected accounts did not have multifactor authentication, which has since been made mandatory. The group also attacked other companies, including Ticketmaster, AT&T, and Spain-based bank Santander. Co-conspirator, John Binns, was arrested in June while the lead individual, Alexander ‘Connor’ Moucka, remains at large.
The first UEFI bootkit malware for Linux has been detected, so users beware
ESET researchers have revealed a first-of-its-kind Linux UEFI bootkit, named ‘Bootkitty’, which could pose a significant risk despite being in early stages of development. The
