The personal and banking details of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents may have been exposed in a ransomware attack on the state’s social services online portal, RIBridges. Hackers threatened to release the stolen data unless a ransom was paid. The security breach affected users of state government assistance programs and potentially any individual who has applied for or received these benefits since 2016.

New Malware Loaders Use Call Stack Spoofing, GitHub C2, and .NET Reactor for Stealth
An updated version of a malware loader, known as Hijack Loader, has been discovered with new features aimed at evading detection and maintaining persistence. The