Cyware Monthly Threat Intelligence

Monthly Threat Briefing • July 1, 2021
Monthly Threat Briefing • July 1, 2021
As the world inches toward more secured communication, a group of academic researchers devised a system that could enable smart home systems to respond to audio commands without invading users' privacy. A joint law enforcement operation by the U.S., European, and other national authorities resulted in a major crackdown on organized crime activities through the use of an encrypted chat platform. Meanwhile, the NSA announced it is funding the development and release of the D3FEND framework to help security professionals tailor their defenses against specific security threats.
Further, ransomware threats, malware operators, and misconfigured databases remained the top threats in the cybersecurity space in June. For instance, a Brazilian medical lab firm and a French fashion label were targeted by a notorious ransomware group. In other news, scammers were sending fake replacement devices to Ledger customers, whereas Crackonosh malware operators reportedly made at least $2 million in illegal Monero mining.
A new cyberattack occurs every few seconds and the following incidents are just a glimpse of the evil creations of cybercriminals. Security researchers uncovered new ransomware operations, such as Ever101, DarkRadiation, and EpsilonRed, targeting various sectors worldwide. Cybercriminals launched a new Mirai variant that milks Tenda router bugs. Also, now we have the first-ever malware pervading through Kubernetes environments via Windows containers.