Category: Cybersecurity
In a significant development related to the WazirX hack, the Delhi Consumer Commission has dismissed a plea filed by 40 investors affected by the 2022 cyberattack, which resulted in the loss of over ₹7 crore. The court ruled that the issue does not fall under its jurisdiction, as the dispute involves complex financial transactions and […]
In a deeply concerning case of prolonged cyberespionage, the Chinese state-linked hacking group Weaver Ant (a subgroup of the larger APT41) was discovered to have infiltrated a telecom provider’s internal network for more than four years, from 2019 to mid-2023. The hackers deployed custom malware, including xDealer and LionsBot, targeting both Windows and Linux environments […]
A new kind of Hyper-V ransomware attack is raising alarms across the cybersecurity landscape. RedCurl, a corporate cyber-espionage group known for stealthy attacks since 2018, has pivoted to deploying custom ransomware called QWCrypt. Unlike common ransomware campaigns focused solely on ransom payments, RedCurl’s approach fuses espionage and extortion—targeting Hyper-V environments that form the backbone of […]