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A large credential-phishing campaign is actively using open redirector links to bypass security software, according to Microsoft.

Bangkok Airways, which employees more than 3,000 people in 11 countries and has an annual revenue of over $685 million, has announced that they were the victim of a ransomware attack. The LockBit extortion gang is claiming responsibility.

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on August 29 as a Category 4 storm. Ida was strong enough to temporarily reverse the flow of the Mississippi River as it brought as much as 2 feet of rain in some areas, and a 7-foot storm surge.

Even as the famed Ragnarok ransomware gang shuts down operations, LockFile ransomware has emerged from the shadows, taking advantage of vulnerabilities like PetitPotam and ProxyShell.

In a first for the FBI, their Cyber Division has released a FLASH alert to warn about a ransomware affiliate. The cybercriminals in question are the OnePercent Group, which has operated since at least November 2020 and has ties to the REvil, Maze, and Egregor extortion gangs.

A new backdoor under active development by the FIN8 cybercrime group has been identified following a failed attack on an unnamed U.S. financial institution.

A bug in Internet Explorer is being exploited by InkySquid — an advanced persistent threat group with ties to North Korea — to launch watering hole attacks.