Two malware families that suffered setbacks in the aftermath of a coordinated law enforcement operation called Endgame have resurfaced as part of new phishing campaigns.
Bumblebee and Latrodectus, which are both malware loaders, are designed to steal personal data, along with downloading and executing additional payloads onto compromised hosts.
Tracked under the names BlackWidow, IceNova, Lotus,View the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a number of suspicious packages published to the npm registry that are designed to harvest Ethereum private keys and gain remote access to the machine via the secure shell (SSH) protocol.
The packages attempt to "gain SSH access to the victim's machine by writing the attacker’s SSH public key in the root user’s authorized_keys file," software supplyView the full article
VMware has released software updates to address an already patched security flaw in vCenter Server that could pave the way for remote code **********.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38812 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCE/RPC protocol.
"A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability byView the full article
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical security flaw impacting ScienceLogic SL1 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation as a zero-day.
The vulnerability in question, tracked as CVE-2024-9537 (CVSS v4 score: 9.3), refers to a bug involving an unspecified third-party component that couldView the full article
The prolific ******** nation-state actor known as APT41 (aka Brass Typhoon, Earth Baku, Wicked Panda, or Winnti) has been attributed to a sophisticated cyber ******* targeting the gambling and gaming industry.
"Over a ******* of at least six months, the attackers stealthily gathered valuable information from the targeted company including, but not limited to, network configurations, user passwords,View the full article
Pentest Checklists Are More Important Than Ever
Given the expanding ******* surface coupled with the increasing sophistication of attacker tactics and techniques, ************ testing checklists have become essential for ensuring thorough assessments across an organization’s ******* surface, both internal and external. By providing a structured approach, these checklists help testers systematicallyView the full article
Hi there! Here’s your quick update on the latest in cybersecurity.
Hackers are using new tricks to break into systems we thought were secure—like finding hidden doors in locked houses. But the good news? Security experts are fighting back with smarter tools to keep data safe.
Some big companies were hit with attacks, while others fixed their vulnerabilities just in time. It's a constant battle.View the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered severe cryptographic issues in various end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage platforms that could be exploited to ***** sensitive data.
"The vulnerabilities range in severity: in many cases a malicious server can inject files, tamper with file data, and even gain direct access to plaintext," ETH Zurich researchers Jonas Hofmann and Kien Tuong TruongView the full article
Unknown threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a now-patched security flaw in the open-source Roundcube webmail software as part of a phishing ******* designed to steal user credentials.
Russian cybersecurity company Positive Technologies said it discovered last month that an email was sent to an unspecified governmental organization located in one of the Commonwealth ofView the full article
In the modern enterprise, data security is often discussed using a complex lexicon of acronyms—DLP, DDR, DSPM, and many others. While these acronyms represent critical frameworks, architectures, and tools for protecting sensitive information, they can also overwhelm those trying to piece together an effective security strategy. This article aims to demystify some of the most important acronymsView the full article
A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting business operations and financial gain.
"The group under review has a toolkit that includes utilities such as Mimikatz, XenAllPasswordPro, PingCastle, Localtonet, resocks, AnyDesk, PsExec, and others,"View the full article
North Korean information technology (IT) workers who obtain employment under false identities in Western companies are not only stealing intellectual property, but are also stepping up by demanding ransoms in order to not ***** it, marking a new twist to their financially motivated attacks.
"In some instances, fraudulent workers demanded ransom payments from their former employers after gainingView the full article
Picture your company's data as a vast, complex jigsaw puzzle—scattered across clouds, devices, and networks. Some pieces are hidden, some misplaced, and others might even be missing entirely. Keeping your data secure in today’s fast-evolving landscape can feel like an impossible challenge.
But there’s a game-changing solution: Data Security Posture Management (DSPM). Think of it as a high-tech,View the full article
Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have warned about a year-long campaign undertaken by Iranian cyber actors to infiltrate critical infrastructure organizations via brute-force attacks.
"Since October 2023, Iranian actors have used brute force and password spraying to compromise user accounts and obtain access to organizations in the healthcare andView the full article
Threat actors are leveraging fake Google Meet web pages as part of an ongoing malware campaign dubbed ClickFix to deliver infostealers targeting Windows and macOS systems.
"This tactic involves displaying fake error messages in web browsers to deceive users into copying and executing a given malicious PowerShell code, finally infecting their systems," French cybersecurity company Sekoia said inView the full article
Microsoft has disclosed details about a now-patched security flaw in Apple's Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) framework in macOS that has likely come under exploitation to get around a user's privacy preferences and access data.
The shortcoming, codenamed HM Surf by the tech giant, is tracked as CVE-2024-44133. It was addressed by Apple as part of macOS Sequoia 15 by removing theView the full article
The Russian threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at Ukrainian government agencies and unknown Polish entities since at least late 2023.
The intrusions are characterized by the use of a variant of the RomCom RAT dubbed SingleCamper (aka SnipBot or RomCom 5.0), said Cisco Talos, which is monitoring the activity cluster under the moniker UAT-5647.
"ThisView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have gleaned additional insights into a nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called Cicada3301 after successfully gaining access to the group's affiliate panel on the dark web.
Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said it contacted the threat actor behind the Cicada3301 persona on the RAMP cybercrime forum via the Tox messaging service after the latter put out anView the full article
As technology adoption has shifted to be employee-led, just in time, and from any location or device, IT and security teams have found themselves contending with an ever-sprawling SaaS ******* surface, much of which is often unknown or unmanaged. This greatly increases the risk of identity-based threats, and according to a recent report from CrowdStrike, 80% of breaches today use compromisedView the full article
An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor with suspected ties to India has sprung forth with a flurry of attacks against high-profile entities and strategic infrastructures in the Middle East and *******.
The activity has been attributed to a group tracked as SideWinder, which is also known as APT-C-17, Baby Elephant, ********* Nationalist, Leafperforator, Rattlesnake, Razor Tiger, and T-APT-04.
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Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged two Sudanese brothers with running a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet for hire that conducted a record 35,000 DDoS attacks in a single year, including those that targeted Microsoft's services in June 2023.
The attacks, which were facilitated by Anonymous Sudan's "powerful DDoS tool," singled out critical infrastructure, corporate networks,View the full article
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Kubernetes Image Builder that, if successfully exploited, could be abused to gain root access under certain circumstances.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9486 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been addressed in version 0.1.38. The project maintainers acknowledged Nicolai Rybnikar for discovering and reporting the vulnerability.
"A security issueView the full article
Threat actors are attempting to ****** the open-source EDRSilencer tool as part of efforts to tamper endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions and hide malicious activity.
Trend Micro said it detected "threat actors attempting to integrate EDRSilencer in their attacks, repurposing it as a means of evading detection."
EDRSilencer, inspired by the NightHawk FireBlock tool from MDSec, isView the full article
The FIDO Alliance said it's working to make passkeys and other credentials more easier to export across different providers and improve credential provider interoperability, as more than 12 billion online accounts become accessible with the passwordless sign-in method.
To that end, the alliance said it has published a draft for a new set of specifications for secure credential exchange,View the full article
AI from the attacker’s perspective: See how cybercriminals are leveraging AI and exploiting its vulnerabilities to compromise systems, users, and even other AI applications
Cybercriminals and AI: The Reality vs. Hype
“AI will not replace humans in the near future. But humans who know how to use AI are going to replace those humans who don't know how to use AI,” says Etay Maor, Chief SecurityView the full article
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