Traditional application security practices are not effective in the modern DevOps world. When security scans are run only at the end of the software delivery lifecycle (either right before or after a service is deployed), the ensuing process of compiling and fixing vulnerabilities creates massive overhead for developers. The overhead that degrades velocity and puts production deadlines at risk.View the full article
Legitimate-but-compromised websites are being used as a conduit to deliver a Windows ********* dubbed BadSpace under the guise of fake browser updates.
"The threat actor employs a multi-stage ******* chain involving an infected website, a command-and-control (C2) server, in some cases a fake browser update, and a JScript downloader to deploy a ********* into the victim's system," *******View the full article
Threat actors have been observed deploying a malware called NiceRAT to co-opt infected devices into a botnet.
The attacks, which target South Korean users, are designed to propagate the malware under the guise of cracked software, such as Microsoft Windows, or tools that purport to offer license verification for Microsoft Office.
"Due to the nature of ****** programs, information sharing amongstView the full article
Law enforcement authorities have allegedly arrested a key member of the notorious cybercrime group called Scattered Spider.
The individual, a 22-year-old man from the ******* Kingdom, was arrested this week in the Spanish city of Palma de Mallorca as he attempted to board a flight to Italy. The move is said to be a ****** effort between the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and theView the full article
Pakistan has become the latest target of a threat actor called the Smishing Triad, marking the first expansion of its footprint beyond the E.U., Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., and the U.S.
"The group's latest tactic involves sending malicious messages on behalf of Pakistan Post to customers of mobile carriers via iMessage and SMS," Resecurity said in a report published earlier this week. "The goal isView the full article
A suspected Pakistan-based threat actor has been linked to a cyber espionage campaign targeting Indian government entities in 2024.
Cybersecurity company Volexity is tracking the activity under the moniker UTA0137, noting the adversary's exclusive use of a malware called DISGOMOJI that's written in Golang and is designed to infect Linux systems.
"It is a modified version of the public projectView the full article
Meta on Friday said it's delaying its efforts to train the company's large language models (LLMs) using public content shared by ****** users on Facebook and Instagram in the ********* Union following a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).
The company expressed disappointment at having to put its AI plans on pause, stating it had taken into account feedback from regulators andView the full article
Google's plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser with Privacy Sandbox has run into fresh trouble after Austrian privacy non-profit noyb (none of your business) said the feature can still be used to track users.
"While the so-called 'Privacy Sandbox' is advertised as an improvement over extremely invasive third-party tracking, the tracking is now simply doneView the full article
Data is growing faster than ever. Remember when petabytes (that's 1,000,000 gigabytes!) were only for tech giants? Well, that's so last decade! Today, businesses of all sizes are swimming in petabytes.
But this isn't just about storage anymore. This data is ALIVE—it's constantly accessed, analyzed, shared, and even used to train the next wave of AI.
This creates a huge challenge: how do youView the full article
As cyber threats loom large and data breaches continue to pose increasingly significant risks. Organizations and industries that handle sensitive information and valuable assets make prime targets for cybercriminals seeking financial gain or strategic advantage.
Which is why many highly regulated sectors, from finance to utilities, are turning to military-grade cyber defenses to safeguardView the full article
An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from ******** manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors.
"By adding random user data to the database or using a fake QR code, a nefarious actor can easily bypass the verification process and gain unauthorized access,"View the full article
Threat actors linked to North Korea have accounted for one-third of all the phishing activity targeting Brazil since 2020, as the country's emergence as an influential power has drawn the attention of cyber espionage groups.
"North Korean government-backed actors have targeted the Brazilian government and Brazil's aerospace, technology, and financial services sectors," Google's Mandiant andView the full article
Microsoft on Thursday revealed that it's delaying the rollout of the controversial artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs.
To that end, the company said it intends to shift from general availability preview available first in the Windows Insider Program (WIP) in the coming weeks.
"We are adjusting the release model for Recall to leverage the expertise of the WindowsView the full article
The security risks posed by the Pickle format have once again come to the ***** with the discovery of a new "hybrid machine learning (ML) model exploitation technique" dubbed Sleepy Pickle.
The ******* method, per Trail of Bits, weaponizes the ubiquitous format used to package and distribute machine learning (ML) models to corrupt the model itself, posing a severe supply chain risk to anView the full article
The threat actor known as Arid Viper has been attributed to a mobile espionage campaign that leverages trojanized Android apps to deliver a spyware strain dubbed AridSpy.
"The malware is distributed through dedicated websites impersonating various messaging apps, a job opportunity app, and a ************ Civil Registry app," ESET researcher Lukáš Štefanko said in a report published today. "OftenView the full article
Recent supply chain cyber-attacks are prompting cyber security regulations in the financial sector to tighten compliance requirements, and other industries are expected to follow. Many companies still don’t have efficient methods to manage related time-sensitive SaaS security and compliance tasks. Free SaaS risk assessment tools are an easy and practical way to bring visibility and initialView the full article
Threat actors with ties to Pakistan have been linked to a long-running malware campaign dubbed Operation Celestial Force since at least 2018.
The activity, still ongoing, entails the use of an Android malware called GravityRAT and a Windows-based malware loader codenamed HeavyLift, according to Cisco Talos, which are administered using another standalone tool referred to as GravityAdmin.
TheView the full article
The nascent malware known as SSLoad is being delivered by means of a previously undocumented loader called PhantomLoader, according to findings from cybersecurity firm Intezer.
"The loader is added to a legitimate DLL, usually EDR or AV products, by binary patching the file and employing self-modifying techniques to evade detection," security researchers Nicole Fishbein and Ryan Robinson said inView the full article
The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups.
The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the development of crypters to encrypt and obfuscate malicious payloads in order to evade detection by security programs.
The product is believed to have beenView the full article
Google has warned that a security flaw impacting Pixel Firmware has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day.
The high-severity vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-32896, has been described as an elevation of privilege issue in Pixel Firmware.
The company did not share any additional details related to the nature of attacks exploiting it, but noted "there are indications that CVE-2024-32896 may beView the full article
A previously undocumented cross-platform malware codenamed Noodle RAT has been put to use by ********-speaking threat actors either for espionage or cybercrime for years.
While this ********* was previously categorized as a variant of Gh0st RAT and Rekoobe, Trend Micro security researcher Hara Hiroaki said "this ********* is not merely a variant of existing malware, but is a new type altogether."View the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an ongoing cryptojacking campaign targeting misconfigured Kubernetes clusters to mine Dero cryptocurrency.
Cloud security firm Wiz, which shed light on the activity, said it's an updated variant of a financially motivated operation that was first documented by CrowdStrike in March 2023.
"In this incident, the threat actor abused anonymous access to anView the full article
Last week, the notorious hacker gang, ShinyHunters, sent shockwaves across the globe by allegedly plundering 1.3 terabytes of data from 560 million Ticketmaster users. This colossal breach, with a price tag of $500,000, could expose the personal information of a massive swath of the live event company's clientele, igniting a firestorm of concern and outrage.
A massive data breach
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Threat actors linked to the ****** Basta ransomware may have exploited a recently disclosed privilege escalation flaw in the Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service as zero-day, according to new findings from Symantec.
The security flaw in question is CVE-2024-26169 (CVSS score: 7.8), an elevation of privilege bug in the Windows Error Reporting Service that could be exploited to achieve SYSTEMView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing phishing campaign that leverages recruiting- and job-themed lures to deliver a Windows-based ********* named WARMCOOKIE.
"WARMCOOKIE appears to be an initial ********* tool used to scout out victim networks and deploy additional payloads," Elastic Security Labs researcher Daniel Stepanic said in a new analysis. "Each sample is compiledView the full article
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