A new China-linked cyber espionage group has been attributed as behind a series of targeted cyber attacks targeting telecommunications entities in South Asia and ******* since at least 2020 with the goal of enabling intelligence collection.
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is tracking the adversary under the name Liminal Panda, describing it as possessing deep knowledge about telecommunicationsView the full article
Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two zero-day flaws that have come under active exploitation in the wild.
The flaws are listed below -
CVE-2024-44308 - A vulnerability in JavaScriptCore that could lead to arbitrary code ********** when processing malicious web content
CVE-2024-44309 - A cookie management vulnerability inView the full article
Oracle is warning that a high-severity security flaw impacting the Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Framework has been exploited in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21287 (CVSS score: 7.5), could be exploited sans authentication to ***** sensitive information.
"This vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., it may be exploited over a networkView the full article
The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal.
"At least 80% of NSOCKS bots in our telemetry originate from the Ngioweb botnet, mainly utilizing small office/home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices," the ****** Lotus Labs team atView the full article
Malicious actors are exploiting misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks to conduct stream ripping and enable sports piracy using live streaming capture tools.
The attacks involve the ******* of unauthenticated Jupyter Notebooks to establish initial access, and perform a series of actions designed to facilitate ******** live streaming of sports events, Aqua said in a report shared with TheView the full article
Privileged accounts are well-known gateways for potential security threats. However, many organizations focus solely on managing privileged access—rather than securing the accounts and users entrusted with it. This emphasis is perhaps due to the persistent challenges of Privileged Access Management (PAM) deployments. Yet, as the threat landscape evolves, so must organizational priorities. ToView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Linux variant of a relatively new ransomware strain called Helldown, suggesting that the threat actors are broadening their ******* focus.
"Helldown deploys Windows ransomware derived from the LockBit 3.0 code," Sekoia said in a report shared with The Hacker News. "Given the recent development of ransomware targeting ESX, it appears that the groupView the full article
U.S. telecoms giant T-Mobile has confirmed that it was also among the companies that were targeted by ******** threat actors to gain access to valuable information.
The adversaries, tracked as Salt Typhoon, breached the company as part of a "monthslong campaign" designed to harvest cellphone communications of "high-value intelligence targets." It's not clear what information was taken, if any,View the full article
Now-patched security flaws impacting Progress Kemp LoadMaster and VMware vCenter Server have come under active exploitation in the wild, it has emerged.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added CVE-2024-1212 (CVSS score: 10.0), a maximum-severity security vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. It wasView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new stealthy malware loader called BabbleLoader that has been observed in the wild delivering information stealer families such as WhiteSnake and Meduza.
BabbleLoader is an "extremely evasive loader, packed with defensive mechanisms, that is designed to bypass antivirus and sandbox environments to deliver stealers into memory," Intezer securityView the full article
According to research from GitGuardian and CyberArk, 79% of IT decision-makers reported having experienced a secrets *****, up from 75% in the previous year's report. At the same time, the number of leaked credentials has never been higher, with over 12.7 million hardcoded credentials in public GitHub repositories alone. One of the more troubling aspects of this report is that over 90% of validView the full article
According to research from GitGuardian and CyberArk, 79% of IT decision-makers reported having experienced a secrets *****, up from 75% in the previous year's report. At the same time, the number of leaked credentials has never been higher, with over 12.7 million hardcoded credentials in public GitHub repositories alone. One of the more troubling aspects of this report is that over 90% of validView the full article
What do hijacked websites, fake job offers, and sneaky ransomware have in common? They’re proof that cybercriminals are finding smarter, sneakier ways to exploit both systems and people.
This week makes one thing clear: no system, no person, no organization is truly off-limits. Attackers are getting smarter, faster, and more creative—using everything from human trust to hidden flaws inView the full article
Google appears to be readying a new feature called Shielded Email that allows users to create email aliases when signing up for online services and better combat spam.
The feature was first reported by Android Authority last week following a teardown of the latest version of Google Play Services for Android.
The idea is to create unique, single-use email addresses that forward the messages toView the full article
A new phishing campaign is targeting e-commerce shoppers in Europe and the ******* States with bogus pages that mimic legitimate brands with the goal of stealing their personal information ahead of the ****** Friday shopping season.
"The campaign leveraged the heightened online shopping activity in November, the peak season for ****** Friday discounts. The threat actor used fake discounted productsView the full article
IT leaders know the drill—regulators and cyber insurers demand regular network ************ testing to keep the bad guys out. But here’s the thing: hackers don’t wait around for compliance schedules.
Most companies approach network ************ testing on a set schedule, with the most common frequency being twice a year (29%), followed by three to four times per year (23%) and once per year (20%),View the full article
Legal documents released as part of an ongoing legal tussle between Meta's WhatsApp and NSO Group have revealed that the ******** spyware vendor used multiple exploits targeting the messaging app to deliver Pegasus, including one even after it was sued by Meta for doing so.
They also show that NSO Group repeatedly found ways to install the invasive surveillance tool on the target's devices asView the full article
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability has been disclosed in the Really Simple Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) plugin for WordPress that, if successfully exploited, could grant an attacker to remotely gain full administrative access to a susceptible site.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10924 (CVSS score: 9.8), impacts both free and premium versions of the plugin. TheView the full article
Palo Alto Networks has released new indicators of compromise (IoCs) a day after the network security vendor confirmed that a new zero-day vulnerability impacting its PAN-OS firewall management interface has been actively exploited in the wild.
To that end, the company said it observed malicious activity originating from below IP addresses and targeting PAN-OS management web interface IPView the full article
A threat actor known as BrazenBamboo has exploited an unresolved security flaw in Fortinet's FortiClient for Windows to extract VPN credentials as part of a modular framework called DEEPDATA.
Volexity, which disclosed the findings Friday, said it identified the zero-day exploitation of the credential disclosure vulnerability in July 2024, describing BrazenBamboo as the developer behind DEEPDATA,View the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in Google's Vertex machine learning (ML) platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to escalate privileges and exfiltrate models from the cloud.
"By exploiting custom job permissions, we were able to escalate our privileges and gain unauthorized access to all data services in the project," Palo Alto NetworksView the full article
In the fast-paced digital world, trust is everything—but what happens when that trust is disrupted? Certificate revocations, though rare, can send shockwaves through your operations, impacting security, customer confidence, and business continuity. Are you prepared to act swiftly when the unexpected happens?
Join DigiCert’s exclusive webinar, "When Shift Happens: Are You Ready for RapidView the full article
A Vietnamese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an information-stealing campaign targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia with a new Python-based malware called PXA Stealer.
The malware "targets victims' sensitive information, including credentials for various online accounts, VPN and FTP clients, financial information, browser cookies, and data from gaming software,"View the full article
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun revolutionizing Identity Access Management (IAM), reshaping how cybersecurity is approached in this crucial field. Leveraging AI in IAM is about tapping into its analytical capabilities to monitor access patterns and identify anomalies that could signal a potential security breach. The focus has expanded beyond merely managing humanView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access ******* and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and ******** malicious commands.
Cybersecurity company Check Point has codenamed the malware WezRat, stating it has been detected in the wild since at least September 1, 2023, based on artifacts uploaded to theView the full article
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