As every infosec expert knows, cybercriminals just love holidays. Trusting users can expect sales scams and phishing under the guise of gifts and congratulations, while organizations can look forward to DDoS attacks on their servers (like the ones Xbox and PlayStation services experienced) or, worse, network show more ...
Photo: BrandonKleinPhoto / Shutterstock.com Two U.S. men have been charged with hacking into the Ring home security cameras of a dozen random people and then “swatting” them — falsely reporting a violent incident at the target’s address to trick local police into responding with force. show more ...
Millions of people likely just received an email or snail mail notice saying they’re eligible to claim a class action payment in connection with the 2017 megabreach at consumer credit bureau Equifax. Given the high volume of reader inquiries about this, it seemed worth pointing out that while this particular show more ...
As 5G gains traction, service providers need to be able to trust their networks’ security to truly take advantage of 5G’s capabilities. Digital certificates are critical to that, writes Alexa Tahan of Nokia. The post Why digital certificates are critical to 5G security appeared first on The Security Ledger with show more ...
Threat actors can take over victims' cloud accounts to steal data, or use them for command-and-control for phishing attacks, denial of service, or other cyberattacks.
When properly designed and trained, artificial intelligence and machine learning can help improve the accuracy of DDoS detection and mitigation.
The latest bypass for Apple's application-safety feature could allow malicious takeover of Macs.
Startups are coalescing around effective data loss prevention, reducing data attack surfaces, and viable AI automation.
Security Service-backed Trident Ursa APT group shakes up tactics in its relentless cyberattacks against Ukraine.
With 10 layers of obfuscation and fake payloads, the Raspberry Robin worm is nesting its way deep into organizations.
The technique loads a non-monitored and unhooked DLL, and leverages debug techniques that could allow for running arbitrary code.
Asset inventory, behavioral baselining, and automated response are all key to keeping patients healthy and safe.
In a data breach notification filed with the Main Attorney General's office, DraftKings disclosed that the data of 67,995 people was exposed in last month's security incident.
The social media conglomerate, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said these networks were disrupted for violating its Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) policy.
The vulnerability, which was discovered and reported by researchers at the Renmin University of China, could be exploited via rigged PDF files of web pages, the company warned in an advisory.
The company behind teen-favorite video game Fortnite will pay more than half a billion dollars to U.S. federal regulators to settle allegations it violated children's privacy law and duped users and parents into funding unauthorized in-game charges.
The number of unique C2 servers spiked by 30% this year, from 13,629 in 2021 to 17,000 in 2022. While China hosted 4000 C2 servers, the U.S. was second with 3,928 and Hong Kong with 1451. With the rise in attention to servers like Cobalt Strike from network defenders, attackers have been looking for alternative C2 frameworks.
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonates an SDK for the cybersecurity company SentinelOne as part of a campaign dubbed SentinelSneak.
This will improve the confidentiality of emails when they rest on Google’s servers, by applying encryption to the email body and attachments while providing Workspace customers with control over the encryption keys and the identity service used.
One production bucket contained more than 47 million files and 12TB of data, and a second non-production bucket held more than 69 million files and 10TB of data, researchers claimed.
A dual citizen of Sweden and the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to his role in selling the purported multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid OneCoin that netted $4 billion.
New Android malware campaign dubbed MoneyMonger was discovered extorting people who were trapped by the hackers after they borrowed a sum through money-lending apps. According to researchers at Zimperium, hackers use the Flutter framework to develop malware apps that help them obfuscate malicious features and diminish the odds of detection of any malicious activity.
Although the attack did not impact guests' bookings, hotel staff still can't receive or answer customer requests sent via email, so it is recommended to contact H-Hotels by phone if necessary.
Ransomware groups are expected to tweak their TTPs and shift their business models as organizations strengthen their defenses, law enforcement gets better at tracking them down and governments tighten crypto regulations, according to Trend Micro.
Trend Micro security analysts spotted a sample of the Agenda ransomware written in Rust. The actors seem to have modified the previous ransomware version, originally written in the Go language, for intended victims. Moreover, the Rust variant has also been using intermittent encryption tactics for faster encryption and detection evasion.
Microsoft has disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an attacker to get around security protections imposed to prevent the execution of malicious applications.
Safeurl, a one-line drop-in replacement for Go’s native net/http.Client, validates incoming HTTP requests against allow and block lists, as well as defends against DNS rebinding attacks.
According to @serpent, the hacker contacted the victim and asked to license IP rights for BAYC #2060. They claimed to be a casting director for Forte Pictures, an L. A based Emmy Award-winning company. The alias the scammer used was fake.
78% Americans report unsafe online behaviors that open them up to cyber threats, such as reusing or sharing passwords, skipping software updates and more – a 14% increase from just two years ago, according to Comcast.
The group behind Raspberry Robin appears to be testing the waters to see how far its deployments can spread. Majority of the group’s victims are either government agencies or telecommunication entities from South America, Europe, and Oceania.
U.S. Cyber Command conducted both defensive and offensive operations to thwart foreign actors from interfering in the 2022 midterms, according to the digital combat unit’s chief.
Experts at Nozomi Networks announced that they spotted an ongoing Glupteba botnet campaign, starting June 2022. Just a year ago, Google had claimed to dismantle the botnet’s infrastructure. Glupteba operators used the Bitcoin blockchain for hiding C&C domains, making it resilient to takedown efforts. It took cybercriminals roughly six months to build a new campaign.
While trying to retrieve stolen data from its network, the Little Rock School District’s board voted 6-3 on December 5 to approve a $250,000 settlement that would end a recent ransomware incident.
Security analysts at Cyble observed two phishing sites imitating Grammarly and Cisco to distribute the DarkTortilla malware. The malware is capable of adding more RAT and stealer payloads, such as AgentTesla, AsyncRAT, NanoCore, and others to an infected system. The complex .NET-based malware has been operating since 2015.
Revived levels of holiday spending have caught the eye of threat actors who exploit consumer behaviors and prey on the surge of online payments and digital activities during the holidays.
A compromised Ukrainian Ministry of Defense email account was found sending phishing emails and instant messages to users of the 'DELTA' situational awareness program to infect systems with information-stealing malware.
The threat actors behind the Windows banking malware known as Casbaneiro has been attributed as behind a novel Android trojan called BrasDex that has been observed targeting Brazilian users as part of an ongoing multi-platform campaign.
A hacking group associated with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) unsuccessfully attempted to compromise a large petroleum refining company within a NATO member state at the end of August, according to a new report.
RisePro stealer malware has been found targeting sensitive information on infected systems and harvesting data in the form of logs. It may have been dropped or downloaded by the pay-per-install malware downloader service PrivateLoader, finds Flashpoint. The malware first appeared on a Russian forum.
GnuPG (the GNU Privacy Guard or GPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC2440. As such, it is meant show more ...
GnuPG (the GNU Privacy Guard or GPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC2440. As such, it is meant show more ...
Senayan Library Management System version 9.2.1 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
Senayan Library Management System version 9.2.1 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.
This unique fairytale is available for free just before Christmas to enjoy with the entire family.
Searchlight Cyber announces rebrand that reflects its status as a fast-growing cybersecurity business.
VMRay announces the closing of a Series B led by global alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital, which will fuel further expansion of the product portfolio to target a broader set of market segments.
Epic Games has reached a $520 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that the Fortnite creator violated online privacy laws for children and tricked users into making unintended purchases in the video game. To that end, the company will pay a record $275 million monetary penalty for breaching the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by
Microsoft has disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an attacker to get around security protections imposed to prevent the execution of malicious applications. The shortcoming, dubbed Achilles (CVE-2022-42821, CVSS score: 5.5), was addressed by the iPhone maker in macOS Ventura 13, Monterey 12.6.2, and Big Sur 11.7.2, describing it as a logic
The Russia-linked Gamaredon group attempted to unsuccessfully break into a large petroleum refining company within a NATO member state earlier this year amid the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. The attack, which took place on August 30, 2022, is just one of multiple attacks orchestrated by the advanced persistent threat (APT) that's attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). Gamaredon,
It's no secret that keeping software up to date is one of the key best practices in cybersecurity. Software vulnerabilities are being discovered almost weekly these days. The longer it takes IT teams to apply updates issued by developers to patch these security flaws, the more time attackers have to exploit the underlying vulnerability. Once threat actors gain access to corporate IT ecosystems,
An ongoing analysis of the KmsdBot botnet has raised the possibility that it's a DDoS-for-hire service offered to other threat actors. This is based on the different industries and geographies that were attacked, web infrastructure company Akamai said. Among the notable targets included FiveM and RedM, which are game modifications for Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, as well as
The threat actors behind the Windows banking malware known as Casbaneiro has been attributed as behind a novel Android trojan called BrasDex that has been observed targeting Brazilian users as part of an ongoing multi-platform campaign. BrasDex features a "complex keylogging system designed to abuse Accessibility Services to extract credentials specifically from a set of Brazilian targeted apps,
