Researchers at Korea University in Seoul have published a paper detailing a new method of data theft from a computer that has maximum protection; that is — placed in an isolated room and surrounded with an air gap (i.e., connected to neither the internet nor a local network). This type of attack may serve as a last show more ...
Several domain names tied to Genesis Market, a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. Sources tell KrebsOnsecurity the domain seizures coincided with show more ...
Cybersecurity startups face pressure during this economic uncertainty, but strategic investors can help them succeed in providing tech that defends against cyberattacks.
When runtime application self-protection is held to a higher standard, it can secure thousands of applications and prevent burnout in security teams.
Uber gave sensitive data on drivers to a law firm representing the company in legal actions, but the data appears to not have had adequate security protections.
Have you ever wondered how they design blue team exercises? One ransomware and cyber extortion simulation demonstrates the best practices.
The malware is one of the most sophisticated ransomwares ever seen in the wild, and marks a leap ahead for cybercrime.
In the height of tax-return season, a popular tax prep software service leaves a malicious JavaScript file online for weeks.
Scans of the Internet find that millions of computers, virtual machines, and containers are vulnerable to one or more of the hundreds of cyberattacks currently used in the wild, despite being patchable.
Proxyjacking is an emerging, low-effort and high-reward attack for threat actors, with the potential for far-reaching implications.
A new ransomware group with two victims listed on its leak site has been observed making million-dollar ransom demands. The group, called Money Message, has listed an Asian airline, which has revenue close to $1 billion, as one of its victims. Adversaries have shared a screenshot of the accessed file system as proof of the breach.
To strengthen their cybersecurity posture, companies must spend valuable resources on maintaining or updating systems, hiring and training staff, and implementing security software — resources and options that many don’t have readily available.
Hackers are adding malicious functionality to WinRAR self-extracting archives that contain harmless decoy files, allowing them to plant backdoors without triggering the security agent on the target system.
With a small payroll and tight staffing constraints, smaller businesses are unlikely to have a mature security posture that could otherwise deflect social engineering scams.
Upon realizing that session resumption led to the inability to properly check revocation status, Cloudflare responded by first disabling session resumption for all mTLS connections. This blocked the vulnerability immediately.
Google’s TAG shared details on zero-day and n-day vulnerabilities affecting Android and iOS devices that are under exploitation by highly-targeted spyware campaigns. It didn’t reveal the spyware vendors involved or identify the number of victims targeted in this campaign. Organizations are suggested to leverage the IOCs shared by Google and other security agencies to strengthen their security posture.
A Chinese state-sponsored threat group has been linked to a unique malware, dubbed Mélofée, targeting Linux servers. The threat group’s infrastructure overlaps mostly with Winnti. Researchers observed another AlienReverse implant being used during the campaign.
Most healthcare provider organizations exposed visitors to higher levels of tracking, through the use of third-party tracking codes on their websites. In doing so, patients are likely to see an increase in targeted health-related advertising.
Uber has had more of its internal data stolen from a third party that suffered a security breach. This time, the personal info of the app's drivers was swiped by miscreants from the IT systems of law firm Genova Burns.
Some of the victims affected by the 3CX supply chain attack have also had their systems backdoored with Gopuram malware, with the threat actors specifically targeting cryptocurrency companies with this additional malicious payload.
According to the IG, “control weaknesses within the ECM system can pose a substantial risk to taxpayer records currently residing in the system. The potential harm includes breach, unauthorized access, and disclosure of taxpayer information.”
Judges in the Central District of California, the District of Arizona, and the District of Idaho authorized today's action. The DOJ says the next step is to return the stolen cryptocurrency to the victims.
As advanced threats become more common, layered security that incorporates memory defense is becoming essential. Without it, there is no effective way to stop threats targeting device memory.
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) Directorate for Digital Services (DDS), Craig Martell, unveiled the website last Thursday. It will help DoD organizations, vendors, and researchers understand how to conduct a bug bounty.
The QNAP vulnerabilities affect the operating systems: QTS, QuTS hero, QuTScloud, and QVP (QVR Pro appliances). These operating system versions have already been updated.
Britain’s newly created offensive hacking unit, the National Cyber Force, has said it is engaged daily in operations to disrupt terrorist groups, distributors of child sexual abuse material, and military opponents of the UK.
Check Point Research said it observed the ransomware deployed against an unnamed U.S.-based company, adding it found no branding or overlaps that connect it to any previously known ransomware actors.
The Mantis cyber-espionage group (aka Arid Viper, Desert Falcon, APT-C-23) is believed to be operating out of the Palestinian territories. It continues to mount attacks with a refreshed toolset and maintains persistence on targeted networks.
Security researchers state the malicious JavaScript file existed on eFile.com website for weeks. BleepingComputer has been able to confirm the existence of the malicious JavaScript file in question, at the time.
The rapid pace of cloud transformation and democratization of data has created a new innovation attack surface, leading to 3 in 4 organizations experiencing a cloud data breach in 2022, according to Laminar.
The ICO estimated the app allowed up to 1.4 million U.K. children under 13 to use the platform in 2020. The regulator accused TikTok of failing to take the necessary steps to verify user identity and remove children under 13 from the platform.
Because of this issue, an endpoint URL may accept parameters without sanitization, which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to provide crafted request parameters leading to the execution of arbitrary web scripts or HTML code.
The new funding, Cybereason says, will help it advance its XDR, EDR, and EPP solutions and support global growth. In addition to the investment, Cybereason also announced that SoftBank’s executive vice president, Eric Gan, will become its new CEO.
Among the websites affected were Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Haifa University, Weizmann Institute of Science, Open University of Israel, and Reichman University.
A statement by Chinese government said that the review is being undertaken to ensure the security of the key information infrastructure supply chain, prevent network security risks caused by hidden product problems, and maintain national security.
Trustwave SpiderLabs uncovered a new strain of malware that it dubbed Rilide, which targets Chromium-based browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Opera.
Roughly one in three (32%) remote and hybrid workers use apps or software not approved by IT, and 92% of remote workers use a personal tablet or smartphone device to do work tasks.
Australia has joined the growing list of nations that have decided TikTok represents an unacceptable risk when running on government-owned devices, so has decided not to allow it onto those machines.
For AI, security is a two-way street: It can be used by malicious actors to abuse victims, while its own security can be abused by those same malicious actors. ChatGPT has already suffered at least one breach that is known.
The ALPHV ransomware operation emerged in December 2021 and is considered to be run by former members of the Darkside and Blackmatter programs that shut down abruptly to escape law enforcement pressure.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5995-1 - It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possible execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1559-01 - The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1588-01 - The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1556-01 - The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1557-01 - The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1586-01 - The pesign packages provide the pesign utility for signing UEFI binaries as well as other associated tools. Issues addressed include a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1584-01 - The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1554-01 - The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1560-01 - The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1547-01 - The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.
Customers have increased access to Akamai security experts to help protect from sophisticated cyberattacks.
Microsoft has announced plans to automatically block embedded files with "dangerous extensions" in OneNote following reports that the note-taking service is being increasingly abused for malware delivery. Up until now, users were shown a dialog warning them that opening such attachments could harm their computer and data, but it was possible to dismiss the prompt and open the files. That's going
The adversary behind the supply chain attack targeting 3CX deployed a second-stage implant specifically singling out a small number of cryptocurrency companies. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been internally tracking the versatile backdoor under the name Gopuram since 2020, said it observed an increase in the number of infections in March 2023 coinciding with the 3CX breach.
The threat actor known as Arid Viper has been observed using refreshed variants of its malware toolkit in its attacks targeting Palestinian entities since September 2022. Symantec, which is tracking the group under its insect-themed moniker Mantis, said the adversary is "going to great lengths to maintain a persistent presence on targeted networks." Also known by the names APT-C-23 and Desert
Collaboration sits at the essence of SaaS applications. The word, or some form of it, appears in the top two headlines on Google Workspace’s homepage. It can be found six times on Microsoft 365’s homepage, three times on Box, and once on Workday. Visit nearly any SaaS site, and odds are ‘collaboration’ will appear as part of the app’s key selling point. By sitting on the cloud, content within
Clouded vision CTI systems are confronted with some major issues ranging from the size of the collection networks to their diversity, which ultimately influence the degree of confidence they can put on their signals. Are they fresh enough and sufficiently reliable to avoid any false positives or any poisoning? Do I risk acting on outdated data? This difference is major since a piece of
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented ransomware strain called Rorschach that's both sophisticated and fast. "What makes Rorschach stand out from other ransomware strains is its high level of customization and its technically unique features that have not been seen before in ransomware," Check Point Research said in a new report. "In fact, Rorschach is one
Chromium-based web browsers are the target of a new malware called Rilide that masquerades itself as a seemingly legitimate extension to harvest sensitive data and siphon cryptocurrency. "Rilide malware is disguised as a legitimate Google Drive extension and enables threat actors to carry out a broad spectrum of malicious activities, including monitoring browsing history, taking screenshots,
