Users tend to think its safe to install apps from Google Play. After all, its the most official of all official stores for Android, and all apps there are thoroughly vetted by Google moderators, right? Bear in mind, however, that Google Play is home to more than three million unique apps, most of which get updated show more ...
The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that fans of the Bored Ape Yacht Club reported severe eye burn from a recent event held in Hong Kong. From there the team discuss how to store your bitcoin passwords on VHS cassettes and how AI could potentially be used for ill-gotten gains on show more ...
Keyboard warriors are claiming to contribute to the Gaza war with OT attacks. You should be skeptical.
The US Treasury states that it is in contact with financial regulators as it monitors the breach.
Avoid making these mistakes when crafting a security awareness strategy at your organization.
Analysis of six major cloud incidents shows how some common mistakes can lead to serious consequences.
The cybersecurity skills gap is making businesses more vulnerable, but it won't be fixed by upskilling high-potential recruits alone.
The Iran-linked group uses redirected websites to compromise victims and exfiltrate data in a campaign that has lasted over 2022 and 2023.
One of the main challenges for Android users is protecting themselves malicious applications that can damage devices or perform other harmful actions.
GitHub joins a handful of startups and established firms in the market, but all the products are essentially "caveat developer" — let the developer beware.
A premier Russian APT used living-off-the-land techniques in a major OT hit, raising tough questions about whether or not we can defend against the attack vector.
The North Korea-based BlueNoroff APT group has been linked with a new malware strain that is being used to target macOS systems. Dubbed ObjCShellz, the malware shares similarities with the RustBucket malware campaign, which came to light earlier this year.
The US government has launched a new campaign designed to encourage CNI stakeholders to enhance cyber-resilience in their organizations. The “Shields Ready” initiative is intended to complement the successful “Shields Up” campaign.
SafeBreach discovered three methods to run the miner, including exploiting a bug in the Azure pricing calculator, creating a dummy test-job, and leveraging Azure Automation's custom Python package upload feature.
The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register services and use spoofed UDP traffic to conduct a DoS attack with a significant amplification factor, making it a serious threat to network and server security.
MuddyC2Go allows the threat actors to automate the connection to their command-and-control server using an embedded PowerShell script, eliminating the need for manual execution.
Organizations must urgently apply the patch for the Citrix vulnerability, CitrixBleed, and actively hunt for any malicious activity to prevent session hijacking and data breaches.
The Russia-linked hacker group Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for the DDoS attacks, targeting OpenAI due to its support for Israel and alleged bias in ChatGPT against Palestine.
The breach exposed sensitive patient data, including names, birthdates, addresses, medical information, and potentially Social Security numbers, emphasizing the risk of identity theft and healthcare fraud.
A new malvertising campaign has been observed wherein threat actors are copying a legitimate Windows news portal to promote a malicious installer for the popular processor tool CPU-Z. Based on the infrastructure, domain names, and cloaking templates used, researchers believe the incident is part of a larger malvertising campaign targeting other utilities such as Notepad++, Citrix, and VNC Viewer.
A new set of malicious Python packages has been discovered on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository. These packages masquerade as harmless obfuscation tools but contain a malware called BlazeStealer. The campaign started in January 2023 and includes eight packages. Developers must stay alert and thoroughly assess the reliability and safety of packages before incorporating them into their work.
The attack was not driven by military necessity but rather aimed to increase the psychological toll of the war, showcasing Russia's focus on disrupting and degrading military readiness through cyber means.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-47246, allows for arbitrary code execution and has been exploited by a threat actor known as Lace Tempest, who is associated with the deployment of Cl0p ransomware.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-29552 (CVSS score: 7.5), the issue relates to a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that could be weaponized to launch massive DoS
A new malvertising campaign has been found to employ fake sites that masquerade as legitimate Windows news portal to propagate a malicious installer for a popular system profiling tool called CPU-Z. "This incident is a part of a larger malvertising campaign that targets other utilities like Notepad++, Citrix, and VNC Viewer as seen in its infrastructure (domain names) and cloaking templates used
While intended for convenience and efficient communication, email auto-forwarding rules can inadvertently lead to the unauthorized dissemination of sensitive information to external entities, putting confidential data at risk of exposure to unauthorized parties. Wing Security (Wing), a SaaS security company, announced yesterday that their SaaS shadow IT discovery methods now include a solution
Iranian nation-state actors have been observed using a previously undocumented command-and-control (C2) framework called MuddyC2Go as part of attacks targeting Israel. "The framework's web component is written in the Go programming language," Deep Instinct security researcher Simon Kenin said in a technical report published Wednesday. The tool has been attributed to MuddyWater, an Iranian
The threat actor known as Lace Tempest has been linked to the exploitation of a zero-day flaw in SysAid IT support software in limited attacks, according to new findings from Microsoft. Lace Tempest, which is known for distributing the Cl0p ransomware, has in the past leveraged zero-day flaws in MOVEit Transfer and PaperCut servers. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-47246, concerns a path traversal
A woman's attempt to hire an assassin online backfires badly, it's scary just how cheap it is to buy information about US military personnel, and trolls and tattoos don't mix. All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans show more ...
ESET researchers discovered Kamran, previously unknown malware, which spies on Urdu-speaking readers of Hunza News
