In the wake of a recent cyberattack, MongoDB, the US-based developer of the popular open-source NoSQL database management system, has launched a thorough investigation into a security breach that compromised customer account metadata and contact information. The MongoDB data breach, discovered on December 13, 2023, show more ...
As the popularity of online investing grows, so does the number of related online scams. A few months back, we took a look at some fake investment apps that wed found in the App Store. After that, we decided to dig a little deeper and see where else such apps are lurking. And our search yielded much more curious show more ...
Infamous Medusa ransomware group has allegedly targeted and breached the data of a Florida, US based national specialty pharmacy chain BioMatrix. Biomatrix is among the Inc. 5000, one of America’s fastest-growing private companies. The Cyber Express team reached out to the company to confirm the details of the show more ...
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Iranian officials blame a software issue for the "disruption" to gasoline pumps.
Attackers can spoof millions of email addresses to create targeted phishing attacks using flaws in Microsoft, GTX, and Cisco Secure Email Gateway servers.
U.S. Venture Partners leads the round, CrowdStrike co-founder participating.
Zoom's Vulnerability Impact Scoring System calculates the impact of a vulnerability to assign a cash payout for bugs, leading hackers to prioritize more severe flaws. Can it do the same for companies?
Three years after the SolarWinds attack, new revelations show more must be done to help prevent such a drastic security breach from happening again.
Crimeware-as-a-service (CaaS) gang flies past CAPTCHAs, creating fraudulent accounts to sell to the likes of Scattered Spider; Microsoft mounts a counterattack.
Although the unauthenticated Java deserialization flaw has been known since 2015, GWT apps remain vulnerable to malicious server-side code execution, new research says.
The malware targets email, FTP, and online banking credentials. The latest version includes a new plugin system for customization, a "Data Spy" plugin for capturing RDP login credentials, and improvements in stealing data from browsers.
The suspects not only leaked data from the ICMR, but also claimed to have pilfered information from the FBI and Pakistan's CNIC, highlighting the extent of their illegal activities.
A threat actor known as UNC2975 has been using malicious advertisements to distribute malware since 2021. They create fake websites related to topics like unclaimed money and astrology to trick users into visiting them.
Ortu Gable Hall School in Essex mistakenly sent an email to parents containing the personal data of 69 pupils who were being disciplined for bad behavior, leading to an apology from the school.
Personal and health data belonging to approximately 10,000 people has been illegally downloaded from Asper Biogene's database, making it the biggest data leak recorded in Estonia so far.
Google will begin testing a new feature called "Tracking Protection" in January 2024 for 1% of Chrome users. The feature aims to restrict third-party cookies by default, limiting cross-site tracking.
Newfound Area School District in Bristol, New Hampshire, is recovering from a recent cyber breach that was described as a ransomware attack. The attack locked users out of the system, but no financial demand was made.
The Campbell County School District announced Thursday that it was recently the target of a ransomware incident that allowed an unauthorized person to gain access to employee files.
Default admin credentials and outdated, unsupported networked systems are being exploited as routes for botnet infections, highlighting the importance of updating and securing legacy systems.
A former security engineer has pleaded guilty to hacking two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges, resulting in the theft of over $12 million. The hacker exploited vulnerabilities in the smart contracts of the exchanges.
The malware is being distributed through emails pretending to be from an IRS employee, with recipients unknowingly downloading the QakBot DLL when attempting to view a PDF attachment.
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Patients have received email threats, stating that their personal information has been compromised. The center has taken impacted systems offline, notified law enforcement, and launched an investigation.
The new rules require affected companies to assess the severity of the incident and report it immediately to the local industry supervision department without omitting or concealing any facts.
Users are advised to be vigilant and only access the official kinsta.com or my.kinsta.com websites, enable two-factor authentication, and disregard any suspicious emails or messages claiming to be from Kinsta.
Storm-0539 not only targets gift card-related services for fraud but also collects sensitive information, such as emails and network configurations, for follow-on attacks against the same organizations.
The contract with NR Electric UK, a subsidiary of China's Nari Technology, was terminated without reason given in April, highlighting growing concerns over Chinese involvement in critical infrastructure.
The bug was caused by a misconfiguration during an upgrade to Ubiquiti's cloud infrastructure, resulting in 1,216 accounts being improperly associated with another group of 1,177 accounts.
The breach was detected on December 13, and the company is currently investigating the incident. MongoDB believes that customer data stored in their Atlas platform was not accessed, but customer account metadata and contact information were exposed.
The campaign utilizes a network of at least 30 YouTube channels and employs tactics associated with both Russian and Chinese influence operations, including the use of artificially generated voices in videos.
ALPHV was the second-most leveraged ransomware strain in North America and Europe between January 2022 and October 2023, just before the reported takedown of the group’s website, according to ZeroFox research.
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202312-1 - Several vulnerabilities have been found in Leptonice, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 1.81.0 are affected.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5579-1 - Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in FreeImage, a support library for graphics image formats, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are processed.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5576-2 - The initial fix for CVE-2023-6377 as applied in DSA 5576-1 did not fully fix the vulnerability. Updated packages correcting this issue including the upstream merged commit are now available.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5578-1 - It was discovered that Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, does not properly handle errors in the gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() function, which could result in the execution of arbitrary commands if malformed document files are processed.
The Delhi Police recently apprehended four individuals from different states in connection with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data leak case, shedding light on a major breach that had exposed the personal details of over 81 crore Indians. The ICMR data breach incident came into the spotlight over two show more ...
A hacktivist collective known as “Predatory Sparrow” (or “Gonjeshke Darande” in Persian) declared on Monday that it had perhaps subverted most gas stations in the Iran gas stations cyberattack. The anomaly in the gas stations was attributed to a “software problem”. It cautioned against show more ...
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging manufacturers to get rid of default passwords on internet-exposed systems altogether, citing severe risks that could be exploited by malicious actors to gain initial access to, and move laterally within, organizations. In an alert published last week, the agency called out Iranian threat actors affiliated with
Low-code/no-code (LCNC) and robotic process automation (RPA) have gained immense popularity, but how secure are they? Is your security team paying enough attention in an era of rapid digital transformation, where business users are empowered to create applications swiftly using platforms like Microsoft PowerApps, UiPath, ServiceNow, Mendix, and OutSystems? The simple truth is often swept under
A new wave of phishing messages distributing the QakBot malware has been observed, more than three months after a law enforcement effort saw its infrastructure dismantled by infiltrating its command-and-control (C2) network. Microsoft, which made the discovery, described it as a low-volume campaign that began on December 11, 2023, and targeted the hospitality industry. "Targets
The developers of the information stealer malware known as Rhadamanthys are actively iterating on its features, broadening its information-gathering capabilities and also incorporating a plugin system to make it more customizable. This approach not only transforms it into a threat capable of delivering "specific distributor needs," but also makes it more potent, Check Point said&
Four U.S. nationals have been charged for participating in an illicit scheme that earned them more than $80 million via cryptocurrency investment scams. The defendants – Lu Zhang, 36, of Alhambra, California; Justin Walker, 31, of Cypress, California; Joseph Wong, 32, Rosemead, California; and Hailong Zhu, 40, Naperville, Illinois – have been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering,
Technical details have emerged about two now-patched security flaws in Microsoft Windows that could be chained by threat actors to achieve remote code execution on the Outlook email service sans any user interaction. "An attacker on the internet can chain the vulnerabilities together to create a full, zero-click remote code execution (RCE) exploit against Outlook clients," Akamai security
Over the past few years, SaaS has developed into the backbone of corporate IT. Service businesses, such as medical practices, law firms, and financial services firms, are almost entirely SaaS based. Non-service businesses, including manufacturers and retailers, have about 70% of their software in the cloud. These applications contain a wealth of data, from minimally sensitive general
ESET researchers discuss the dynamics within and between various groups of scammers who use a Telegram bot called Telekopye to scam people on online marketplaces
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Mayank Parmar WordPress hosting provider Kinsta is warning customers that Google ads have been observed promoting phishing sites to steal hosting credentials. Kinsta says the phishing attacks aim to steal login credentials for MyKinsta, a key service the company offers show more ...
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The developers of the Rhadamanthys information-stealing malware have recently released two major versions to add improvements and enhancements across the board, including new stealing capabilities and enhanced evasion. Rhadamanthys is a C++ information show more ...
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Receiving an unprompted one-time passcode (OTP) sent as an email or text should be a cause for concern as it likely means your credentials have been stolen. One of the initial components of a cyberattack is the theft of legitimate credentials to show more ...
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The QakBot malware is once again being distributed in phishing campaigns after the botnet was disrupted by law enforcement over the summer. In August, a multinational law enforcement operation called Operation Duck Hunt accessed the QakBot show more ...
En el vasto universo digital, donde la ciberseguridad se erige como la última línea de defensa contra amenazas virtuales, nace “Radar”, tu guía esencial en el fascinante mundo de la protección en línea. Este magazine se erige como faro en la oscuridad cibernética, iluminando las últimas tendencias, show more ...
RACI matrix is a project management tool that defines and communicates the roles and responsibilities of various individuals and groups involved in a project using the letters R, A, C and I. La entrada ULTIMATE RACI MATRIX se publicó primero en CISO2CISO.COM & CYBER SECURITY GROUP.
Q3 2023 Threat Horizons Report As defenders, the most interesting attacks are the advanced ones that make headlines across the industry. For example, in 2022, Mandiant wrote about a sophisticated attack campaign that leveraged two zero-day vulnerabilities, a novel hypervisor malware, and a new technique for running show more ...
Consumer concerns about data privacy and security are rising up business agendas everywhere. As fast-evolving consumer technologies and applications proliferate, the need for enhanced controls and transparency regarding personal data use is unmistakable. And the picture is growing more complex against the backdrop of show more ...
In an age where data is the currency of the digital realm, safeguarding privacy has become a paramount concern for individuals and organizations alike. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ISO/IEC 27701 standards stand as pillars in the protection of personal information and the maintenance of data show more ...
In the dynamic realm of cybersecurity, where the battles between red, blue, and purple teams unfold, mastering powerful tools is key. For those navigating the intricate landscape of network defense and penetration testing, PowerShell emerges as a formidable ally. This guide is tailored for the relentless individuals show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Low-code/no-code (LCNC) and robotic process automation (RPA) have gained immense popularity, but how secure are they? Is your security team paying enough attention in an era of rapid digital transformation, where business users are empowered to create applications swiftly show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Dec 18, 2023NewsroomMalware / Cybersecurity A new wave of phishing messages distributing the QakBot malware has been observed, more than three months after a law enforcement effort saw its infrastructure dismantled by infiltrating its command-and-control (C2) network. show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Dec 18, 2023NewsroomSoftware Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging manufacturers to get rid of default passwords on internet-exposed systems altogether, citing severe risks that could be exploited by show more ...
Source: www.proofpoint.com – Author: 1 A cybercrime gang is targeting hiring managers and recruiters in a new campaign to spread the “more_eggs” backdoor malware. Emails from supposed job seekers are luring victims to malicious “resume” downloads using sophisticated social engineering and show more ...
Source: www.proofpoint.com – Author: 1 TA4557, a threat actor tracked since 2018 to be sending job-themed email threats, has started a new technique of targeting recruiters with direct emails that ultimately lead to malware delivery, according to Proofpoint. The threat actor known for using More_eggs downloader show more ...
