Episode 341 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that a data broker leak has revealed sensitive data about people who visited the infamous island. From there, the team discuss news that the UN peace keepers are being told to shore up their cyber-defences, after warnings that nation-state attackers show more ...
A cybercrook who has been setting up websites that mimic the self-destructing message service privnote.com accidentally exposed the breadth of their operations recently when they threatened to sue a software company. The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real show more ...
Nearly three months after Operation Cronos, it's clear the gang is not bouncing back from the innovative law-enforcement action. RaaS operators are on notice, and businesses should pay attention.
Initial access brokers are using the new downloader malware, which emerged just after QBot's 2023 disruption.
Latest campaign underscores wide-ranging functionality and staying power of a decade-old piece of information-stealing malware.
So far this year, Ivanti has disclosed a total of 11 flaws — many of them critical — in its remote access products.
Cybercriminals are using AI to impersonate small businesses. Security architects are using it to help small businesses fight back.
Tokyo-based eyeglass and medical lens-maker Hoya said the attack has halted production processes in some locations as well as an ordering system for some of its products.
While Singaporean organizations have adopted the majority of their government's cybersecurity recommendations, they aren't immune: More than eight in 10 experienced a cybersecurity incident over the course of the year.
Cybersecurity is far more than a check-the-box exercise. To create companywide buy-in, CISOs need to secure board support, up their communication game, and offer awareness-training programs to fight social engineering and help employees apply what they've learned.
A researcher received a $5,500 bug bounty for discovering a vulnerability (CVE-2024-2879) in LayerSlider, a plug-in with more than a million active installations.
PikaBot, along with other malicious loaders like QBot and DarkGate, heavily depends on spam campaigns for distribution. Its initial access strategies are intricately crafted, utilizing geographically targeted spam emails for specific countries.
While it pretends to be a Google Analytics script, this is merely a distraction from the true nature of the credit card skimming JavaScript code snippet embedded in the infected website.
Contrary to what the group themselves have stated, activities observed post-disruption would indicate that Operation Chronos has a significant impact on the group’s activities.
The vulnerability CVE-2024-3159 is an out-of-bounds memory access in the V8 JavaScript engine. The flaw was demonstrated by Edouard Bochin (@le_douds) and Tao Yan (@Ga1ois) of Palo Alto Networks during the Pwn2Own 2024 on March 22, 2024.
The phishing emails use a unique vehicle incident lure and, in later stages of the infection chain, spoof the Federal Bureau of Transportation in a PDF that mentions a significant fine for the incident.
The core brand of The Manipulaters has long been a shared cybercriminal identity named “Saim Raza,” who for the past decade has peddled a popular spamming and phishing service variously called “Fudtools,” “Fudpage,” “Fudsender,” “FudCo,” etc.
Scrut Automation, a GRC platform provider, has announced today that it secured $10 million in growth capital from its existing investors, including Lightspeed, MassMutual Ventures, and Endiya Partners.
Chilean data center and hosting provider IxMetro Powerhost has suffered a cyberattack at the hands of a new ransomware gang known as SEXi, which encrypted the company's VMware ESXi servers and backups.
A persistent social engineering threat faced by enterprises involves attackers trying to obtain login credentials for identity and access management (IAM), cloud resources, or single sign-on (SSO)-enabled systems.
Only 3% of organizations across the globe have the ‘mature’ level of readiness needed to be resilient against modern cybersecurity risks, according to Cisco. The readiness is down from one year ago, when 15% of companies were ranked mature.
The China-affiliated threat actor Microsoft identified as Storm-0558 compromised the Microsoft Exchange Online mailboxes of 22 organizations and more than 500 individuals in the attacks, which began in May 2023.
The Positron Broadcast Digital Signal Processor TRA7005 version 1.20 suffers from an authentication bypass through a direct and unauthorized access to the password management functionality. The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass Digest authentication by manipulating the password endpoint _Passwd.html and its show more ...
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5654-1 - Security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure.
GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL and TLS protocols and technologies around them. It provides a simple C language application programming interface (API) to access the secure communications protocols, as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PKCS #12, OpenPGP, and other required structures. It is intended to be portable and efficient with a focus on security and interoperability.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6710-2 - USN-6710-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. Manfred Paul discovered that Firefox did not properly perform bounds checking during range analysis, leading to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A attacker show more ...
User Registration and Login and User Management System version 3.2 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.
WordPress Membership for WooCommerce plugin versions prior to 2.1.7 suffer from a remote shell upload vulnerability.
Ivanti has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could result in code execution and denial-of-service (DoS). The list of flaws is as follows - CVE-2024-21894 (CVSS score: 8.2) - A heap overflow vulnerability in the IPSec component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure allows an
Operational Technology (OT) refers to the hardware and software used to change, monitor, or control the enterprise's physical devices, processes, and events. Unlike traditional Information Technology (IT) systems, OT systems directly impact the physical world. This unique characteristic of OT brings additional cybersecurity considerations not typically present in conventional IT security
New research has found that the CONTINUATION frame in the HTTP/2 protocol can be exploited to conduct denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The technique has been codenamed HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood by security researcher Bartek Nowotarski, who reported the issue to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) on January 25, 2024. "Many HTTP/2 implementations do not properly limit or sanitize the
A suspected Vietnamese-origin threat actor has been observed targeting victims in several Asian and Southeast Asian countries with malware designed to harvest valuable data since at least May 2023. Cisco Talos is tracking the cluster under the name CoralRaider, describing it as financially motivated. Targets of the campaign include India, China, South Korea, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia,
An updated version of an information-stealing malware called Rhadamanthys is being used in phishing campaigns targeting the oil and gas sector. "The phishing emails use a unique vehicle incident lure and, in later stages of the infection chain, spoof the Federal Bureau of Transportation in a PDF that mentions a significant fine for the incident," Cofense researcher Dylan Duncan said. The
Google says it is deleting the your Google Chrome Incognito private-browsing data that it should never have collected anyway. Can a zero-risk millionaire-making bot be trusted? And what countries are banned from buying your sensitive data? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the show more ...
New research has found that ransomware remediation costs can explode when backups have been compromised by malicious hackers - with overall recovery costs eight times higher than for those whose backups are not impacted. Read more in my article on th Exponential-e blog.
Google has issued a security advisory to owners of its Android Pixel smartphones, warning that it has discovered someone has been targeting some devices to bypass their built-in security. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading Source: Jan Zwoliński via Alamy Stock Photo Despite the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang claiming to be back after a high-profile takedown in mid-February, an analysis reveals significant, ongoing disruption to the show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: PRESS RELEASE SEATTLE – April 3, 2024 – A new survey from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, and Google Cloud, show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: PRESS RELEASE Austin, TX – April 3, 2024 – CyberRatings.org (CyberRatings), the non-profit entity dedicated to providing confidence in cybersecurity products and services through its research and testing programs, has completed an independent test of eleven market show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: PRESS RELEASE MINNEAPOLIS, April 2, 2024 – Businesses are facing a critical gap when it comes to protecting endpoint data, according to a study released today by TAG Infosphere, Inc., a leading cybersecurity research and advisory firm. The report, conducted in show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: PRESS RELEASE PALO ALTO, Calif., April 2, 2024/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — TruCentive, a leader in incentive automation solutions, announced a significant enhancement to its platform: HIPAA-compliant personal information de-identification (PII) capabilities. This new feature show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer Source: rarrarorro via Shutterstock About six months before the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar, a threat actor — later identified as China-linked BlackTech — quietly breached the network of a major communications provider show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Dark Reading Staff 1 Min Read Source: Frode Koppang via Alamy Stock Photo An updated version of the Rhadamanthys malware-as-a-service (MaaS) is being deployed against oil and gas companies, using an effective new lure with a concerning amount of success. Cofense has been show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Dark Reading Staff 2 Min Read Source: Andrew Shurtleff via Alamy Stock Photo Omni Hotels & Resorts last week reportedly experienced an outage that brought down the company’s IT systems. It’s unclear whether the service disruption was the result of a show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Jeremy Moser Email marketing is a mighty tool for connecting with your target audience. But its effectiveness depends on your emails actually reaching your audience’s inboxes. Unfortunately, the existence of email blacklists poses a significant threat that no one show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: sparsh Building trust in the financial industry, from the customer’s point of view. It’s widely accepted that trust is the cornerstone of almost all customer relationships, however trust is a two-way street and often customers view organisations very differently to show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Votiro This Faith-based Broadcast Network shares its messages via TV and new media in the East Coast market. The Network does this primarily through a daily broadcast, while also extending its reach with a 24/7 channel that provides its audience with educational and show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: DataDome There’s plenty of money in advertising, and bots want a piece. As online advertising has risen in prominence and popularity among businesses, a side industry has grown as well to leech off the successes of ad campaigns. Bot-driven ad fraud, such as click fraud, show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Jeff Martin The risk both to and from AI models is a topic so hot it’s left the confines of security conferences and now dominates the headlines of major news sites. Indeed, the deluge of frightening hypotheticals can make AI feel like we are navigating an entirely new show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Richi Jennings Last year’s Chinese hack of federal agencies’ email is still a mystery, and “should never have occurred,” says CISA. Storm-0558 Forecast What’s the craic? Ellen Nakashima and Joseph Menn broke the story: Microsoft faulted for ‘cascade’ of show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Jeffrey Burt An embattled National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), hobbled by budget cuts, is looking for more help from both inside and outside the government. NIST is trying to manage a growing backlog of security vulnerabilities coming into the database show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Alberto Casares In an era where digital integration is pervasive, cybersecurity crisis and the threat of cybersecurity breaches has emerged as a formidable challenge, impacting millions across the globe. Recent posts of potential breaches involving EsSalud, Movistar show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Courtney Chatterton As businesses grow and expand their operations, their third-party risk management program grows with them. This growth leads to increased complexity that makes it challenging for GRC and IT professionals to effectively identify and mitigate third-party show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Eric Fourrier The landscape of appsec is more competitive than ever, but rushing to stay ahead isn’t always the best strategy. In the grand scheme, nothing beats keen attention to detail and sturdy product development pillars. As the CEO of GitGuardian, a leading show more ...
Source: www.cybertalk.org – Author: slandau EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: For businesses of all sizes, ransomware is a growing threat. Ransomware typically encrypts critical data, rendering it completely or partially inaccessible until a ransom is paid. The downtime, data loss, and reputational damage caused by ransomware show more ...
Source: www.tripwire.com – Author: Graham Cluley Google has issued a security advisory to owners of its Android Pixel smartphones, warning that it has discovered someone has been targeting some devices to bypass their built-in security. What makes the reported attacks particularly interesting is that show more ...
Source: www.exponential-e.com – Author: Graham Cluley Any organisation that has tried to recover from a ransomware attack knows that it can be time-consuming and costly. Companies hit by an attack must choose between paying a ransom or recovering encrypted data from a backup. Unfortunately, ransomware gangs are show more ...
Source: grahamcluley.com – Author: Graham Cluley Google says it is deleting your Google Chrome Incognito private-browsing data that it should never have collected anyway. Can a zero-risk millionaire-making bot be trusted? And what countries are banned from buying your sensitive data? All this and much much more show more ...
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 The impact of Operation Cronos continues to hinder the LockBit ransomware group’s operations and the gang begun posting fake victim claims to its leak site. Almost 80% of victim entries that appear on the group’s new data leak site post-Operation Cronos are show more ...
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Jackson County in Missouri, United States, reported significant disruptions within its IT systems on Tuesday, caused by a ransomware attack. The disturbances have led to the declaration of a state of emergency caused by operational inconsistencies across show more ...
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new iteration of the JSOutProx malware, a sophisticated attack tool designed to target financial organizations across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Middle East-North Africa (MENA) regions. First identified in 2019, show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . A suspected Vietnamese-origin threat actor has been observed targeting victims in several Asian and Southeast Asian countries with malware designed to harvest valuable data since at least May 2023. Cisco Talos is tracking the cluster under the name CoralRaider, describing show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Apr 04, 2024NewsroomPhishing Attack / Malware An updated version of an information-stealing malware called Rhadamanthys is being used in phishing campaigns targeting the oil and gas sector. “The phishing emails use a unique vehicle incident lure and, in later show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Operational Technology (OT) refers to the hardware and software used to change, monitor, or control the enterprise’s physical devices, processes, and events. Unlike traditional Information Technology (IT) systems, OT systems directly impact the physical world. This show more ...
