Russian State-Sponsored and Criminal Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure

The cybersecurity authorities of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to warn organizations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could expose organizations both within and beyond the region to increased malicious...

Haskers Gang Gives Away ZingoStealer Malware to Other Cybercriminals for Free

A crimeware-related threat actor known as Haskers Gang has released an information-stealing malware called ZingoStealer for free on, allowing other criminal groups to leverage the tool for nefarious purposes. "It features the ability to steal sensitive information from victims and can download...

North Korean state-sponsored threat actor Lazarus Group exploiting Chrome Zero-day vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here For more than a month before a fix was available, North Korean state hackers known as Lazarus group exploited a zero-day, remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2022-0609 in Google Chromes web browser. The attack mainly targe...

White House urges US businesses: Protect against potential Russian cyberattacks

On Monday, the White House told US business leaders to toughen up their cybersecurity defenses against a potential cyberattack from Russia. "The Biden-Harris Administration has warned repeatedly about the potential for Russia to engage in malicious cyber activity against the United States in...

Russia Lays Groundwork for Cyberattacks on U.S. Infrastructure

The Russian government is exploring “options for potential cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure in the U.S., the White House warned on Monday, in retaliation for sanctions and other punishments as the war in Ukraine grinds on. Officials said that its latest intelligence shows cyber-related...

U.S. Government Warns Companies of Potential Russian Cyber Attacks

The U.S. government on Monday once again cautioned of potential cyber attacks from Russia in retaliation for economic sanctions imposed by the west on the country following its military assault on Ukraine last month. "It's part of Russia's playbook," U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement,...

New Exploit Bypasses Existing Spectre-V2 Mitigations in Intel, AMD, Arm CPUs

Researchers have disclosed a new technique that could be used to circumvent existing hardware mitigations in modern processors from Intel, AMD, and Arm, and stage speculative execution attacks such as Spectre to leak sensitive information from host memory. Attacks like Spectre are designed to bre...

Iranian state-sponsored APT group MuddyWater targeting organizations via malicious executables

THREAT LEVEL: Red. United States Cyber Command USCYBERCOM has warned of an ongoing cyber attack by Iranian state sponsored actor named as MuddyWater. This APT group is currently targeting Middle Eastern countries and has also targeted European and North American nations. The Iranian-backed...

CVE-2022-22989

My Cloud OS 5 was vulnerable to a pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on the FTP service that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers on the network. Addressed the vulnerability by adding defenses against stack overflow issues...

CVE-2022-22989

My Cloud OS 5 was vulnerable to a pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on the FTP service that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers on the network. Addressed the vulnerability by adding defenses against stack overflow issues...

CVE-2022-22989

My Cloud OS 5 was vulnerable to a pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on the FTP service that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers on the network. Addressed the vulnerability by adding defenses against stack overflow issues...

Stack overflow

My Cloud OS 5 was vulnerable to a pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on the FTP service that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers on the network. Addressed the vulnerability by adding defenses against stack overflow issues...

CVE-2022-22989 Pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on FTP Service

My Cloud OS 5 was vulnerable to a pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on the FTP service that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers on the network. Addressed the vulnerability by adding defenses against stack overflow issues...

New BLISTER Malware Using Code Signing Certificates to Evade Detection

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an evasive malware campaign that makes use of valid code signing certificates to sneak past security defenses and stay under the radar with the goal of deploying Cobalt Strike and BitRAT payloads on compromised systems. The binary, a loader, has...

Immediate Steps to Strengthen Critical Infrastructure against Potential Cyberattacks

In light of persistent and ongoing cyber threats, CISA urges critical infrastructure owners and operators to take immediate steps to strengthen their computer network defenses against potential cyberattacks. CISA has released CISA Insights: Preparing For and Mitigating Potential Cyber Threats to...

Detecting Credential Stealing Attacks Through Active In-Network Defense

ARCHIVED STORY Detecting Credential Stealing Attacks Through Active In-Network Defense By Trellix · September 22, 2021 This blog was written by Chintan Shah Executive Summary Today, enterprises tend to use multiple layers of security defenses, ranging from perimeter defense on network entry point...

Cybercriminals Abusing Internet-Sharing Services to Monetize Malware Campaigns

Threat actors are capitalizing on the growing popularity of proxyware platforms like Honeygain and Nanowire to monetize their own malware campaigns, once again illustrating how attackers are quick to repurpose and weaponize legitimate platforms to their advantage. "Malware is currently leveraging...

US Media, Retailers Targeted by New SparklingGoblin APT

An emerging international cybergang is broadening its targets to include North American media firms, universities and one computer retailer. The advanced persistent threat APT group is new, according to researchers who dubbed it SparklingGoblin. Also new is a novel backdoor technique, called...

Dogged Persistence—The Name of the Game for One DDoS Attacker

With DDoS, we typically observe a moderate degree of attacker persistence. DDoS attacks are relatively easy to launch from a number of online booter services, and the availability of cryptocurrencies for payment has made it easy to remain anonymous. Attackers can try their hand at DDoS for little...

US offers huge reward in fight against state-sponsored cybercriminals

The US Department of State has announced that its Rewards for Justice RFJ program is now offering: …up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person who, while acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government, participates in malicious...