New 'Curly COMrades' APT Using NGEN COM Hijacking in Georgia, Moldova Attacks

A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Curly COMrades has been observed targeting entities in Georgia and Moldova as part of a cyber espionage campaign designed to facilitate long-term access to target networks. "They repeatedly tried to extract the NTDS database from domain controllers --...

What You Need to Do Today to Protect Against Account Takeover Attacks

Historically, account takeover ATO has been recognized as an attack in which cybercriminals take ownership of online accounts using stolen passwords and usernames. Cybercriminals purchase a list of account credentials from the dark web that are usually compiled by hackers through social...

CVE-2021-44249

Online Motorcycle Bike Rental System 1.0 is vulnerable to a Blind Time-Based SQL Injection attack within the login portal. This can lead attackers to remotely dump MySQL database credentials...

FC Barcelona Suffers Likely Credential-Stuffing Attack on Twitter

Just ahead of its Champion’s League Round of 16 appearance next week, FC Barcelona’s official Twitter account was hacked in an apparent credential-stuffing attack. The strike resulted in account takeover and bogus tweets being sent out. The hacking collective known as OurMine, which made headline...

Threatlist: IMAP-Based Attacks Compromising Accounts at 'Unprecedented Scale'

Attackers mounting password-spraying campaigns are turning to the legacy Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP to avoid multi-factor authentication obstacles – thus more easily compromising cloud-based accounts. That’s according to researchers with Proofpoint, who found that in the past half year...

Double-Stuffed: Dunkin’ Hit by Another Credential-Stuffing Attack

Dunkin’ Donuts may have just launched its first double-filled doughnut, but another doubling up is not quite as tasty. The chain has suffered its second credential-stuffing attack in three months. Like the first incident, the attack targeted pastry aficionados that have DD Perks accounts, which i...