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Several hospitals still counting the cost of widespread ransomware attack
The 16 hospitals struck down by ransomware last week are still dealing with the fallout from the attack. The healthcare facilities located in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode island, and California had the ransomware attack confirmed by the FBI. Issues started to emerge last Thursday with patient...
An Overview of the New Rhysida Ransomware Targeting the Healthcare Sector
In this blog entry, we will provide details on Rhysida, including its targets and what we know about its infection chain...
Malicious npm Packages Found Exfiltrating Sensitive Data from Developers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new bunch of malicious packages on the npm package registry that are designed to exfiltrate sensitive developer information. Software supply chain firm Phylum, which first identified the "test" packages on July 31, 2023, said they "demonstrated increasi...
"Mysterious Team Bangladesh" Targeting India with DDoS Attacks and Data Breaches
A hacktivist group known as Mysterious Team Bangladesh has been linked to over 750 distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks and 78 website defacements since June 2022. "The group most frequently attacks logistics, government, and financial sector organizations in India and Israel,"...
Threat Actors Exploiting Ivanti EPMM Vulnerabilities
SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Norwegian National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NO are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA in response to active exploitation of CVE-2023-35078 and CVE-2023-35081. Advanced persistent threat APT actors exploited...
APSystems Altenergy Power Control
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely / low attack complexity / public exploits available Vendor: APSystems Equipment: Altenergy Power Control Vulnerability: OS Command Injection 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow remote...
Banking Sector Targeted in Open-Source Software Supply Chain Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers said they have discovered what they say is the first open-source software supply chain attacks specifically targeting the banking sector. "These attacks showcased advanced techniques, including targeting specific components in web assets of the victim bank by attaching...
Turla Exploits Ukraine’s Defense Sector with DeliveryCheck Backdoor
Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary DeliveryCheck, a .NET-based backdoor, targets Ukraines defense sector, attributed to Russian actor Turla; it aims to exfiltrate Signal app data. Notably, it breaches Microsoft Exchange servers using...
Commentary on the Implementation Plan for the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy
The Atlantic Council released a detailed commentary on the White Houses new "Implementation Plan for the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy." Lots of interesting bits. So far, at least three trends emerge: First, the plan contains a somewhat more concrete list of actions than its parent...
Chinese Hackers Deploy Microsoft-Signed Rootkit to Target Gaming Sector
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a novel rootkit signed by Microsoft that's engineered to communicate with an actor-controlled attack infrastructure. Trend Micro has attributed the activity cluster to the same actor that was previously identified as behind the FiveSys rootkit, which came ...
How kids pay the price for ransomware attacks on education
Modern ransomware attacks are as much about stealing data and threatening to leak it as they are about encrypting data. Which means that when a school or hospital is attacked, it's often students' and patients' data that's leaked if the ransom demand isn't met. We have to wonder how greedy any...
Surviving the 800 Gbps Storm: Gain Insights from Gcore's 2023 DDoS Attack Statistics
Gcore Radar is a quarterly report prepared by Gcore that provides insights into the current state of the DDoS protection market and cybersecurity trends. This report offers you an understanding of the evolving threat landscape and highlights the measures required to protect against attacks...
INTERPOL Nabs Hacking Crew OPERA1ER's Leader Behind $11 Million Cybercrime
A suspected senior member of a French-speaking hacking crew known as OPERA1ER has been arrested as part of an international law enforcement operation codenamed Nervone, Interpol has announced. "The group is believed to have stolen an estimated USD 11 million -- potentially as much as 30 million -...
RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors
A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors in Brazil and the Philippines through their LinkedIn pages. The .NET malware "possesses the ability to steal information from various...
RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors
A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors in Brazil and the Philippines through their LinkedIn pages. The .NET malware "possesses the ability to steal information from various...
Medtronic Paceart Optima System
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Medtronic Equipment: Paceart Optima System Vulnerability: Deserialization of Untrusted Data 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in remote code execution or a...
Cybercrime Group 'Muddled Libra' Targets BPO Sector with Advanced Social Engineering
A threat actor known as Muddled Libra is targeting the business process outsourcing BPO industry with persistent attacks that leverage advanced social engineering ploys to gain initial access. "The attack style defining Muddled Libra appeared on the cybersecurity radar in late 2022 with the relea...
Microsoft warns of rising NOBELIUM credential attacks on defence sector
By Waqas The NOBELIUM group is also known as Midnight Blizzard. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft warns of rising NOBELIUM credential attacks on defence sector...
Microsoft Uncovers Banking AitM Phishing and BEC Attacks Targeting Financial Giants
Banking and financial services organizations are the targets of a new multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle AitM phishing and business email compromise BEC attack, Microsoft has revealed. "The attack originated from a compromised trusted vendor and transitioned into a series of AiTM attacks and...
How Coffee County Schools safeguards 7500 students and 1200 staff
We're excited to announce that our much-anticipated 4th edition of the Byte Into Security webinar series is now available on-demand. Originally aired on May 31st, this session is a goldmine for those facing the unique challenges of K-12 cybersecurity. The webinar is free, and you can watch it rig...