Transparent Tribe Uses Fake YouTube Android Apps to Spread CapraRAT Malware

The suspected Pakistan-linked threat actor known as Transparent Tribe is using malicious Android apps mimicking YouTube to distribute the CapraRAT mobile remote access trojan RAT, demonstrating the continued evolution of the activity. "CapraRAT is a highly invasive tool that gives the attacker...

The MGM Cybersecurity Breach: Learnings and Prevention Measures

As many are aware, the systems of the $14 billion dollar gaming and hospitality giant MGM have been brought to a halt for nearly 5 days due to a multi-vector attack that has come to affect Caesars Entertainment as well. While the culprits of the attack are not confirmed, hacking group Scattered...

Financially Motivated UNC3944 Threat Actor Shifts Focus to Ransomware Attacks

The financially motivated threat actor known as UNC3944 is pivoting to ransomware deployment as part of an expansion to its monetization strategies, Mandiant has revealed. "UNC3944 has demonstrated a stronger focus on stealing large amounts of sensitive data for extortion purposes and they appear...

Ransomware group steps up, issues statement over MGM Resorts compromise

The recent attack on MGM Resorts generated lots of speculation with regard to what the cause was. Some folks claimed the culprit was ransomware. Well, confirmation is now forthcoming as an affiliate of the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group is said to be the one responsible for the attack and...

Red Hat Quay Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Red Hat Quay is a distributed container image repository from Red Hat, Inc. that is used to build, distribute, and deploy containers. Red Hat Quay suffers from a security vulnerability that stems from an existing vulnerability in the domain itself or in other domains through the use of techniques...

From Caribbean shores to your devices: analyzing Cuba ransomware

Introduction Knowledge is our best weapon in the fight against cybercrime. An understanding of how various gangs operate and what tools they use helps build competent defenses and investigate incidents. This report takes a close look at the history of the Cuba group, and their attack tactics,...

North Korean Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Bug to Target Cybersecurity Researchers

Threat actors associated with North Korea are continuing to target the cybersecurity community using a zero-day bug in an unspecified software over the past several weeks to infiltrate their machines. The findings come from Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG, which found the adversary setting up...

PT-2023-12695 · Ibm · Ibm Aspera Faspex

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: IBM Aspera Faspex version 5.0.5 Description: The issue allows a remote attacker to gather or persuade a naive user to supply sensitive information. Recommendations: For IBM Aspera Faspex version 5.0.5, at the moment, there is no information...

Vietnamese Cybercriminals Targeting Facebook Business Accounts with Malvertising

Malicious actors associated with the Vietnamese cybercrime ecosystem are leveraging advertising-as-a-vector on social media platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook to distribute malware. "Threat actors have long used fraudulent ads as a vector to target victims with scams, malvertising, and more,"...

Okta Warns of Social Engineering Attacks Targeting Super Administrator Privileges

Identity services provider Okta on Friday warned of social engineering attacks orchestrated by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. "In recent weeks, multiple US-based Okta customers have reported a consistent pattern of social engineering attacks against IT service desk...

Classiscam Scam-as-a-Service Raked $64.5 Million During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Classiscam scam-as-a-service program has reaped the criminal actors $64.5 million in illicit earnings since its emergence in 2019. "Classiscam campaigns initially started out on classified sites, on which scammers placed fake advertisements and used social engineering techniques to convince...

CISA Warns of Hurricane-Related Scams

CISA urges users to remain on alert for malicious cyber activity following natural disasters, such as hurricanes, as attackers target disaster victims and concerned citizens by leveraging social engineering tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs. Social engineering TTPs include phishing, in whi...

PTC Codebeamer

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ​CVSS v3 8.8 ​ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity ​Vendor: PTC ​Equipment: Codebeamer ​Vulnerability: Cross site scripting 2. RISK EVALUATION ​Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript code, which...

Thousands of Android Malware Apps Using Stealthy APK Compression to Evade Detection

Threat actors are using Android Package APK files with unknown or unsupported compression methods to elude malware analysis. That's according to findings from Zimperium, which found 3,300 artifacts leveraging such compression algorithms in the wild. 71 of the identified samples can be loaded on t...

New Wave of Attack Campaign Targeting Zimbra Email Users for Credential Theft

A new "mass-spreading" social engineering campaign is targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server with an aim to collect their login credentials for use in follow-on operations. The activity, active since April 2023 and still ongoing, targets a wide range of small and medium business...

Scattered Spider: The Modus Operandi

Scattered Spider: The Modus Operandi By Trellix · August 17, 2023 This story was also written by Phelix Oluoch Executive Summary Scattered Spider, also referred to as UNC3944, Scatter Swine, and Muddled Libra, is a financially motivated threat actor group that has been active since May 2022...

Scattered Spider: The Modus Operandi

Scattered Spider: The Modus Operandi By Trellix · August 17, 2023 This story was also written by Phelix Oluoch Executive Summary Scattered Spider, also referred to as UNC3944, Scatter Swine, and Muddled Libra, is a financially motivated threat actor group that has been active since May 2022...

What's the State of Credential theft in 2023?

At a little overt halfway through 2023, credential theft is still a major thorn in the side of IT teams. The heart of the problem is the value of data to cybercriminals and the evolution of the techniques they use to get hold of it. The 2023 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report DBIR revealed...

North Korean Hackers Suspected in New Wave of Malicious npm Packages

The npm package registry has emerged as the target of yet another highly targeted attack campaign that aims to entice developers into downloading malevolent modules. Software supply chain security firm Phylum told The Hacker News the activity exhibits similar behaviors to that of a previous attac...

The rise of AI-powered criminals: Identifying threats and opportunities

AIs influence is growing across the security space, bringing with it major implications for cybercriminals and defenders. The recent adoption of AI has raised significant concerns for cybersecurity due to the many ways that criminals can use AI for disruption and profit. Defenders and law...