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The vulnerability of the Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) for Windows operating systems allows a perpetrator to carry out spoofing attacks.
The vulnerability of the Active Directory Federation Services AD FS for Windows operating systems is related to authentication errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to carry out spear-phishing attacks remotely...
Hackers Continue Cyberattacks Against Vatican, Catholic Orgs
A state-sponsored threat group linked to China has been engaged in a five-month long cyberattack against the Vatican and other Catholic Church-related organizations. Attacks have come in the form of spear phishing emails laced with the PlugX remote access tool RAT as the payload. Researchers with...
New Report Explains COVID-19's Impact on Cyber Security
Most cybersecurity professionals fully anticipated that cybercriminals would leverage the fear and confusion surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic in their cyberattacks. Of course, malicious emails would contain subjects relating to Covid-19, and malicious downloads would be Covid-19 related. This is...
New Report Explains COVID-19's Impact on Cyber Security
Most cybersecurity professionals fully anticipated that cybercriminals would leverage the fear and confusion surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic in their cyberattacks. Of course, malicious emails would contain subjects relating to Covid-19, and malicious downloads would be Covid-19 related. This is...
CISA: Chinese Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Devices to Target U.S. Agencies
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA issued a new advisory on Monday about a wave of cyberattacks carried by Chinese nation-state actors targeting US government agencies and private entities. "CISA has observed Chinese Ministry of State Security-affiliated cyber threat...
CISA: Chinese Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Devices to Target U.S. Agencies
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA issued a new advisory on Monday about a wave of cyberattacks carried by Chinese nation-state actors targeting US government agencies and private entities. "CISA has observed Chinese Ministry of State Security-affiliated cyber threat...
The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Enterprise Server packages lies in insufficient validation of input data, allowing attackers to execute spear-phishing attacks.
The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Enterprise Server lies in insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks using a specially crafted request sent to the vulnerable SharePoint server...
The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Enterprise Server packages lies in insufficient validation of input data, allowing attackers to execute spear-phishing attacks.
The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Enterprise Server lies in insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks using a specially crafted request sent to the vulnerable SharePoint server...
Social Media: Thwarting The Phishing-Data Goldmine
Phishing attacks are on the rise and are more widespread — and successful — than ever before. They’ve gone way beyond mocked-up bank emails littered with malicious links although those are still around, too. Today’s hackers now target mobile users across multiple vectors, such as text and SMS...
Evilnum hackers targeting financial firms with a new Python-based RAT
An adversary known for targeting the fintech sector at least since 2018 has switched up its tactics to include a new Python-based remote access Trojan RAT that can steal passwords, documents, browser cookies, email credentials, and other sensitive information. In an analysis published by Cybereas...
Evilnum hackers targeting financial firms with a new Python-based RAT
An adversary known for targeting the fintech sector at least since 2018 has switched up its tactics to include a new Python-based remote access Trojan RAT that can steal passwords, documents, browser cookies, email credentials, and other sensitive information. In an analysis published by Cybereas...
Python-based Spy RAT Emerges to Target FinTech
The Evilnum group, which specializes in targeting financial technology companies, has debuted a new tool: A Python-based remote access trojan RAT, dubbed PyVil. The malware’s emergence dovetails with a change in the chain of infection and an expansion of infrastructure for the APT. According to...
China-based APT Debuts Sepulcher Malware in Spear-Phishing Attacks
A China-based APT has been sending organizations spear-phishing emails that distribute a never-before-seen intelligence-collecting RAT dubbed Sepulcher. Researchers discovered the new malware being distributed over the past six months through two separate campaigns. The first, in March, targeted...
How can Microsoft Threat Protection help reduce the risk from phishing?
Microsoft Threat Protection can help you reduce the cost of phishing The true cost of a successful phishing campaign may be higher than you think. Although phishing defenses and user education have become common in many organizations, employees still fall prey to these attacks. This is a problem...
A Google Drive 'Feature' Could Let Attackers Trick You Into Installing Malware
An unpatched security weakness in Google Drive could be exploited by malware attackers to distribute malicious files disguised as legitimate documents or images, enabling bad actors to perform spear-phishing attacks comparatively with a high success rate. The latest security issue—of which Google...
A Google Drive 'Feature' Could Let Attackers Trick You Into Installing Malware
An unpatched security weakness in Google Drive could be exploited by malware attackers to distribute malicious files disguised as legitimate documents or images, enabling bad actors to perform spear-phishing attacks comparatively with a high success rate. The latest security issue—of which Google...
The Attack That Broke Twitter Is Hitting Dozens of Companies
“Phone spear phishing” attacks have been on the rise since a bitcoin scam took over the social media platform in July...
CactusPete APT Hones Toolset, Resurfaces with New Espionage Targets
The China-based APT known as CactusPete has returned with a new campaign aimed at military and financial targets in Eastern Europe, which is a new geography for the group’s victimology, according to researchers. The group also used a fresh variant of the Bisonal backdoor, which allows the attacke...
CactusPete APT group’s updated Bisonal backdoor
CactusPete also known as Karma Panda or Tonto Team is an APT group that has been publicly known since at least 2013. Some of the groups activities have been previously described in public by multiple sources. We have been investigating and privately reporting on this groups activity for years as...
US Government Warns of a New Strain of Chinese 'Taidoor' Virus
Intelligence agencies in the US have released information about a new variant of 12-year-old computer virus used by China's state-sponsored hackers targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks. Named "Taidoor," the malware has done an 'excellent' job of compromising systems as early as...