Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale AiTM Phishing Attacks Against Over 10,000 Organizations

Microsoft on Tuesday disclosed that a large-scale phishing campaign targeted over 10,000 organizations since September 2021 by hijacking Office 365's authentication process even on accounts secured with multi-factor authentication MFA. "The attackers then used the stolen credentials and session...

PyPI Repository Makes 2FA Security Mandatory for Critical Python Projects

The maintainers of the official third-party software repository for Python have begun imposing a new two-factor authentication 2FA condition for projects deemed "critical." "We've begun rolling out a 2FA requirement: soon, maintainers of critical projects must have 2FA enabled to publish, update,...

ZuoRAT Malware Hijacking Home-Office Routers to Spy on Targeted Networks

A never-before-seen remote access trojan dubbed ZuoRAT has been singling out small office/home office SOHO routers as part of a sophisticated campaign targeting North American and European networks. The malware "grants the actor the ability to pivot into the local network and gain access to...

Chinese "Twisted Panda" Hackers Caught Spying on Russian Defense Institutes

At least two research institutes located in Russia and a third likely target in Belarus have been at the receiving end of an espionage attack by a Chinese nation-state advanced persistent threat APT. The attacks, codenamed "Twisted Panda," come in the backdrop of Russia's military invasion of...

GitHub Says Hackers Breached Dozens of Organizations Using Stolen OAuth Access Tokens

Cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub on Friday revealed that it discovered evidence of an unnamed adversary capitalizing on stolen OAuth user tokens to unauthorizedly download private data from several organizations. "An attacker abused stolen OAuth user tokens issued to two third-party...

Chinese APT Hackers Targeting Betting Companies in Southeast Asia

A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat APT has been linked to a new campaign targeting gambling-related companies in South East Asia, particularly Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Cybersecurity firm Avast dubbed the campaign Operation Dragon Castling, describing its malware arsenal ...

New Infinite Loop Bug in OpenSSL Could Let Attackers Crash Remote Servers

The maintainers of OpenSSL have shipped patches to resolve a high-severity security flaw in its software library that could lead to a denial-of-service DoS condition when parsing certificates. Tracked as CVE-2022-0778 CVSS score: 7.5, the issue stems from parsing a malformed certificate with...

New Wiper Malware Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia's Military Operation

Cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom's Symantec said they discovered a new data wiper malware used in fresh attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine, as Russian forces formally launched a full-scale military operation against the country. The Slovak company dubbed the wiper "HermeticWiper...

Russia Cracks Down on 4 Dark Web Marketplaces for Stolen Credit Cards

A special law enforcement operation undertaken by Russia has led to the seizure and shutdown of four online bazaars that specialized in the theft and sales of stolen credit cards, as the government continues to take active measures against harboring cybercriminals on its territory. To that end, t...

New iLOBleed Rootkit Targeting HP Enterprise Servers with Data Wiping Attacks

A previously unknown rootkit has been found setting its sights on Hewlett-Packard Enterprise's Integrated Lights-Out iLO server management technology to carry out in-the-wild attacks that tamper with the firmware modules and completely wipe data off the infected systems. The discovery, which is t...

FBI Issues Flash Alert on Actively Exploited FatPipe VPN Zero-Day Bug

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has disclosed that an unidentified threat actor has been exploiting a previously unknown weakness in the FatPipe MPVPN networking devices at least since May 2021 to obtain an initial foothold and maintain persistent access into vulnerable networks,...

Abcbot — A New Evolving Wormable Botnet Malware Targeting Linux

Researchers from Qihoo 360's Netlab security team have released details of a new evolving botnet called "Abcbot" that has been observed in the wild with worm-like propagation features to infect Linux systems and launch distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against targets. While the earliest...

New Tomiris Backdoor Found Linked to Hackers Behind SolarWinds Cyberattack

Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday disclosed a previously undocumented backdoor likely designed and developed by the Nobelium advanced persistent threat APT behind last year's SolarWinds supply chain attack, joining the threat actor's ever-expanding arsenal of hacking tools...

Mongolian Certificate Authority Hacked to Distribute Backdoored CA Software

In yet another instance of software supply chain attack, unidentified hackers breached the website of MonPass, one of Mongolia's major certificate authorities, to backdoor its installer software with Cobalt Strike binaries. The trojanized client was available for download between February 8, 2021...

IndigoZebra APT Hacking Campaign Targets the Afghan Government

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of ongoing attacks coordinated by a suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor targeting the Afghanistan government as part of an espionage campaign that may have had its provenance as far back as 2014. Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Research attributed...

Microsoft Discloses Critical Bugs Allowing Takeover of NETGEAR Routers

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed critical security vulnerabilities affecting NETGEAR DGN2200v1 series routers, which they say could be reliably abused as a jumping-off point to compromise a network's security and gain unfettered access. The three HTTPd authentication security weaknesses CV...

Hackers Trick Microsoft Into Signing Netfilter Driver Loaded With Rootkit Malware

Microsoft on Friday said it's investigating an incident wherein a driver signed by the company turned out to be a malicious Windows rootkit that was observed communicating with command-and-control C2 servers located in China. The driver, called "Netfilter," is said to target gaming environments,...

Google Releases New Framework to Prevent Software Supply Chain Attacks

As software supply chain attacks emerge as a point of concern in the wake of SolarWinds and Codecov security incidents, Google is proposing a solution to ensure the integrity of software packages and prevent unauthorized modifications. Called "Supply chain Levels for Software Artifacts" SLSA, and...

Strengthen Your Password Policy With GDPR Compliance

A solid password policy is the first line of defense for your corporate network. Protecting your systems from unauthorized users may sound easy on the surface, but it can actually be quite complicated. You have to balance password security with usability, while also following various regulatory...

U.S. Authorities Shut Down Slilpp—Largest Marketplace for Stolen Logins

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ Thursday said it disrupted and took down the infrastructure of an underground marketplace known as "Slilpp" that specialized in trading stolen login credentials as part of an international law enforcement operation. Over a dozen individuals have been charged or...

The Vulnerabilities of the Past Are the Vulnerabilities of the Future

Major software vulnerabilities are a fact of life, as illustrated by the fact that Microsoft has patched between 55 and 110 vulnerabilities each month this year – with 7% to 17% of those vulnerabilities being critical. May had the fewest vulnerabilities, with a total of 55 and only four considere...

Magecart Hackers Now hide PHP-Based Backdoor In Website Favicons

Cybercrime groups are distributing malicious PHP web shells disguised as a favicon to maintain remote access to the compromised servers and inject JavaScript skimmers into online shopping platforms with an aim to steal financial information from their users. "These web shells known as Smilodon or...

Experts warn of a new Android banking trojan stealing users' credentials

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new Android trojan that hijacks users' credentials and SMS messages to facilitate fraudulent activities against banks in Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Called "TeaBot" or Anatsa, the malware is said to be in its early stages of...

Microsoft Finds 'BadAlloc' Flaws Affecting Wide-Range of IoT and OT Devices

Microsoft researchers on Thursday disclosed two dozen vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of Internet of Things IoT and Operational Technology OT devices used in industrial, medical, and enterprise networks that could be abused by adversaries to execute arbitrary code and even cause critical...

Android to Support Rust Programming Language to Prevent Memory Flaws

Google on Tuesday announced that its open source version of the Android operating system will add support for Rust programming language in a bid to prevent memory safety bugs. To that end, the company has been building parts of the Android Open Source Project AOSP with Rust for the past 18 months...

Hackers Using a Windows OS Feature to Evade Firewall and Gain Persistence

A novel technique adopted by attackers finds ways to use Microsoft's Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS so as to deploy malicious payloads on Windows machines stealthily. In 2020, hospitals, retirement communities, and medical centers bore the brunt of an ever-shifting phishing campaign...

ALERT: Malicious Amazon Alexa Skills Can Easily Bypass Vetting Process

Researchers have uncovered gaps in Amazon's skill vetting process for the Alexa voice assistant ecosystem that could allow a malicious actor to publish a deceptive skill under any arbitrary developer name and even make backend code changes after approval to trick users into giving up sensitive...

The Weakest Link in Your Security Posture: Misconfigured SaaS Settings

In the era of hacking and malicious actors, a company's cloud security posture is a concern that preoccupies most, if not all, organizations. Yet even more than that, it is the SaaS Security Posture Management SSPM that is critical to today's company security. Recently Malwarebytes released a...

Here's How SolarWinds Hackers Stayed Undetected for Long Enough

Microsoft on Wednesday shared more specifics about the tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs adopted by the attackers behind the SolarWinds hack to stay under the radar and avoid detection, as cybersecurity companies work towards getting a "clearer picture" of one of the most sophisticated...

SolarWinds Hackers Also Accessed U.S. Justice Department's Email Server

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday became the latest government agency in the country to admit its internal network was compromised as part of the SolarWinds supply chain attack. "On December 24, 2020, the Department of Justice's Office of the Chief Information Officer OCIO learned of...

WhatsApp Will Disable Your Account If You Don't Agree Sharing Data With Facebook

"Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA," opens WhatsApp's privacy policy. "Since we started WhatsApp, we've aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind." But come February 8, 2021, this opening statement will no longer find a place in the policy. The...

Evolution of Emotet: From Banking Trojan to Malware Distributor

Emotet is one of the most dangerous and widespread malware threats active today. Ever since its discovery in 2014—when Emotet was a standard credential stealer and banking Trojan, the malware has evolved into a modular, polymorphic platform for distributing other kinds of computer viruses. Being...

How to Run Google SERP API Without Constantly Changing Proxy Servers

You've probably run into a major problem when trying to scrape Google search results. Web scraping tools allow you to extract information from a web page. Companies and coders from across the world use them to download Google's SERP data. And they work well – for a little while. After several...

TrickBot Linux Variants Active in the Wild Despite Recent Takedown

Efforts to disrupt TrickBot may have shut down most of its critical infrastructure, but the operators behind the notorious malware aren't sitting idle. According to new findings shared by cybersecurity firm Netscout, TrickBot's authors have moved portions of their code to Linux in an attempt to...

How AppTrana Managed Cloud WAF Tackles Evolving Attacking Techniques

Web applications suffer continuously evolving attacks, where a web application firewall WAF is the first line of defense and a necessary part of organizations' cybersecurity strategies. WAFs are getting more sophisticated all the time, but as its core protection starts with efficient pattern...

Zoom Bug Allowed Snoopers Crack Private Meeting Passwords in Minutes

Popular video conferencing app Zoom recently fixed a new security flaw that could have allowed potential attackers to crack the numeric passcode used to secure private meetings on the platform and snoop on participants. Zoom meetings are by default protected by a six-digit numeric password, but...

North Korean Hackers Spotted Using New Multi-Platform Malware Framework

Lazarus Group, the notorious hacking group with ties to the North Korean regime, has unleashed a new multi-platform malware framework with an aim to infiltrate corporate entities around the world, steal customer databases, and distribute ransomware. Capable of targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS...

CompTIA Certification Prep Courses – Get Lifetime Access @ 98% Discount

In the world of professional IT, recruiters look for certificates as an important criterion for eligibility and assessing skills. Any IT professional with résumé that includes CompTIA certificates tends to rise up the pile. Of course, there are many different CompTIA exams you can choose from bas...

BitDam Study Exposes High Miss Rates of Leading Email Security Systems

Imagine receiving an email from US VP Mike Pence's official email account asking for help because he has been stranded in the Philippines. Actually, you don't have to. This actually happened. Pence's email was hacked when he was still the governor of Indiana, and his account was used to attempt t...

Magecart Hackers Compromise 80 More eCommerce Sites to Steal Credit Cards

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered over 80 Magecart compromised e-commerce websites that were actively sending credit card information of online shoppers to the attackers-controlled servers. Operating their businesses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, many of...

Titan Security Keys – Google launches its own USB-based FIDO U2F Keys

At Google Cloud Next '18 convention in San Francisco, the company has introduced Titan Security Keys—a tiny USB device, similar to Yubico's YubiKey, that offers hardware-based two-factor authentication for your online accounts with the highest level of protection against phishing attacks. These...

EU Fines Google Record $5 Billion in Android Antitrust Case

Google has been hit by a record-breaking $5 billion antitrust fine by the European Union regulators for abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system and thwarting competitors. That's the largest ever antitrust penalty. Though Android is an open-source and free operating system,...

Apple Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From Its App Stores

Due to the surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate websites and mobile apps are increasingly using cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your PC and phones to mine cryptocurrencies. However, Apple wants to protect your Mac and iPhone battery fr...

Trojanized BitTorrent Software Update Hijacked 400,000 PCs Last Week

A massive malware outbreak that last week infected nearly half a million computers with cryptocurrency mining malware in just a few hours was caused by a backdoored version of popular BitTorrent client called MediaGet. Dubbed Dofoil also known as Smoke Loader, the malware was found dropping a...

APT Hackers Infect Routers to Covertly Implant Slingshot Spying Malware

Security researchers at Kaspersky have identified a sophisticated APT hacking group that has been operating since at least 2012 without being noticed due to their complex and clever hacking techniques. The hacking group used a piece of advanced malware—dubbed Slingshot—to infect hundreds of...

Memcached Servers Abused for Massive Amplification DDoS Attacks

Cybercriminals have figured out a way to abuse widely-used Memcached servers to launch over 51,000 times powerful DDoS attacks than their original strength, which could result in knocking down of major websites and Internet infrastructure. In recent days, security researchers at Cloudflare, Arbor...

Remotely Exploitable Flaw Found In HP Enterprise Printers—Patch Now

Security researchers have discovered a potentially dangerous vulnerability in the firmware of various Hewlett Packard HP enterprise printer models that could be abused by attackers to run arbitrary code on affected printer models remotely. The vulnerability CVE-2017-2750, rated as high in severit...

Critical RCE Vulnerability Found in Cisco WebEx Extensions, Again — Patch Now!

A highly critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Cisco Systems’ WebEx browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, for the second time in this year, which could allow attackers to remotely execute malicious code on a victim's computer. Cisco WebEx is a popular communication tool for online...

Dangerous Rootkit found Pre-Installed on nearly 3 Million Android Phones

Here's some bad news for Android users again. Nearly 3 Million Android devices worldwide are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle MITM attacks that could allow attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code with root privileges, turning over full control of the devices to hackers. According to a new...

Joomla Joomla! Two Critical Flaws Discovered — Update to Protect Your Site

Joomla – the world's second popular open source Content Management System CMS software packages, has just released the latest version of its CMS, which includes patches for two critical security vulnerabilities and a bug fix. The two critical flaws, both exist in the Joomla Core functionalities,...