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Rorschach Ransomware Emerges: Experts Warn of Advanced Evasion Strategies
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented ransomware strain called Rorschach that's both sophisticated and fast. "What makes Rorschach stand out from other ransomware strains is its high level of customization and its technically unique features that have not be...
Rorschach Ransomware Emerges: Experts Warn of Advanced Evasion Strategies
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented ransomware strain called Rorschach that's both sophisticated and fast. "What makes Rorschach stand out from other ransomware strains is its high level of customization and its technically unique features that have not be...
New Rilide Malware Targeting Chromium-Based Browsers to Steal Cryptocurrency
Chromium-based web browsers are the target of a new malware calledRilide that masquerades itself as a seemingly legitimate extension to harvest sensitive data and siphon cryptocurrency. "Rilide malware is disguised as a legitimate Google Drive extension and enables threat actors to carry out a...
New Rilide Malware Targeting Chromium-Based Browsers to Steal Cryptocurrency
Chromium-based web browsers are the target of a new malware called Rilide that masquerades itself as a seemingly legitimate extension to harvest sensitive data and siphon cryptocurrency. "Rilide malware is disguised as a legitimate Google Drive extension and enables threat actors to carry out a...
Arid Viper Hacking Group Using Upgraded Malware in Middle East Cyber Attacks
The threat actor known as Arid Viper has been observed using refreshed variants of its malware toolkit in its attacks targeting Palestinian entities since September 2022. Symantec, which is tracking the group under its insect-themed moniker Mantis, said the adversary is "going to great lengths to...
Arid Viper Hacking Group Using Upgraded Malware in Middle East Cyber Attacks
The threat actor known as Arid Viper has been observed using refreshed variants of its malware toolkit in its attacks targeting Palestinian entities since September 2022. Symantec, which is tracking the group under its insect-themed moniker Mantis, said the adversary is "going to great lengths to...
Think Before You Share the Link: SaaS in the Real World
Collaboration sits at the essence of SaaS applications. The word, or some form of it, appears in the top two headlines on Google Workspace's homepage. It can be found six times on Microsoft 365's homepage, three times on Box, and once on Workday. Visit nearly any SaaS site, and odds are...
Think Before You Share the Link: SaaS in the Real World
Collaboration sits at the essence of SaaS applications. The word, or some form of it, appears in the top two headlines on Google Workspace's homepage. It can be found six times on Microsoft 365's homepage, three times on Box, and once on Workday. Visit nearly any SaaS site, and odds are...
Microsoft Tightens OneNote Security by Auto-Blocking 120 Risky File Extensions
Microsoft has announced plans to automatically block embedded files with "dangerous extensions" in OneNote following reports that the note-taking service is being increasingly abused for malware delivery. Up until now, users were shown a dialog warning them that opening such attachments could har...
Microsoft Tightens OneNote Security by Auto-Blocking 120 Risky File Extensions
Microsoft has announced plans to automatically block embedded files with "dangerous extensions" in OneNote following reports that the note-taking service is being increasingly abused for malware delivery. Up until now, users were shown a dialog warning them that opening such attachments could har...
Cryptocurrency Companies Targeted in Sophisticated 3CX Supply Chain Attack
The adversary behind the supply chain attack targeting 3CX deployed a second-stage implant specifically singling out a small number of cryptocurrency companies. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been internally tracking the versatile backdoor under the name Gopuram since 2020, said ...
Cryptocurrency Companies Targeted in Sophisticated 3CX Supply Chain Attack
The adversary behind the supply chain attack targeting 3CX deployed a second-stage implant specifically singling out a small number of cryptocurrency companies. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been internally tracking the versatile backdoor under the name Gopuram since 2020, said ...
Western Digital Hit by Network Security Breach - Critical Services Disrupted!
Data storage devices maker Western Digital on Monday disclosed a "network security incident" that involved unauthorized access to its systems. The breach is said to have occurred on March 26, 2023, enabling an unnamed third party to gain access to a "number of the company's systems." Following th...
Western Digital Hit by Network Security Breach - Critical Services Disrupted!
Data storage devices maker Western Digital on Monday disclosed a "network security incident" that involved unauthorized access to its systems. The breach is said to have occurred on March 26, 2023, enabling an unnamed third party to gain access to a "number of the company's systems." Following th...
Italian Watchdog Bans OpenAI's ChatGPT Over Data Protection Concerns
The Italian data protection watchdog, Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali aka Garante, has imposed a temporary ban of OpenAI's ChatGPT service in the country, citing data protection concerns. To that end, it has ordered the company to stop processing users' data with immediate effect,...
Italian Watchdog Bans OpenAI's ChatGPT Over Data Protection Concerns
The Italian data protection watchdog, Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali aka Garante, has imposed a temporary ban of OpenAI's ChatGPT service in the country, citing data protection concerns. To that end, it has ordered the company to stop processing users' data with immediate effect,...
"It's The Service Accounts, Stupid": Why Do PAM Deployments Take (almost) Forever To Complete?
Privileged Access Management PAM solutions are regarded as the common practice to prevent identity threats to administrative accounts. In theory, the PAM concept makes absolute sense: place admin credentials in a vault, rotate their passwords, and closely monitor their sessions. However, the hars...
"It's The Service Accounts, Stupid": Why Do PAM Deployments Take (almost) Forever To Complete?
Privileged Access Management PAM solutions are regarded as the common practice to prevent identity threats to administrative accounts. In theory, the PAM concept makes absolute sense: place admin credentials in a vault, rotate their passwords, and closely monitor their sessions. However, the hars...
Crypto-Stealing OpcJacker Malware Targets Users with Fake VPN Service
A piece of new information-stealing malware called OpcJacker has been spotted in the wild since the second half of 2022 as part of a malvertising campaign. "OpcJacker's main functions include keylogging, taking screenshots, stealing sensitive data from browsers, loading additional modules, and...
Crypto-Stealing OpcJacker Malware Targets Users with Fake VPN Service
A piece of new information-stealing malware called OpcJacker has been spotted in the wild since the second half of 2022 as part of a malvertising campaign. "OpcJacker's main functions include keylogging, taking screenshots, stealing sensitive data from browsers, loading additional modules, and...
Microsoft Fixes New Azure AD Vulnerability Impacting Bing Search and Major Apps
Microsoft has patched a misconfiguration issue impacting the Azure Active Directory AAD identity and access management service that exposed several "high-impact" applications to unauthorized access. "One of these apps is a content management system CMS that powers Bing.com and allowed us to not...
Microsoft Fixes New Azure AD Vulnerability Impacting Bing Search and Major Apps
Microsoft has patched a misconfiguration issue impacting the Azure Active Directory AAD identity and access management service that exposed several "high-impact" applications to unauthorized access. "One of these apps is a content management system CMS that powers Bing.com and allowed us to not...
Cacti, Realtek, and IBM Aspera Faspex Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation
Critical security flaws in Cacti, Realtek, and IBM Aspera Faspex are being exploited by various threat actors in hacks targeting unpatched systems. This entails the abuse of CVE-2022-46169 CVSS score: 9.8 and CVE-2021-35394 CVSS score: 9.8 to deliver MooBot and ShellBot aka PerlBot, Fortinet...
Cacti, Realtek, and IBM Aspera Faspex Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation
Critical security flaws in Cacti, Realtek, and IBM Aspera Faspex are being exploited by various threat actors in hacks targeting unpatched systems. This entails the abuse of CVE-2022-46169 CVSS score: 9.8 and CVE-2021-35394 CVSS score: 9.8 to deliver MooBot and ShellBot aka PerlBot, Fortinet...
Hackers Exploiting WordPress Elementor Pro Vulnerability: Millions of Sites at Risk!
Unknown threat actors are actively exploiting a recently patched security vulnerability in the Elementor Pro website builder plugin for WordPress. The flaw, described as a case of broken access control, impacts versions 3.11.6 and earlier. It was addressed by the plugin maintainers in version...
Hackers Exploiting WordPress Elementor Pro Vulnerability: Millions of Sites at Risk!
Unknown threat actors are actively exploiting a recently patched security vulnerability in the Elementor Pro website builder plugin for WordPress. The flaw, described as a case of broken access control, impacts versions 3.11.6 and earlier. It was addressed by the plugin maintainers in version...
Winter Vivern APT Targets European Government Entities with Zimbra Vulnerability
The advanced persistent threat APT actor known as Winter Vivern is now targeting officials in Europe and the U.S. as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign. "TA473 since at least February 2023 has continuously leveraged an unpatched Zimbra vulnerability in publicly facing webmail portals tha...
Winter Vivern APT Targets European Government Entities with Zimbra Vulnerability
The advanced persistent threat APT actor known as Winter Vivern is now targeting officials in Europe and the U.S. as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign. "TA473 since at least February 2023 has continuously leveraged an unpatched Zimbra vulnerability in publicly facing webmail portals tha...
Cyber Police of Ukraine Busted Phishing Gang Responsible for $4.33 Million Scam
The Cyber Police of Ukraine, in collaboration with law enforcement officials from Czechia, has arrested several members of a cybercriminal gang that set up phishing sites to target European users. Two of the apprehended affiliates are believed to be organizers, with 10 others detained in other...
Cyber Police of Ukraine Busted Phishing Gang Responsible for $4.33 Million Scam
The Cyber Police of Ukraine, in collaboration with law enforcement officials from Czechia, has arrested several members of a cybercriminal gang that set up phishing sites to target European users. Two of the apprehended affiliates are believed to be organizers, with 10 others detained in other...
Deep Dive Into 6 Key Steps to Accelerate Your Incident Response
Organizations rely on Incident response to ensure they are immediately aware of security incidents, allowing for quick action to minimize damage. They also aim to avoid follow on attacks or future related incidents. The SANS Institute provides research and education on information security. In th...
Deep Dive Into 6 Key Steps to Accelerate Your Incident Response
Organizations rely on Incident response to ensure they are immediately aware of security incidents, allowing for quick action to minimize damage. They also aim to avoid follow on attacks or future related incidents. The SANS Institute provides research and education on information security. In th...
3CX Supply Chain Attack — Here's What We Know So Far
Enterprise communications software maker 3CX on Thursday confirmed that multiple versions of its desktop app for Windows and macOS are affected by a supply chain attack. The version numbers include 18.12.407 and 18.12.416 for Windows and 18.11.1213, 18.12.402, 18.12.407, and 18.12.416 for macOS...
3CX Supply Chain Attack — Here's What We Know So Far
Enterprise communications software maker 3CX on Thursday confirmed that multiple versions of its desktop app for Windows and macOS are affected by a supply chain attack. The version numbers include 18.12.407 and 18.12.416 for Windows and 18.11.1213, 18.12.402, 18.12.407, and 18.12.416 for macOS...
Researchers Detail Severe "Super FabriXss" Vulnerability in Microsoft Azure SFX
Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Azure Service Fabric Explorer SFX that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2023-23383 CVSS score: 8.2, the issue has been dubbed "Super FabriXss" by Orca Security, a nod to the FabriXss flaw CVE-2022-35829,...
Researchers Detail Severe "Super FabriXss" Vulnerability in Microsoft Azure SFX
Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Azure Service Fabric Explorer SFX that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2023-23383 CVSS score: 8.2, the issue has been dubbed "Super FabriXss" by Orca Security, a nod to the FabriXss flaw CVE-2022-35829,...
Chinese RedGolf Group Targeting Windows and Linux Systems with KEYPLUG Backdoor
A Chinese state-sponsored threat activity group tracked as RedGolf has been attributed to the use of a custom Windows and Linux backdoor called KEYPLUG. "RedGolf is a particularly prolific Chinese state-sponsored threat actor group that has likely been active for many years against a wide range o...
Chinese RedGolf Group Targeting Windows and Linux Systems with KEYPLUG Backdoor
A Chinese state-sponsored threat activity group tracked as RedGolf has been attributed to the use of a custom Windows and Linux backdoor called KEYPLUG. "RedGolf is a particularly prolific Chinese state-sponsored threat actor group that has likely been active for many years against a wide range o...
New Wi-Fi Protocol Security Flaw Affecting Linux, Android and iOS Devices
A group of academics from Northeastern University and KU Leuven has disclosed a fundamental design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol standard, impacting a wide range of devices running Linux, FreeBSD, Android, and iOS. Successful exploitation of the shortcoming could be abused to hijack TCP...
New Wi-Fi Protocol Security Flaw Affecting Linux, Android and iOS Devices
A group of academics from Northeastern University and KU Leuven has disclosed a fundamental design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol standard, impacting a wide range of devices running Linux, FreeBSD, Android, and iOS. Successful exploitation of the shortcoming could be abused to hijack TCP...
Cyberstorage: Leveraging the Multi-Cloud to Combat Data Exfiltration
Multi-cloud data storage, once merely a byproduct of the great cloud migration, has now become a strategy for data management. "Multi-cloud by design," and its companion the supercloud, is an ecosystem in which several cloud systems work together to provide many organizational benefits, including...
Cyberstorage: Leveraging the Multi-Cloud to Combat Data Exfiltration
Multi-cloud data storage, once merely a byproduct of the great cloud migration, has now become a strategy for data management. "Multi-cloud by design," and its companion the supercloud, is an ecosystem in which several cloud systems work together to provide many organizational benefits, including...
AlienFox Malware Targets API Keys and Secrets from AWS, Google, and Microsoft Cloud Services
A new "comprehensive toolset" called AlienFox is being distributed on Telegram as a way for threat actors to harvest credentials from API keys and secrets from popular cloud service providers. "The spread of AlienFox represents an unreported trend towards attacking more minimal cloud services,...
AlienFox Malware Targets API Keys and Secrets from AWS, Google, and Microsoft Cloud Services
A new "comprehensive toolset" called AlienFox is being distributed on Telegram as a way for threat actors to harvest credentials from API keys and secrets from popular cloud service providers. "The spread of AlienFox represents an unreported trend towards attacking more minimal cloud services,...
3CX Desktop App Supply Chain Attack Leaves Millions at Risk - Urgent Update on the Way!
3CX said it's working on a software update for its desktop app after multiple cybersecurity vendors sounded the alarm on what appears to be an active supply chain attack that's using digitally signed and rigged installers of the popular voice and video conferencing software to target downstream...
3CX Desktop App Supply Chain Attack Leaves Millions at Risk - Urgent Update on the Way!
3CX said it's working on a software update for its desktop app after multiple cybersecurity vendors sounded the alarm on what appears to be an active supply chain attack that's using digitally signed and rigged installers of the popular voice and video conferencing software to target downstream...
Spyware Vendors Caught Exploiting Zero-Day Vulnerabilities on Android and iOS Devices
A number of zero-day vulnerabilities that were addressed last year were exploited by commercial spyware vendors to target Android and iOS devices, Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG has revealed. The two distinct campaigns were both limited and highly targeted, taking advantage of the patch gap...
Spyware Vendors Caught Exploiting Zero-Day Vulnerabilities on Android and iOS Devices
A number of zero-day vulnerabilities that were addressed last year were exploited by commercial spyware vendors to target Android and iOS devices, Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG has revealed. The two distinct campaigns were both limited and highly targeted, taking advantage of the patch gap...
Mélofée: Researchers Uncover New Linux Malware Linked to Chinese APT Groups
An unknown Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has been linked to a novel piece of malware aimed at Linux servers. French cybersecurity firm ExaTrack, which found three samples of the previously documented malicious software that date back to early 2022, dubbed it Mélofée. The newest of the thr...
Mélofée: Researchers Uncover New Linux Malware Linked to Chinese APT Groups
An unknown Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has been linked to a novel piece of malware aimed at Linux servers. French cybersecurity firm ExaTrack, which found three samples of the previously documented malicious software that date back to early 2022, dubbed it Mélofée. The newest of the thr...