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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...
MΓ©lofΓ©e: 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 MΓ©lofΓ©e. The newest of the thr...
MΓ©lofΓ©e: 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 MΓ©lofΓ©e. The newest of the thr...
Smart Mobility has a Blindspot When it Comes to API Security
The emergence of smart mobility services and applications has led to a sharp increase in the use of APIs in the automotive industry. However, this increased reliance on APIs has also made them one of the most common attack vectors. According to Gartner, APIs account for 90% of the web application...
4 Steps to Creating a Powerful Research Lab for Reverse Engineering
However, manual lab setup and configuration can prove to be a laborious and time-consuming process. In this article, we'll look at 4 ways to create a reverse engineering lab, discuss how to save time, and, potentially, improve the detection rate using a sandbox-as-a-service, and a recommended lis...
4 Steps to Creating a Powerful Research Lab for Reverse Engineering
However, manual lab setup and configuration can prove to be a laborious and time-consuming process. In this article, we'll look at 4 ways to create a reverse engineering lab, discuss how to save time, and, potentially, improve the detection rate using a sandbox-as-a-service, and a recommended lis...
Smart Mobility has a Blindspot When it Comes to API Security
The emergence of smart mobility services and applications has led to a sharp increase in the use of APIs in the automotive industry. However, this increased reliance on APIs has also made them one of the most common attack vectors. According to Gartner, APIs account for 90% of the web application...
Trojanized TOR Browser Installers Spreading Crypto-Stealing Clipper Malware
Trojanized installers for the TOR anonymity browser are being used to target users in Russia and Eastern Europe with clipper malware designed to siphon cryptocurrencies since September 2022. "Clipboard injectors ... can be silent for years, show no network activity or any other signs of presence...
Trojanized TOR Browser Installers Spreading Crypto-Stealing Clipper Malware
Trojanized installers for the TOR anonymity browser are being used to target users in Russia and Eastern Europe with clipper malware designed to siphon cryptocurrencies since September 2022. "Clipboard injectors ... can be silent for years, show no network activity or any other signs of presence...
North Korean APT43 Group Uses Cybercrime to Fund Espionage Operations
A new North Korean nation-state cyber operator has been attributed to a series of campaigns orchestrated to gather strategic intelligence that aligns with Pyongyang's geopolitical interests since 2018. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the activity cluster under the moniker APT43 , said th...
North Korean APT43 Group Uses Cybercrime to Fund Espionage Operations
A new North Korean nation-state cyber operator has been attributed to a series of campaigns orchestrated to gather strategic intelligence that aligns with Pyongyang's geopolitical interests since 2018. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the activity cluster under the moniker APT43, said the...
Microsoft Introduces GPT-4 AI-Powered Security Copilot Tool to Empower Defenders
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Security Copilot in limited preview, marking its continued quest to embed AI-oriented features in an attempt to offer "end-to-end defense at machine speed and scale." Powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 generative AI and its own security-specific model, it's billed as a securi...
Microsoft Introduces GPT-4 AI-Powered Security Copilot Tool to Empower Defenders
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Security Copilot in limited preview, marking its continued quest to embed AI-oriented features in an attempt to offer "end-to-end defense at machine speed and scale." Powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 generative AI and its own security-specific model, it's billed as a securi...
Pakistan-Origin SideCopy Linked to New Cyberattack on India's Ministry of Defence
An advanced persistent threat APT group that has a track record of targeting India and Afghanistan has been linked to a new phishing campaign that delivers Action RAT. According to Cyble, which attributed the operation to SideCopy , the activity cluster is designed to target the Defence Research...
Pakistan-Origin SideCopy Linked to New Cyberattack on India's Ministry of Defence
An advanced persistent threat APT group that has a track record of targeting India and Afghanistan has been linked to a new phishing campaign that delivers Action RAT. According to Cyble, which attributed the operation to SideCopy, the activity cluster is designed to target the Defence Research a...
IcedID Malware Shifts Focus from Banking Fraud to Ransomware Delivery
Multiple threat actors have been observed using two new variants of the IcedID malware in the wild with more limited functionality that removes functionality related to online banking fraud. IcedID, also known as BokBot, started off as a banking trojan in 2017. It's also capable of delivering...
IcedID Malware Shifts Focus from Banking Fraud to Ransomware Delivery
Multiple threat actors have been observed using two new variants of the IcedID malware in the wild with more limited functionality that removes functionality related to online banking fraud. IcedID, also known as BokBot, started off as a banking trojan in 2017. It's also capable of delivering...
Breaking the Mold: Pen Testing Solutions That Challenge the Status Quo
Malicious actors are constantly adapting their tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs to adapt to political, technological, and regulatory changes quickly. A few emerging threats that organizations of all sizes should be aware of include the following: Increased use of Artificial Intelligence a...
Breaking the Mold: Pen Testing Solutions That Challenge the Status Quo
Malicious actors are constantly adapting their tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs to adapt to political, technological, and regulatory changes quickly. A few emerging threats that organizations of all sizes should be aware of include the following: Increased use of Artificial Intelligence a...
Stealthy DBatLoader Malware Loader Spreading Remcos RAT and Formbook in Europe
A new phishing campaign has set its sights on European entities to distribute Remcos RAT and Formbook via a malware loader dubbed DBatLoader. "The malware payload is distributed through WordPress websites that have authorized SSL certificates, which is a common tactic used by threat actors to eva...
Stealthy DBatLoader Malware Loader Spreading Remcos RAT and Formbook in Europe
A new phishing campaign has set its sights on European entities to distribute Remcos RAT and Formbook via a malware loader dubbed DBatLoader. "The malware payload is distributed through WordPress websites that have authorized SSL certificates, which is a common tactic used by threat actors to eva...
President Biden Signs Executive Order Restricting Use of Commercial Spyware
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order that restricts the use of commercial spyware by federal government agencies. The order said the spyware ecosystem "poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the United States Government or significant risks of improper...
President Biden Signs Executive Order Restricting Use of Commercial Spyware
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order that restricts the use of commercial spyware by federal government agencies. The order said the spyware ecosystem "poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the United States Government or significant risks of improper...
Apple Issues Urgent Security Update for Older iOS and iPadOS Models
Apple on Monday backported fixes for an actively exploited security flaw to older iPhone and iPad models. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-23529, concerns a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine that could lead to arbitrary code execution. It was originally addressed by the tech giant wit...
Apple Issues Urgent Security Update for Older iOS and iPadOS Models
Apple on Monday backported fixes for an actively exploited security flaw to older iPhone and iPad models. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-23529 , concerns a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine that could lead to arbitrary code execution. It was originally addressed by the tech giant wi...
20-Year-Old BreachForums Founder Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the 20-year-old founder and the administrator of the now-defunct BreachForums has been formally charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to commit access device fraud. If proven guilty, Fitzpatrick, who went by the online moniker "pompompurin," faces a maximum penalty of up to...
20-Year-Old BreachForums Founder Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the 20-year-old founder and the administrator of the now-defunct BreachForums has been formally charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to commit access device fraud. If proven guilty, Fitzpatrick, who went by the online moniker "pompompurin," faces a maximum penalty of up to...
Where SSO Falls Short in Protecting SaaS
Single sign-on SSO is an authentication method that allows users to authenticate their identity for multiple applications with just one set of credentials. From a security standpoint, SSO is the gold standard. It ensures access without forcing users to remember multiple passwords and can be furth...
Where SSO Falls Short in Protecting SaaS
Single sign-on SSO is an authentication method that allows users to authenticate their identity for multiple applications with just one set of credentials. From a security standpoint, SSO is the gold standard. It ensures access without forcing users to remember multiple passwords and can be furth...
New MacStealer macOS Malware Steals iCloud Keychain Data and Passwords
A new information-stealing malware has set its sights on Apple's macOS operating system to siphon sensitive information from compromised devices. Dubbed MacStealer , it's the latest example of a threat that uses Telegram as a command-and-control C2 platform to exfiltrate data. It primarily affect...
New MacStealer macOS Malware Steals iCloud Keychain Data and Passwords
A new information-stealing malware has set its sights on Apple's macOS operating system to siphon sensitive information from compromised devices. Dubbed MacStealer, it's the latest example of a threat that uses Telegram as a command-and-control C2 platform to exfiltrate data. It primarily affects...
Microsoft Issues Patch for aCropalypse Privacy Flaw in Windows Screenshot Tools
Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to address a privacy-defeating flaw in its screenshot editing tool for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The issue, dubbed aCropalypse , could enable malicious actors to recover edited portions of screenshots, potentially revealing sensitive information that...
Microsoft Issues Patch for aCropalypse Privacy Flaw in Windows Screenshot Tools
Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to address a privacy-defeating flaw in its screenshot editing tool for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The issue, dubbed aCropalypse, could enable malicious actors to recover edited portions of screenshots, potentially revealing sensitive information that m...
U.K. National Crime Agency Sets Up Fake DDoS-For-Hire Sites to Catch Cybercriminals
In what's a case of setting a thief to catch a thief, the U.K. National Crime Agency NCA revealed that it has created a network of fake DDoS-for-hire websites to infiltrate the online criminal underground. "All of the NCA-run sites, which have so far been accessed by around several thousand peopl...
U.K. National Crime Agency Sets Up Fake DDoS-For-Hire Sites to Catch Cybercriminals
In what's a case of setting a thief to catch a thief, the U.K. National Crime Agency NCA revealed that it has created a network of fake DDoS-for-hire websites to infiltrate the online criminal underground. "All of the NCA-run sites, which have so far been accessed by around several thousand peopl...
Microsoft Warns of Stealthy Outlook Vulnerability Exploited by Russian Hackers
Microsoft on Friday shared guidance to help customers discover indicators of compromise IoCs associated with a recently patched Outlook vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2023-23397 CVSS score: 9.8, the critical flaw relates to a case of privilege escalation that could be exploited to steal NT LAN...
Microsoft Warns of Stealthy Outlook Vulnerability Exploited by Russian Hackers
Microsoft on Friday shared guidance to help customers discover indicators of compromise IoCs associated with a recently patched Outlook vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2023-23397 CVSS score: 9.8, the critical flaw relates to a case of privilege escalation that could be exploited to steal NT LAN...
OpenAI Reveals Redis Bug Behind ChatGPT User Data Exposure Incident
OpenAI on Friday disclosed that a bug in the Redis open source library was responsible for the exposure of other users' personal information and chat titles in the upstart's ChatGPT service earlier this week. The glitch, which came to light on March 20, 2023, enabled certain users to view brief...
OpenAI Reveals Redis Bug Behind ChatGPT User Data Exposure Incident
OpenAI on Friday disclosed that a bug in the Redis open source library was responsible for the exposure of other users' personal information and chat titles in the upstart's ChatGPT service earlier this week. The glitch, which came to light on March 20, 2023, enabled certain users to view brief...
Malicious Python Package Uses Unicode Trickery to Evade Detection and Steal Data
A malicious Python package on the Python Package Index PyPI repository has been found to use Unicode as a trick to evade detection and deploy an info-stealing malware. The package in question, named onyxproxy, was uploaded to PyPI on March 15, 2023, and comes with capabilities to harvest and...
Malicious Python Package Uses Unicode Trickery to Evade Detection and Steal Data
A malicious Python package on the Python Package Index PyPI repository has been found to use Unicode as a trick to evade detection and deploy an info-stealing malware. The package in question, named onyxproxy, was uploaded to PyPI on March 15, 2023, and comes with capabilities to harvest and...
THN Webinar: Inside the High Risk of 3rd-Party SaaS Apps
Any app that can improve business operations is quickly added to the SaaS stack. However, employees don't realize that this SaaS-to-SaaS connectivity, which typically takes place outside the view of the security team, significantly increases risk. Whether employees connect through Microsoft 365,...
THN Webinar: Inside the High Risk of 3rd-Party SaaS Apps
Any app that can improve business operations is quickly added to the SaaS stack. However, employees don't realize that this SaaS-to-SaaS connectivity, which typically takes place outside the view of the security team, significantly increases risk. Whether employees connect through Microsoft 365,...
GitHub Swiftly Replaces Exposed RSA SSH Key to Protect Git Operations
Cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub said it took the step of replacing its RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations "out of an abundance of caution" after it was briefly exposed in a public repository. The activity, which was carried out at 05:00 UTC on March 24, 2023, is said to...
GitHub Swiftly Replaces Exposed RSA SSH Key to Protect Git Operations
Cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub said it took the step of replacing its RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations "out of an abundance of caution" after it was briefly exposed in a public repository. The activity, which was carried out at 05:00 UTC on March 24, 2023, is said to...
Researchers Uncover Chinese Nation State Hackers' Deceptive Attack Strategies
A recent campaign undertaken by Earth Preta indicates that nation-state groups aligned with China are getting increasingly proficient at bypassing security solutions. The threat actor, active since at least 2012, is tracked by the broader cybersecurity community under Bronze President, HoneyMyte,...
Researchers Uncover Chinese Nation State Hackers' Deceptive Attack Strategies
A recent campaign undertaken by Earth Preta indicates that nation-state groups aligned with China are getting increasingly proficient at bypassing security solutions. The threat actor, active since at least 2012, is tracked by the broader cybersecurity community under Bronze President, HoneyMyte,...
Critical WooCommerce Payments Plugin Flaw Patched for 500,000+ WordPress Sites
Patches have been released for a critical security flaw impacting the WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress, which is installed on over 500,000 websites. The flaw, if left unresolved, could enable a bad actor to gain unauthorized admin access to impacted stores, the company said in an advisor...
Critical WooCommerce Payments Plugin Flaw Patched for 500,000+ WordPress Sites
Patches have been released for a critical security flaw impacting the WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress, which is installed on over 500,000 websites. The flaw, if left unresolved, could enable a bad actor to gain unauthorized admin access to impacted stores, the company said in an advisor...
Fake ChatGPT Chrome Browser Extension Caught Hijacking Facebook Accounts
Google has stepped in to remove a bogus Chrome browser extension from the official Web Store that masqueraded as OpenAI's ChatGPT service to harvest Facebook session cookies and hijack the accounts. The "ChatGPT For Google" extension, a trojanized version of a legitimate open source browser add-o...