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From Disinformation to Deep Fakes: How Threat Actors Manipulate Reality
Deep fakes are expected to become a more prominent attack vector. Here's how to identify them. What are Deep Fakes? A deep fake is the act of maliciously replacing real images and videos with fabricated ones to perform information manipulation. To create images, video and audio that are high...
Core Members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Gang Targeted in Germany and Ukraine
Law enforcement authorities from Germany and Ukraine have targeted suspected core members of a cybercrime group that has been behind large-scale attacks using DoppelPaymer ransomware. The operation, which took place on February 28, 2023, was carried out with support from the Dutch National Police...
Core Members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Gang Targeted in Germany and Ukraine
Law enforcement authorities from Germany and Ukraine have targeted suspected core members of a cybercrime group that has been behind large-scale attacks using DoppelPaymer ransomware. The operation, which took place on February 28, 2023, was carried out with support from the Dutch National Police...
Experts Reveal Google Cloud Platform's Blind Spot for Data Exfiltration Attacks
Malicious actors can take advantage of "insufficient" forensic visibility into Google Cloud Platform GCP to exfiltrate sensitive data, a new research has found. "Unfortunately, GCP does not provide the level of visibility in its storage logs that is needed to allow any effective forensic...
Experts Reveal Google Cloud Platform's Blind Spot for Data Exfiltration Attacks
Malicious actors can take advantage of "insufficient" forensic visibility into Google Cloud Platform GCP to exfiltrate sensitive data, a new research has found. "Unfortunately, GCP does not provide the level of visibility in its storage logs that is needed to allow any effective forensic...
Experts Discover Flaw in U.S. Govt's Chosen Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithm
A group of researchers has revealed what it says is a vulnerability in a specific implementation of CRYSTALS-Kyber , one of the encryption algorithms chosen by the U.S. government as quantum-resistant last year. The exploit relates to "side-channel attacks on up to the fifth-order masked...
Experts Discover Flaw in U.S. Govt's Chosen Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithm
A group of researchers has revealed what it says is a vulnerability in a specific implementation of CRYSTALS-Kyber, one of the encryption algorithms chosen by the U.S. government as quantum-resistant last year. The exploit relates to "side-channel attacks on up to the fifth-order masked...
Security and IT Teams No Longer Need To Pay For SaaS-Shadow IT Discovery
This past January, a SaaS Security Posture Management SSPM company named Wing Security Wing made waves with the launch of its free SaaS-Shadow IT discovery solution. Cloud-based companies were invited to gain insight into their employees' SaaS usage through a completely free, self-service product...
Security and IT Teams No Longer Need To Pay For SaaS-Shadow IT Discovery
This past January, a SaaS Security Posture Management SSPM company named Wing Security Wing made waves with the launch of its free SaaS-Shadow IT discovery solution. Cloud-based companies were invited to gain insight into their employees' SaaS usage through a completely free, self-service product...
New FiXS ATM Malware Targeting Mexican Banks
A new ATM malware strain dubbed FiXS has been observed targeting Mexican banks since the start of February 2023. "The ATM malware is hidden inside another not-malicious-looking program," Latin American cybersecurity firm Metabase Q said in a report shared with The Hacker News. Besides requiring...
New FiXS ATM Malware Targeting Mexican Banks
A new ATM malware strain dubbed FiXS has been observed targeting Mexican banks since the start of February 2023. "The ATM malware is hidden inside another not-malicious-looking program," Latin American cybersecurity firm Metabase Q said in a report shared with The Hacker News. Besides requiring...
New Flaws in TPM 2.0 Library Pose Threat to Billions of IoT and Enterprise Devices
A pair of serious security defects has been disclosed in the Trusted Platform Module TPM 2.0 reference library specification that could potentially lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-1017 , concerns an out-of-bounds write, while the other,...
New Flaws in TPM 2.0 Library Pose Threat to Billions of IoT and Enterprise Devices
A pair of serious security defects has been disclosed in the Trusted Platform Module TPM 2.0 reference library specification that could potentially lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-1017, concerns an out-of-bounds write, while the other,...
Chinese Hackers Targeting European Entities with New MQsTTang Backdoor
The China-aligned Mustang Panda actor has been observed using a hitherto unseen custom backdoor called MQsTTang as part of an ongoing social engineering campaign that commenced in January 2023. "Unlike most of the group's malware, MQsTTang doesn't seem to be based on existing families or publicly...
Chinese Hackers Targeting European Entities with New MQsTTang Backdoor
The China-aligned Mustang Panda actor has been observed using a hitherto unseen custom backdoor called MQsTTang as part of an ongoing social engineering campaign that commenced in January 2023. "Unlike most of the group's malware, MQsTTang doesn't seem to be based on existing families or publicly...
U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Raises Alarm Over Royal Ransomware's Deadly Capabilities
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released a new advisory about Royal ransomware, which emerged in the threat landscape last year. "After gaining access to victims' networks, Royal actors disable antivirus software and exfiltrate large amounts of data before...
U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Raises Alarm Over Royal Ransomware's Deadly Capabilities
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released a new advisory about Royal ransomware, which emerged in the threat landscape last year. "After gaining access to victims' networks, Royal actors disable antivirus software and exfiltrate large amounts of data before...
Hackers Exploit Containerized Environments to Steal Proprietary Data and Software
A sophisticated attack campaign dubbed SCARLETEEL is targeting containerized environments to perpetrate theft of proprietary data and software. "The attacker exploited a containerized workload and then leveraged it to perform privilege escalation into an AWS account in order to steal proprietary...
Hackers Exploit Containerized Environments to Steal Proprietary Data and Software
A sophisticated attack campaign dubbed SCARLETEEL is targeting containerized environments to perpetrate theft of proprietary data and software. "The attacker exploited a containerized workload and then leveraged it to perform privilege escalation into an AWS account in order to steal proprietary...
New Cryptojacking Campaign Leverages Misconfigured Redis Database Servers
Misconfigured Redis database servers are the target of a novel cryptojacking campaign that leverages a legitimate and open source command-line file transfer service to implement its attack. "Underpinning this campaign was the use of transfer.sh," Cado Security said in a report shared with The...
New Cryptojacking Campaign Leverages Misconfigured Redis Database Servers
Misconfigured Redis database servers are the target of a novel cryptojacking campaign that leverages a legitimate and open source command-line file transfer service to implement its attack. "Underpinning this campaign was the use of transfer.sh," Cado Security said in a report shared with The...
2023 Browser Security Report Uncovers Major Browsing Risks and Blind Spots
As a primary working interface, the browser plays a significant role in today's corporate environment. The browser is constantly used by employees to access websites, SaaS applications and internal applications, from both managed and unmanaged devices. A new report published by LayerX, a browser...
2023 Browser Security Report Uncovers Major Browsing Risks and Blind Spots
As a primary working interface, the browser plays a significant role in today's corporate environment. The browser is constantly used by employees to access websites, SaaS applications and internal applications, from both managed and unmanaged devices. A new report published by LayerX, a browser...
Experts Identify Fully-Featured Info Stealer and Trojan in Python Package on PyPI
A malicious Python package uploaded to the Python Package Index PyPI has been found to contain a fully-featured information stealer and remote access trojan. The package, named colourfool , was identified by Kroll's Cyber Threat Intelligence team, with the company calling the malware Colour-Blind...
Experts Identify Fully-Featured Info Stealer and Trojan in Python Package on PyPI
A malicious Python package uploaded to the Python Package Index PyPI has been found to contain a fully-featured information stealer and remote access trojan. The package, named colourfool, was identified by Kroll's Cyber Threat Intelligence team, with the company calling the malware Colour-Blind...
SysUpdate Malware Strikes Again with Linux Version and New Evasion Tactics
The threat actor known as Lucky Mouse has developed a Linux version of a malware toolkit called SysUpdate, expanding on its ability to target devices running the operating system. The oldest version of the updated artifact dates back to July 2022, with the malware incorporating new features...
SysUpdate Malware Strikes Again with Linux Version and New Evasion Tactics
The threat actor known as Lucky Mouse has developed a Linux version of a malware toolkit called SysUpdate, expanding on its ability to target devices running the operating system. The oldest version of the updated artifact dates back to July 2022, with the malware incorporating new features...
Critical Flaw in Cisco IP Phone Series Exposes Users to Command Injection Attack
Cisco on Wednesday rolled out security updates to address a critical flaw impacting its IP Phone 6800, 7800, 7900, and 8800 Series products. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20078, is rated 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system and is described as a command injection bug in the web-based...
Critical Flaw in Cisco IP Phone Series Exposes Users to Command Injection Attack
Cisco on Wednesday rolled out security updates to address a critical flaw impacting its IP Phone 6800, 7800, 7900, and 8800 Series products. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20078, is rated 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system and is described as a command injection bug in the web-based...
Cybercriminals Targeting Law Firms with GootLoader and FakeUpdates Malware
Six different law firms were targeted in January and February 2023 as part of two disparate threat campaigns distributing GootLoader and FakeUpdates aka SocGholish malware strains. GootLoader, active since late 2020, is a first-stage downloader that's capable of delivering a wide range of seconda...
Cybercriminals Targeting Law Firms with GootLoader and FakeUpdates Malware
Six different law firms were targeted in January and February 2023 as part of two disparate threat campaigns distributing GootLoader and FakeUpdates aka SocGholish malware strains. GootLoader, active since late 2020, is a first-stage downloader that's capable of delivering a wide range of seconda...
BlackLotus Becomes First UEFI Bootkit Malware to Bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11
A stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus has become the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot defenses, making it a potent threat in the cyber landscape. "This bootkit can run even on fully up-to-date Windows 11 systems with UEFI Secu...
BlackLotus Becomes First UEFI Bootkit Malware to Bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11
A stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus has become the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot defenses, making it a potent threat in the cyber landscape. "This bootkit can run even on fully up-to-date Windows 11 systems with UEFI Secu...
CISOs Are Stressed Out and It's Putting Companies at Risk
Employee well-being has become a primary focus for many businesses. Even before the pandemic, the C-suite was acutely aware of how employee mental health impacts business outcomes. But for cybersecurity professionals, stress has always been a part of the job. A new survey revealed that one of the...
CISOs Are Stressed Out and It's Putting Companies at Risk
Employee well-being has become a primary focus for many businesses. Even before the pandemic, the C-suite was acutely aware of how employee mental health impacts business outcomes. But for cybersecurity professionals, stress has always been a part of the job. A new survey revealed that one of the...
Gmail and Google Calendar Now Support Client-Side Encryption (CSE) to Boost Data Privacy
Google has announced the general availability of client-side encryption CSE for Gmail and Calendar, months after piloting the feature in late 2022. The data privacy controls enable "even more organizations to become arbiters of their own data and the sole party deciding who has access to it,"...
Gmail and Google Calendar Now Support Client-Side Encryption (CSE) to Boost Data Privacy
Google has announced the general availability of client-side encryption CSE for Gmail and Calendar, months after piloting the feature in late 2022. The data privacy controls enable "even more organizations to become arbiters of their own data and the sole party deciding who has access to it,"...
Parallax RAT Targeting Cryptocurrency Firms with Sophisticated Injection Techniques
Cryptocurrency companies are being targeted as part of a new campaign that delivers a remote access trojan called Parallax RAT. The malware "uses injection techniques to hide within legitimate processes, making it difficult to detect," Uptycs said in a new report. "Once it has been successfully...
Parallax RAT Targeting Cryptocurrency Firms with Sophisticated Injection Techniques
Cryptocurrency companies are being targeted as part of a new campaign that delivers a remote access trojan called Parallax RAT. The malware "uses injection techniques to hide within legitimate processes, making it difficult to detect," Uptycs said in a new report. "Once it has been successfully...
Bitdefender Releases Free Decryptor for MortalKombat Ransomware Strain
Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for a new ransomware strain known as MortalKombat. MortalKombat is a new ransomware strain that emerged in January 2023. It's based on commodity ransomware dubbed Xorist and has been observed in attacks targeting entities in...
New EX-22 Tool Empowers Hackers with Stealthy Ransomware Attacks on Enterprises
A new post-exploitation framework called EXFILTRATOR-22 aka EX-22 has emerged in the wild with the goal of deploying ransomware within enterprise networks while flying under the radar. "It comes with a wide range of capabilities, making post-exploitation a cakewalk for anyone purchasing the tool,...
New EX-22 Tool Empowers Hackers with Stealthy Ransomware Attacks on Enterprises
A new post-exploitation framework called EXFILTRATOR-22 aka EX-22 has emerged in the wild with the goal of deploying ransomware within enterprise networks while flying under the radar. "It comes with a wide range of capabilities, making post-exploitation a cakewalk for anyone purchasing the tool,...
Bitdefender Releases Free Decryptor for MortalKombat Ransomware Strain
Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free universal decryptor for a nascent file-encrypting malware known as MortalKombat. MortalKombat is a new ransomware strain that emerged in January 2023. It's based on a commodity ransomware dubbed Xorist and has been observed in attacks...
Application Security vs. API Security: What is the difference?
As digital transformation takes hold and businesses become increasingly reliant on digital services, it has become more important than ever to secure applications and APIs Application Programming Interfaces. With that said, application security and API security are two critical components of a...
Application Security vs. API Security: What is the difference?
As digital transformation takes hold and businesses become increasingly reliant on digital services, it has become more important than ever to secure applications and APIs Application Programming Interfaces. With that said, application security and API security are two critical components of a...
APT-C-36 Strikes Again: Blind Eagle Hackers Target Key Industries in Colombia
The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been linked to a new campaign targeting various key industries in Colombia. The activity, which was detected by the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team on February 20, 2023, is also said to encompass Ecuador, Chile, and Spain, suggesting a slow...
APT-C-36 Strikes Again: Blind Eagle Hackers Target Key Industries in Colombia
The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been linked to a new campaign targeting various key industries in Colombia. The activity, which was detected by the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team on February 20, 2023, is also said to encompass Ecuador, Chile, and Spain, suggesting a slow...
CISA Issues Warning on Active Exploitation of ZK Java Web Framework Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a high-severity flaw affecting the ZK Framework to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2022-36537 CVSS score: 7.5, the issue impacts ZK Framework versions...
CISA Issues Warning on Active Exploitation of ZK Java Web Framework Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a high-severity flaw affecting the ZK Framework to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2022-36537 CVSS score: 7.5, the issue impacts ZK Framework versions...
LastPass Reveals Second Attack Resulting in Breach of Encrypted Password Vaults
LastPass, which in December 2022 disclosed a severe data breach that allowed threat actors to access encrypted password vaults, said it happened as a result of the same adversary launching a second attack on its systems. The company said one of its DevOps engineers had their personal home compute...