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Google Delays Blocking 3rd-Party Cookies in Chrome Browser Until 2024
Google on Wednesday said it's once again delaying its plans to turn off third-party cookies in the Chrome web browser from late 2023 to the second half of 2024. "The most consistent feedback we've received is the need for more time to evaluate and test the new Privacy Sandbox technologies before...
Hackers Opting New Attack Methods After Microsoft Blocked Macros by Default
With Microsoft taking steps to block Excel 4.0 XLM or XL4 and Visual Basic for Applications VBA macros by default across Office apps, malicious actors are responding by refining their tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs. "The use of VBA and XL4 Macros decreased approximately 66% from October...
Microsoft Uncovers Austrian Company Exploiting Windows and Adobe Zero-Day Exploits
A cyber mercenary that "ostensibly sells general security and information analysis services to commercial customers" used several Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits in limited and highly-targeted attacks against European and Central American entities. The company, which Microsoft describes as a...
Top MSSP CEOs Share 7 Must-Do Tips for Higher MSSP Revenue and Margin
MSSPs must find ways to balance the need to please existing customers, add new ones, and deliver high-margin services against their internal budget constraints and the need to maintain high employee morale. In an environment where there are thousands of potential alerts each day and cyberattacks...
LibreOffice Releases Software Update to Patch 3 New Vulnerabilities
The team behind LibreOffice has released security updates to fix three security flaws in the productivity software, one of which could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected systems. Tracked as CVE-2022-26305, the issue has been described as a case of improper certificate...
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on North Korean Hackers
The U.S. State Department has announced rewards of up to $10 million for any information that could help disrupt North Korea's cryptocurrency theft, cyber-espionage, and other illicit state-backed activities. "If you have information on any individuals associated with the North Korean...
These 28+ Android Apps with 10 Million Downloads from the Play Store Contain Malware
As many as 30 malicious Android apps with cumulative downloads of nearly 10 million have been found on the Google Play Store distributing adware. "All of them were built into various programs, including image-editing software, virtual keyboards, system tools and utilities, calling apps, wallpaper...
New Ducktail Infostealer Malware Targeting Facebook Business and Ad Accounts
Facebook business and advertising accounts are at the receiving end of an ongoing campaign dubbed Ducktail designed to seize control as part of a financially driven cybercriminal operation. "The threat actor targets individuals and employees that may have access to a Facebook Business account wit...
Taking the Risk-Based Approach to Vulnerability Patching
Software vulnerabilities are a major threat to organizations today. The cost of these threats is significant, both financially and in terms of reputation. Vulnerability management and patching can easily get out of hand when the number of vulnerabilities in your organization is in the hundreds of...
Malicious IIS Extensions Gaining Popularity Among Cyber Criminals for Persistent Access
Threat actors are increasingly abusing Internet Information Services IIS extensions to backdoor servers as a means of establishing a "durable persistence mechanism." That's according to a new warning from the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team, which said that "IIS backdoors are also harder to...
Experts Find Similarities Between New LockBit 3.0 and BlackMatter Ransomware
Cybersecurity researchers have reiterated similarities between the latest iteration of the LockBit ransomware and BlackMatter, a rebranded variant of the DarkSide ransomware strain that closed shop in November 2021. The new version of LockBit, called LockBit 3.0 aka LockBit Black, was released in...
4 Steps the Financial Industry Can Take to Cope With Their Growing Attack Surface
The financial services industry has always been at the forefront of technology adoption, but the 2020 pandemic accelerated the widespread use of mobile banking apps, chat-based customer service, and other digital tools. Adobe's 2022 FIS Trends Report, for instance, found that more than half of th...
Hackers Increasingly Using WebAssembly Coded Cryptominers to Evade Detection
As many as 207 websites have been infected with malicious code designed to launch a cryptocurrency miner by leveraging WebAssembly Wasm on the browser. Web security company Sucuri, which published details of the campaign, said it launched an investigation after one of its clients had their comput...
Critical FileWave MDM Flaws Open Organization-Managed Devices to Remote Hackers
FileWave's mobile device management MDM system has been found vulnerable to two critical security flaws that could be leveraged to carry out remote attacks and seize control of a fleet of devices connected to it. "The vulnerabilities are remotely exploitable and enable an attacker to bypass...
SmokeLoader Infecting Targeted Systems with Amadey Info-Stealing Malware
An information-stealing malware called Amadey is being distributed by means of another backdoor called SmokeLoader. The attacks hinge on tricking users into downloading SmokeLoader that masquerades as software cracks, paving the way for the deployment of Amadey, researchers from the AhnLab Securi...
Hackers Exploit PrestaShop Zero-Day to Steal Payment Data from Online Stores
Malicious actors are exploiting a previously unknown security flaw in the open source PrestaShop e-commerce platform to inject malicious skimmer code designed to swipe sensitive information. "Attackers have found a way to use a security vulnerability to carry out arbitrary code execution in serve...
Microsoft Adds Default Protection Against RDP Brute-Force Attacks in Windows 11
Microsoft is now taking steps to prevent Remote Desktop Protocol RDP brute-force attacks as part of the latest builds for the Windows 11 operating system in an attempt to raise the security baseline to meet the evolving threat landscape. To that end, the default policy for Windows 11 builds –...
Experts Uncover New 'CosmicStrand' UEFI Firmware Rootkit Used by Chinese Hackers
An unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a new kind of sophisticated Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI firmware rootkit called CosmicStrand. "The rootkit is located in the firmware images of Gigabyte or ASUS motherboards, and we noticed that all these images are...
Magecart Hacks Food Ordering Systems to Steal Payment Data from Over 300 Restaurants
Three restaurant ordering platforms MenuDrive, Harbortouch, and InTouchPOS were the target of two Magecart skimming campaigns that resulted in the compromise of at least 311 restaurants. The trio of breaches has led to the theft of more than 50,000 payment card records from these infected...
Racoon Stealer is Back — How to Protect Your Organization
The Racoon Stealer malware as a service platform gained notoriety several years ago for its ability to extract data that is stored within a Web browser. This data initially included passwords and cookies, which sometimes allow a recognized device to be authenticated without a password being...
Roaming Mantis Financial Hackers Targeting Android and iPhone Users in France
The mobile threat campaign tracked as Roaming Mantis has been linked to a new wave of compromises directed against French mobile phone users, months after it expanded its targeting to include European countries. No fewer than 70,000 Android devices are said to have been infected as part of the...
SonicWall Issues Patch for Critical Bug Affecting its Analytics and GMS Products
Network security company SonicWall on Friday rolled out fixes to mitigate a critical SQL injection SQLi vulnerability affecting its Analytics On-Prem and Global Management System GMS products. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22280, is rated 9.4 for severity on the CVSS scoring system and...
Microsoft Resumes Blocking Office VBA Macros by Default After 'Temporary Pause'
Microsoft has officially resumed blocking Visual Basic for Applications VBA macros by default across Office apps, weeks after temporarily announcing plans to roll back the change. "Based on our review of customer feedback, we've made updates to both our end user and our IT admin documentation to...
Google Bringing the Android App Permissions Section Back to the Play Store
Google on Thursday said it's backtracking on a recent change that removed the app permissions list from the Google Play Store for Android across both the mobile app and the web. "Privacy and transparency are core values in the Android community," the Android Developers team said in a series of...
An Easier Way to Keep Old Python Code Healthy and Secure
Python has its pros and cons, but it's nonetheless used extensively. For example, Python is frequently used in data crunching tasks even when there are more appropriate languages to choose from. Why? Well, Python is relatively easy to learn. Someone with a science background can pick up Python mu...
Ukrainian Radio Stations Hacked to Broadcast Fake News About Zelenskyy's Health
Ukrainian radio operator TAVR Media on Thursday became the latest victim of a cyberattack, resulting in the broadcast of a fake message that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was seriously ill. "Cybercriminals spread information that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is allegedly in...
Candiru Spyware Caught Exploiting Google Chrome Zero-Day to Target Journalists
The actively exploited but now-fixed Google Chrome zero-day flaw that came to light at the start of this month was weaponized by an Israeli spyware company and used in attacks targeting journalists in the Middle East. Czech cybersecurity firm Avast linked the exploitation to Candiru aka Saito Tec...
New Linux Malware Framework Lets Attackers Install Rootkit on Targeted Systems
A never-before-seen Linux malware has been dubbed a "Swiss Army Knife" for its modular architecture and its capability to install rootkits. This previously undetected Linux threat, called Lightning Framework by Intezer, is equipped with a plethora of features, making it one of the most intricate...
Hackers Target Ukrainian Software Company Using GoMet Backdoor
A large software development company whose software is used by different state entities in Ukraine was at the receiving end of an "uncommon" piece of malware, new research has found. The malware, first observed on the morning of May 19, 2022, is a custom variant of the open source backdoor known ...
Hackers Use Evilnum Malware to Target Cryptocurrency and Commodities Platforms
The advanced persistent threat APT actor tracked as Evilnum is once again exhibiting signs of renewed activity aimed at European financial and investment entities. "Evilnum is a backdoor that can be used for data theft or to load additional payloads," enterprise security firm Proofpoint said in a...
The New Weak Link in SaaS Security: Devices
Typically, when threat actors look to infiltrate an organization's SaaS apps, they look to SaaS app misconfigurations as a means of entry. However, employees now use their personal devices, whether their phones or laptops, etc., to get their jobs done. If the device's hygiene is not up to par, it...
Atlassian Rolls Out Security Patch for Critical Confluence Vulnerability
Atlassian has rolled out fixes to remediate a critical security vulnerability pertaining to the use of hard-coded credentials affecting the Questions For Confluence app for Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-26138, arises when the app in question is enable...
FBI Seizes $500,000 Ransomware Payments and Crypto from North Korean Hackers
The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ has announced the seizure of $500,000 worth of Bitcoin from North Korean hackers who extorted digital payments from several organizations by using a new ransomware strain known as Maui. "The seized funds include ransoms paid by healthcare providers in Kansas and...
Cynomi Automated Virtual CISO (vCISO) Platform for Service Providers
Growing cyber threats, tightening regulatory demands and strict cyber insurance requirements are driving small to medium-sized enterprises demand for strategic cybersecurity and compliance guidance and management. Since most companies this size don't have in-house CISO expertise – the demand for...
Apple Releases Security Patches for all Devices Fixing Dozens of New Vulnerabilities
Apple on Wednesday rolled out software fixes for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS to address a number of security flaws affecting its platforms. This includes at least 37 flaws spanning different components in iOS and macOS that range from privilege escalation to arbitrary code execution and...
Cisco Releases Patches for Critical Flaws Impacting Nexus Dashboard for Data Centers
Cisco on Wednesday released security patches for 45 vulnerabilities affecting a variety of products, some of which could be exploited to execute arbitrary actions with elevated permissions on affected systems. Of the 45 bugs, one security vulnerability is rated Critical, three are rated High, and...
Google Adds Support for DNS-over-HTTP/3 in Android to Keep DNS Queries Private — The Hacker News
Google on Tuesday officially announced support for DNS-over-HTTP/3 DoH3 for Android devices as part of a Google Play system update designed to keep DNS queries private. To that end, Android smartphones running Android 11 and higher are expected to use DoH3 instead of DNS-over-TLS DoT, which was...
New Rust-based Ransomware Family Targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems — The Hacker News
Kaspersky security researchers have disclosed details of a brand-new ransomware family written in Rust, making it the third strain after BlackCat and Hive to use the programming language. Luna, as it's called, is "fairly simple" and can run on Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems, with the malware...
This Cloud Botnet Has Hijacked 30,000 Systems to Mine Cryptocurrencies
The 8220 cryptomining group has expanded in size to encompass as many as 30,000 infected hosts, up from 2,000 hosts globally in mid-2021. "8220 Gang is one of the many low-skill crimeware gangs we continually observe infecting cloud hosts and operating a botnet and cryptocurrency miners through...
Unpatched GPS Tracker Bugs Could Let Attackers Disrupt Vehicles Remotely — The Hacker News
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is warning of a handful of unpatched security vulnerabilities in MiCODUS MV720 Global Positioning System GPS trackers outfitted in over 1.5 million vehicles that could lead to remote disruption of critical operations. "Successful...
Dealing With Alert Overload? There's a Guide For That — The Hacker News
The Great Resignation – or the Great Reshuffle as some are calling it – and the growing skills gap have been dominating headlines lately. But these issues aren't new to the cybersecurity industry. While many are just now hearing about employee burnout, security teams have faced reality and seriou...
Russian Hackers Tricked Ukrainians with Fake "DoS Android Apps to Target Russia" — The Hacker News
Russian threat actors capitalized on the ongoing conflict against Ukraine to distribute Android malware camouflaged as an app for pro-Ukrainian hacktivists to launch distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against Russian sites. Google Threat Analysis Group TAG attributed the malware to Turla,...
Russian Hackers Using DropBox and Google Drive to Drop Malicious Payloads — The Hacker News
The Russian state-sponsored hacking collective known as APT29 has been attributed to a new phishing campaign that takes advantage of legitimate cloud services like Google Drive and Dropbox to deliver malicious payloads on compromised systems. "These campaigns are believed to have targeted several...
Experts Uncover New CloudMensis Spyware Targeting Apple macOS Users — The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented spyware targeting the Apple macOS operating system. The malware, codenamed CloudMensis by Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, is said to exclusively use public cloud storage services such as pCloud, Yandex Disk, and Dropbox...
Security Experts Warn of Two Primary Client-Side Risks Associated with Data Exfiltration and Loss — The Hacker News
Two client-side risks dominate the problems with data loss and data exfiltration: improperly placed trackers on websites and web applications and malicious client-side code pulled from third-party repositories like NPM. Client-side security researchers are finding that improperly placed trackers,...
New Air-Gap Attack Uses SATA Cable as an Antenna to Transfer Radio Signals — The Hacker News
A new method devised to leak information and jump over air-gaps takes advantage of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SATA or Serial ATA cables as a communication medium, adding to a long list of electromagnetic, magnetic, electric, optical, and acoustic methods already demonstrated to plunder...
Several New Play Store Apps Spotted Distributing Joker, Facestealer and Coper Malware — The Hacker News
Google has taken steps to ax dozens of fraudulent apps from the official Play Store that were spotted propagating Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families through the virtual marketplace. While the Android storefront is considered to be a trusted source for discovering and installing apps,...
FBI Warns of Fake Cryptocurrency Apps Stealing Millions from Investors
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has warned of cyber criminals building rogue cryptocurrency-themed apps to defraud investors in the virtual assets space. "The FBI has observed cyber criminals contacting U.S. investors, fraudulently claiming to offer legitimate cryptocurrency investme...
New Study Finds Most Enterprise Vendors Failing to Mitigate Speculative Execution Attacks
With speculative execution attacks remaining a stubbornly persistent vulnerability ailing modern processors, new research has highlighted an "industry failure" to adopt mitigations released by AMD and Intel, posing a firmware supply chain threat. Dubbed FirmwareBleed by Binarly, the information...
Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Devices of Pro-Democracy Activists in Thailand — The Hacker News
Thai activists involved in the country's pro-democracy protests have had their smartphones infected with NSO Group's infamous Pegasus government-sponsored spyware. At least 30 individuals, spanning activists, academics, lawyers, and NGO workers, are believed to have been targeted between October...