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Webinar: Tips from MSSPs to MSSPs – Building a Profitable vCISO Practice
In today's fast-paced and ever-changing digital landscape, businesses of all sizes face a myriad of cybersecurity threats. Putting in place the right people, technological tools and services, MSSPs are in a great position to ensure their customers' cyber resilience. The growing need of SMEs and...
Google Launches New Cybersecurity Initiatives to Strengthen Vulnerability Management
Google on Thursday outlined a set of initiatives aimed at improving the vulnerability management ecosystem and establishing greater transparency measures around exploitation. "While the notoriety of zero-day vulnerabilities typically makes headlines, risks remain even after they're known and fixe...
Google Launches New Cybersecurity Initiatives to Strengthen Vulnerability Management
Google on Thursday outlined a set of initiatives aimed at improving the vulnerability management ecosystem and establishing greater transparency measures around exploitation. "While the notoriety of zero-day vulnerabilities typically makes headlines, risks remain even after they're known and fixe...
RTM Locker: Emerging Cybercrime Group Targeting Businesses with Ransomware
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the tactics of a "rising" cybercriminal gang called "Read The Manual" RTM Locker that functions as a private ransomware-as-a-service RaaS provider and carries out opportunistic attacks to generate illicit profit. "The 'Read The Manual' Locker gang uses...
RTM Locker: Emerging Cybercrime Group Targeting Businesses with Ransomware
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the tactics of a "rising" cybercriminal gang called "Read The Manual" RTM Locker that functions as a private ransomware-as-a-service RaaS provider and carries out opportunistic attacks to generate illicit profit. "The 'Read The Manual' Locker gang uses...
WhatsApp Introduces New Device Verification Feature to Prevent Account Takeover Attacks
Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp on Thursday announced a new account verification feature that ensures that malware running on a user's mobile device doesn't impact their account. "Mobile device malware is one of the biggest threats to people's privacy and security today because it can take...
WhatsApp Introduces New Device Verification Feature to Prevent Account Takeover Attacks
Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp on Thursday announced a new account verification feature that ensures that malware running on a user's mobile device doesn't impact their account. "Mobile device malware is one of the biggest threats to people's privacy and security today because it can take...
New Python-Based "Legion" Hacking Tool Emerges on Telegram
An emerging Python-based credential harvester and a hacking tool named Legion is being marketed via Telegram as a way for threat actors to break into various online services for further exploitation. Legion, according to Cado Labs, includes modules to enumerate vulnerable SMTP servers, conduct...
New Python-Based "Legion" Hacking Tool Emerges on Telegram
An emerging Python-based credential harvester and a hacking tool named Legion is being marketed via Telegram as a way for threat actors to break into various online services for further exploitation. Legion, according to Cado Labs, includes modules to enumerate vulnerable SMTP servers, conduct...
Pakistan-based Transparent Tribe Hackers Targeting Indian Educational Institutions
The Transparent Tribe threat actor has been linked to a set of weaponized Microsoft Office documents in intrusions directed against the Indian education sector to deploy a continuously maintained piece of malware called Crimson RAT. While the suspected Pakistan-based threat group is known to targ...
Pakistan-based Transparent Tribe Hackers Targeting Indian Educational Institutions
The Transparent Tribe threat actor has been linked to a set of weaponized Microsoft Office documents in intrusions directed against the Indian education sector to deploy a continuously maintained piece of malware called Crimson RAT. While the suspected Pakistan-based threat group is known to targ...
Why Shadow APIs are More Dangerous than You Think
Shadow APIs are a growing risk for organizations of all sizes as they can mask malicious behavior and induce substantial data loss. For those that aren't familiar with the term, shadow APIs are a type of application programming interface API that isn't officially documented or supported. Contrary...
Why Shadow APIs are More Dangerous than You Think
Shadow APIs are a growing risk for organizations of all sizes as they can mask malicious behavior and induce substantial data loss. For those that aren't familiar with the term, shadow APIs are a type of application programming interface API that isn't officially documented or supported. Contrary...
Lazarus Hacker Group Evolves Tactics, Tools, and Targets in DeathNote Campaign
The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been observed shifting its focus and rapidly evolving its tools and tactics as part of a long-running campaign called DeathNote. While the nation-state adversary is known for persistently singling out the cryptocurrency sector, recent...
Lazarus Hacker Group Evolves Tactics, Tools, and Targets in DeathNote Campaign
The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been observed shifting its focus and rapidly evolving its tools and tactics as part of a long-running campaign called DeathNote. While the nation-state adversary is known for persistently singling out the cryptocurrency sector, recent...
ChatGPT Security: OpenAI's Bug Bounty Program Offers Up to $20,000 Prizes
OpenAI, the company behind the massively popular ChatGPT AI chatbot, has launched a bug bounty program in an attempt to ensure its systems are "safe and secure." To that end, it has partnered with the crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd for independent researchers to report vulnerabilities...
ChatGPT Security: OpenAI's Bug Bounty Program Offers Up to $20,000 Prizes
OpenAI, the company behind the massively popular ChatGPT AI chatbot, has launched a bug bounty program in an attempt to ensure its systems are "safe and secure." To that end, it has partnered with the crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd for independent researchers to report vulnerabilities...
Israel-based Spyware Firm QuaDream Targets High-Risk iPhones with Zero-Click Exploit
Threat actors using hacking tools from an Israeli surveillanceware vendor named QuaDream targeted at least five members of civil society in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. According to findings from a group of researchers from the Citizen Lab, the spyware...
Israel-based Spyware Firm QuaDream Targets High-Risk iPhones with Zero-Click Exploit
Threat actors using hacking tools from an Israeli surveillanceware vendor named QuaDream targeted at least five members of civil society in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. According to findings from a group of researchers from the Citizen Lab, the spyware...
The Service Accounts Challenge: Can't See or Secure Them Until It's Too Late
Here's a hard question to answer: 'How many service accounts do you have in your environment?'. A harder one is: 'Do you know what these accounts are doing?'. And the hardest is probably: 'If any of your service account was compromised and used to access resources would you be able to detect and...
The Service Accounts Challenge: Can't See or Secure Them Until It's Too Late
Here's a hard question to answer: 'How many service accounts do you have in your environment?'. A harder one is: 'Do you know what these accounts are doing?'. And the hardest is probably: 'If any of your service account was compromised and used to access resources would you be able to detect and...
Urgent: Microsoft Issues Patches for 97 Flaws, Including Active Ransomware Exploit
It's the second Tuesday of the month, and Microsoft has released another set of security updates to fix a total of 97 flaws impacting its software, one of which has been actively exploited in ransomware attacks in the wild. Seven of the 97 bugs are rated Critical and 90 are rated Important in...
Urgent: Microsoft Issues Patches for 97 Flaws, Including Active Ransomware Exploit
It's the second Tuesday of the month, and Microsoft has released another set of security updates to fix a total of 97 flaws impacting its software, one of which has been actively exploited in ransomware attacks in the wild. Seven of the 97 bugs are rated Critical and 90 are rated Important in...
North Korean Hackers Uncovered as Mastermind in 3CX Supply Chain Attack
Enterprise communications service provider 3CX confirmed that the supply chain attack targeting its desktop application for Windows and macOS was the handiwork of a threat actor with North Korean nexus. The findings are the result of an interim assessment conducted by Google-owned Mandiant, whose...
North Korean Hackers Uncovered as Mastermind in 3CX Supply Chain Attack
Enterprise communications service provider 3CX confirmed that the supply chain attack targeting its desktop application for Windows and macOS was the handiwork of a threat actor with North Korean nexus. The findings are the result of an interim assessment conducted by Google-owned Mandiant, whose...
Newly Discovered "By-Design" Flaw in Microsoft Azure Could Expose Storage Accounts to Hackers
A "by-design flaw" uncovered in Microsoft Azure could be exploited by attackers to gain access to storage accounts, move laterally in the environment, and even execute remote code. "It is possible to abuse and leverage Microsoft Storage Accounts by manipulating Azure Functions to steal...
Newly Discovered "By-Design" Flaw in Microsoft Azure Could Expose Storage Accounts to Hackers
A "by-design flaw" uncovered in Microsoft Azure could be exploited by attackers to gain access to storage accounts, move laterally in the environment, and even execute remote code. "It is possible to abuse and leverage Microsoft Storage Accounts by manipulating Azure Functions to steal...
Cybercriminals Turn to Android Loaders on Dark Web to Evade Google Play Security
Malicious loader programs capable of trojanizing Android applications are being traded on the criminal underground for up to $20,000 as a way to evade Google Play Store defenses. "The most popular application categories to hide malware and unwanted software include cryptocurrency trackers,...
Cybercriminals Turn to Android Loaders on Dark Web to Evade Google Play Security
Malicious loader programs capable of trojanizing Android applications are being traded on the criminal underground for up to $20,000 as a way to evade Google Play Store defenses. "The most popular application categories to hide malware and unwanted software include cryptocurrency trackers,...
[eBook] A Step-by-Step Guide to Cyber Risk Assessment
In today's perilous cyber risk landscape, CISOs and CIOs must defend their organizations against relentless cyber threats, including ransomware, phishing, attacks on infrastructure, supply chain breaches, malicious insiders, and much more. Yet at the same time, security leaders are also under...
[eBook] A Step-by-Step Guide to Cyber Risk Assessment
In today's perilous cyber risk landscape, CISOs and CIOs must defend their organizations against relentless cyber threats, including ransomware, phishing, attacks on infrastructure, supply chain breaches, malicious insiders, and much more. Yet at the same time, security leaders are also under...
Cryptocurrency Stealer Malware Distributed via 13 NuGet Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the inner workings of the cryptocurrency stealer malware that was distributed via 13 malicious NuGet packages as part of a supply chain attack targeting .NET developers. The sophisticated typosquatting campaign, which was uncovered by JFrog late last month,...
Cryptocurrency Stealer Malware Distributed via 13 NuGet Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the inner workings of the cryptocurrency stealer malware that was distributed via 13 malicious NuGet packages as part of a supply chain attack targeting .NET developers. The sophisticated typosquatting campaign, which was uncovered by JFrog late last month,...
Estonian National Charged in U.S. for Acquiring Electronics and Metasploit Pro for Russian Military
An Estonian national has been charged in the U.S. for purchasing U.S.-made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The 45-year-old individual, Andrey Shevlyakov, was arrested on March 28, 2023, in Tallinn. He has been indicted with 18 counts of conspiracy and other charges. ...
Estonian National Charged in U.S. for Acquiring Electronics and Metasploit Pro for Russian Military
An Estonian national has been charged in the U.S. for purchasing U.S.-made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The 45-year-old individual, Andrey Shevlyakov, was arrested on March 28, 2023, in Tallinn. He has been indicted with 18 counts of conspiracy and other charges. ...
Hackers Flood NPM with Bogus Packages Causing a DoS Attack
Threat actors flooded the npm open source package repository for Node.js with bogus packages that briefly even resulted in a denial-of-service DoS attack. "The threat actors create malicious websites and publish empty packages with links to those malicious websites, taking advantage of open-sourc...
Hackers Flood NPM with Bogus Packages Causing a DoS Attack
Threat actors flooded the npm open source package repository for Node.js with bogus packages that briefly even resulted in a denial-of-service DoS attack. "The threat actors create malicious websites and publish empty packages with links to those malicious websites, taking advantage of open-sourc...
Top 10 Cybersecurity Trends for 2023: From Zero Trust to Cyber Insurance
As technology advances, cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated. With the increasing use of technology in our daily lives, cybercrime is on the rise, as evidenced by the fact that cyberattacks caused 92% of all data breaches in the first quarter of 2022. Staying current with cybersecurity...
Top 10 Cybersecurity Trends for 2023: From Zero Trust to Cyber Insurance
As technology advances, cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated. With the increasing use of technology in our daily lives, cybercrime is on the rise, as evidenced by the fact that cyberattacks caused 92% of all data breaches in the first quarter of 2022. Staying current with cybersecurity...
Over 1 Million WordPress Sites Infected by Balada Injector Malware Campaign
Over one million WordPress websites are estimated to have been infected by an ongoing campaign to deploy malware called Balada Injector since 2017. The massive campaign, per GoDaddy's Sucuri, "leverages all known and recently discovered theme and plugin vulnerabilities" to breach WordPress sites...
Over 1 Million WordPress Sites Infected by Balada Injector Malware Campaign
Over one million WordPress websites are estimated to have been infected by an ongoing campaign to deploy malware called Balada Injector since 2017. The massive campaign, per GoDaddy's Sucuri, "leverages all known and recently discovered theme and plugin vulnerabilities" to breach WordPress sites...
Protecting your business with Wazuh: The open source security platform
Today, businesses face a variety of security challenges like cyber attacks, compliance requirements, and endpoint security administration. The threat landscape constantly evolves, and it can be overwhelming for businesses to keep up with the latest security trends. Security teams use processes an...
Protecting your business with Wazuh: The open source security platform
Today, businesses face a variety of security challenges like cyber attacks, compliance requirements, and endpoint security administration. The threat landscape constantly evolves, and it can be overwhelming for businesses to keep up with the latest security trends. Security teams use processes an...
CISA Warns of 5 Actively Exploited Security Flaws: Urgent Action Required
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Friday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. This includes three high-severity flaws in the Veritas Backup Exec Agent software...
CISA Warns of 5 Actively Exploited Security Flaws: Urgent Action Required
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Friday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. This includes three high-severity flaws in the Veritas Backup Exec Agent software...
Taiwanese PC Company MSI Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack
Taiwanese PC company MSI short for Micro-Star International officially confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack on its systems. The company said it "promptly" initiated incident response and recovery measures after detecting "network anomalies." It also said it alerted law enforcement agenci...
Taiwanese PC Company MSI Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack
Taiwanese PC company MSI short for Micro-Star International officially confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack on its systems. The company said it "promptly" initiated incident response and recovery measures after detecting "network anomalies." It also said it alerted law enforcement agenci...
Iran-Based Hackers Caught Carrying Out Destructive Attacks Under Ransomware Guise
The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been observed carrying out destructive attacks on hybrid environments under the guise of a ransomware operation. That's according to new findings from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, which discovered the threat actor targeting both...
Iran-Based Hackers Caught Carrying Out Destructive Attacks Under Ransomware Guise
The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been observed carrying out destructive attacks on hybrid environments under the guise of a ransomware operation. That's according to new findings from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, which discovered the threat actor targeting both...
Apple Releases Updates to Address Zero-Day Flaws in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari
Apple on Friday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web browser to address a pair of zero-day flaws that are being exploited in the wild. The two vulnerabilities are as follows - CVE-2023-28205 - A use after free issue in WebKit that could lead to arbitrary code execution...