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Sydney Man Sentenced for Blackmailing Optus Customers After Data Breach
A Sydney man has been sentenced to an 18-month Community Correction Order CCO and 100 hours of community service for attempting to take advantage of the Optus data breach last year to blackmail its customers. The unnamed individual, 19 when arrested in October 2022 and now 20, used the leaked...
Sydney Man Sentenced for Blackmailing Optus Customers After Data Breach
A Sydney man has been sentenced to an 18-month Community Correction Order CCO and 100 hours of community service for attempting to take advantage of the Optus data breach last year to blackmail its customers. The unnamed individual, 19 when arrested in October 2022 and now 20, used the leaked...
Russian Hackers Using Graphiron Malware to Steal Data from Ukraine
A Russia-linked threat actor has been observed deploying a new information-stealing malware in cyber attacks targeting Ukraine. Dubbed Graphiron by Broadcom-owned Symantec, the malware is the handiwork of an espionage group known as Nodaria , which is tracked by the Computer Emergency Response Te...
Russian Hackers Using Graphiron Malware to Steal Data from Ukraine
A Russia-linked threat actor has been observed deploying a new information-stealing malware in cyber attacks targeting Ukraine. Dubbed Graphiron by Broadcom-owned Symantec, the malware is the handiwork of an espionage group known as Nodaria, which is tracked by the Computer Emergency Response Tea...
How to Think Like a Hacker and Stay Ahead of Threats
To succeed as a cybersecurity analyst, you need to understand the traits, values, and thought processes of hackers, along with the tools they use to launch their attacks. During a webinar called The Hacker Mindset, a Red Team Researcher shared how you can use some of these tools for your own...
How to Think Like a Hacker and Stay Ahead of Threats
To succeed as a cybersecurity analyst, you need to understand the traits, values, and thought processes of hackers, along with the tools they use to launch their attacks. During a webinar called The Hacker Mindset, a Red Team Researcher shared how you can use some of these tools for your own...
Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Linked to Ryuk Ransomware
A Russian national on February 7, 2023, pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering charges and for attempting to conceal the source of funds obtained in connection with Ryuk ransomware attacks. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, 30, was arrested in Amsterdam in November 2021 before he was extradited...
Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Linked to Ryuk Ransomware
A Russian national on February 7, 2023, pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering charges and for attempting to conceal the source of funds obtained in connection with Ryuk ransomware attacks. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, 30, was arrested in Amsterdam in November 2021 before he was extradited...
CERT-UA Alerts Ukrainian State Authorities of Remcos Software-Fueled Cyber Attacks
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has issued an alert warning of cyber attacks against state authorities in the country that deploy a legitimate remote access software named Remcos. The mass phishing campaign has been attributed to a threat actor it tracks as UAC-0050 , with...
CERT-UA Alerts Ukrainian State Authorities of Remcos Software-Fueled Cyber Attacks
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has issued an alert warning of cyber attacks against state authorities in the country that deploy a legitimate remote access software named Remcos. The mass phishing campaign has been attributed to a threat actor it tracks as UAC-0050, with...
Encrypted Messaging App Exclu Used by Criminal Groups Cracked by Joint Law Enforcement
A joint law enforcement operation conducted by Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland has cracked yet another encrypted messaging application named Exclu used by organized crime groups. Eurojust, in a press statement, said the February 3 exercise resulted in the arrests of 45 individuals across...
Encrypted Messaging App Exclu Used by Criminal Groups Cracked by Joint Law Enforcement
A joint law enforcement operation conducted by Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland has cracked yet another encrypted messaging application named Exclu used by organized crime groups. Eurojust, in a press statement, said the February 3 exercise resulted in the arrests of 45 individuals across...
Hackers Exploit Vulnerabilities in Sunlogin to Deploy Sliver C2 Framework
Threat actors are leveraging known flaws in Sunlogin software to deploy the Sliver command-and-control C2 framework for carrying out post-exploitation activities. The findings come from AhnLab Security Emergency response Center ASEC, which found that security vulnerabilities in Sunlogin, a remote...
Hackers Exploit Vulnerabilities in Sunlogin to Deploy Sliver C2 Framework
Threat actors are leveraging known flaws in Sunlogin software to deploy the Sliver command-and-control C2 framework for carrying out post-exploitation activities. The findings come from AhnLab Security Emergency response Center ASEC, which discovered that security vulnerabilities in Sunlogin, a...
Tackling the New Cyber Insurance Requirements: Can Your Organization Comply?
With cyberattacks around the world escalating rapidly, insurance companies are ramping up the requirements to qualify for a cyber insurance policy. Ransomware attacks were up 80% last year, prompting underwriters to put in place a number of new provisions designed to prevent ransomware and stem t...
Tackling the New Cyber Insurance Requirements: Can Your Organization Comply?
With cyberattacks around the world escalating rapidly, insurance companies are ramping up the requirements to qualify for a cyber insurance policy. Ransomware attacks were up 80% last year, prompting underwriters to put in place a number of new provisions designed to prevent ransomware and stem t...
Linux Variant of Clop Ransomware Spotted, But Uses Faulty Encryption Algorithm
The first-ever Linux variant of the Clop ransomware has been detected in the wild, but with a faulty encryption algorithm that has made it possible to reverse engineer the process. "The ELF executable contains a flawed encryption algorithm making it possible to decrypt locked files without paying...
Linux Variant of Clop Ransomware Spotted, But Uses Faulty Encryption Algorithm
The first-ever Linux variant of the Clop ransomware has been detected in the wild, but with a faulty encryption algorithm that has made it possible to reverse engineer the process. "The ELF executable contains a flawed encryption algorithm making it possible to decrypt locked files without paying...
VMware Finds No Evidence of 0-Day in Ongoing ESXiArgs Ransomware Spree
VMware on Monday said it found no evidence that threat actors are leveraging an unknown security flaw, i.e., a zero-day, in its software as part of an ongoing ransomware attack spree worldwide. "Most reports state that End of General Support EoGS and/or significantly out-of-date products are bein...
VMware Finds No Evidence of 0-Day in Ongoing ESXiArgs Ransomware Spree
VMware on Monday said it found no evidence that threat actors are leveraging an unknown security flaw, i.e., a zero-day, in its software as part of an ongoing ransomware attack spree worldwide. "Most reports state that End of General Support EoGS and/or significantly out-of-date products are bein...
GuLoader Malware Using Malicious NSIS Executables to Target E-Commerce Industry
E-commerce industries in South Korea and the U.S. are at the receiving end of an ongoing GuLoader malware campaign, cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed late last month. The malspam activity is notable for transitioning away from malware-laced Microsoft Word documents to NSIS executable files for...
GuLoader Malware Using Malicious NSIS Executables to Target E-Commerce Industry
E-commerce industries in South Korea and the U.S. are at the receiving end of an ongoing GuLoader malware campaign, cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed late last month. The malspam activity is notable for transitioning away from malware-laced Microsoft Word documents to NSIS executable files for...
Microsoft: Iranian Nation-State Group Sanctioned by U.S. Behind Charlie Hebdo Hack
An Iranian nation-state group sanctioned by the U.S. government has been attributed to the hack of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in early January 2023. Microsoft, which disclosed details of the incident, is tracking the activity cluster under its chemical element-themed moniker...
Microsoft: Iranian Nation-State Group Sanctioned by U.S. Behind Charlie Hebdo Hack
An Iranian nation-state group sanctioned by the U.S. government has been attributed to the hack of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in early January 2023. Microsoft, which disclosed details of the incident, is tracking the activity cluster under its chemical element-themed moniker...
SaaS in the Real World: Who's Responsible to Secure this Data?
When SaaS applications started growing in popularity, it was unclear who was responsible for securing the data. Today, most security and IT teams understand the shared responsibility model, in which the SaaS vendor is responsible for securing the application, while the organization is responsible...
SaaS in the Real World: Who's Responsible to Secure this Data?
When SaaS applications started growing in popularity, it was unclear who was responsible for securing the data. Today, most security and IT teams understand the shared responsibility model, in which the SaaS vendor is responsible for securing the application, while the organization is responsible...
OpenSSH Releases Patch for New Pre-Auth Double Free Vulnerability
The maintainers of OpenSSH have released OpenSSH 9.2 to address a number of security bugs, including a memory safety vulnerability in the OpenSSH server sshd. Tracked as CVE-2023-25136, the shortcoming has been classified as a pre-authentication double free vulnerability that was introduced in...
OpenSSH Releases Patch for New Pre-Auth Double Free Vulnerability
The maintainers of OpenSSH have released OpenSSH 9.2 to address a number of security bugs, including a memory safety vulnerability in the OpenSSH server sshd. Tracked as CVE-2023-25136, the shortcoming has been classified as a pre-authentication double free vulnerability that was introduced in...
FormBook Malware Spreads via Malvertising Using MalVirt Loader to Evade Detection
An ongoing malvertising campaign is being used to distribute virtualized .NET loaders that are designed to deploy the FormBook information-stealing malware. "The loaders, dubbed MalVirt, use obfuscated virtualization for anti-analysis and evasion along with the Windows Process Explorer driver for...
FormBook Malware Spreads via Malvertising Using MalVirt Loader to Evade Detection
An ongoing malvertising campaign is being used to distribute virtualized .NET loaders that are designed to deploy the FormBook information-stealing malware. "The loaders, dubbed MalVirt, use obfuscated virtualization for anti-analysis and evasion along with the Windows Process Explorer driver for...
PixPirate: New Android Banking Trojan Targeting Brazilian Financial Institutions
A new Android banking trojan has set its eyes on Brazilian financial institutions to commit fraud by leveraging the PIX payments platform. Italian cybersecurity company Cleafy, which discovered the malware between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, is tracking it under the name PixPirate...
PixPirate: New Android Banking Trojan Targeting Brazilian Financial Institutions
A new Android banking trojan has set its eyes on Brazilian financial institutions to commit fraud by leveraging the PIX payments platform. Italian cybersecurity company Cleafy, which discovered the malware between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, is tracking it under the name PixPirate...
New Wave of Ransomware Attacks Exploiting VMware Bug to Target ESXi Servers
VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems. "These attack campaigns appear to exploit CVE-2021-21974, for which a patch has been available since February 23, 2021," the Computer Emergency Response Team CERT of France said i...
New Wave of Ransomware Attacks Exploiting VMware Bug to Target ESXi Servers
VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems. "These attack campaigns appear to exploit CVE-2021-21974, for which a patch has been available since February 23, 2021," the Computer Emergency Response Team CERT of France said i...
Warning: Hackers Actively Exploiting Zero-Day in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT
A zero-day vulnerability affecting Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT managed file transfer application is being actively exploited in the wild. Details of the flaw were first publicly shared by security reporter Brian Krebs on Mastodon. No public advisory has been published by Fortra. The vulnerability is ...
Warning: Hackers Actively Exploiting Zero-Day in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT
A zero-day vulnerability affecting Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT managed file transfer application is being actively exploited in the wild. Details of the flaw were first publicly shared by security reporter Brian Krebs on Mastodon. No public advisory has been published by Fortra. The vulnerability is ...
Is Your EV Charging Station Safe? New Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered
Two new security weaknesses discovered in several electric vehicle EV charging systems could be exploited to remotely shut down charging stations and even expose them to data and energy theft. The findings, which come from Israel-based SaiFlow, once again demonstrate the potential risks facing th...
Is Your EV Charging Station Safe? New Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered
Two new security weaknesses discovered in several electric vehicle EV charging systems could be exploited to remotely shut down charging stations and even expose them to data and energy theft. The findings, which come from Israel-based SaiFlow, once again demonstrate the potential risks facing th...
Post-Macro World Sees Rise in Microsoft OneNote Documents Delivering Malware
In a continuing sign that threat actors are adapting well to a post-macro world, it has emerged that the use of Microsoft OneNote documents to deliver malware via phishing attacks is on the rise. Some of the notable malware families that are being distributed using this method include AsyncRAT,...
Post-Macro World Sees Rise in Microsoft OneNote Documents Delivering Malware
In a continuing sign that threat actors are adapting well to a post-macro world, it has emerged that the use of Microsoft OneNote documents to deliver malware via phishing attacks is on the rise. Some of the notable malware families that are being distributed using this method include AsyncRAT,...
Iranian OilRig Hackers Using New Backdoor to Exfiltrate Data from Govt. Organizations
The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as OilRig has continued to target government organizations in the Middle East as part of a cyber espionage campaign that leverages a new backdoor to exfiltrate data. "The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to...
Iranian OilRig Hackers Using New Backdoor to Exfiltrate Data from Govt. Organizations
The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as OilRig has continued to target government organizations in the Middle East as part of a cyber espionage campaign that leverages a new backdoor to exfiltrate data. "The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to...
The Pivot: How MSPs Can Turn a Challenge Into a Once-in-a-Decade Opportunity
Cybersecurity is quickly becoming one of the most significant growth drivers for Managed Service Providers MSPs. That's the main insight from a recent study from Lumu: in North America, more than 80% of MSPs cite cybersecurity as a primary growth driver of their business. Service providers have a...
The Pivot: How MSPs Can Turn a Challenge Into a Once-in-a-Decade Opportunity
Cybersecurity is quickly becoming one of the most significant growth drivers for Managed Service Providers MSPs. That's the main insight from a recent study from Lumu: in North America, more than 80% of MSPs cite cybersecurity as a primary growth driver of their business. Service providers have a...
Atlassian's Jira Service Management Found Vulnerable to Critical Vulnerability
Atlassian has released fixes to resolve a critical security flaw in Jira Service Management Server and Data Center that could be abused by an attacker to pass off as another user and gain unauthorized access to susceptible instances. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-22501 CVSS score: 9.4...
Atlassian's Jira Service Management Found Vulnerable to Critical Vulnerability
Atlassian has released fixes to resolve a critical security flaw in Jira Service Management Server and Data Center that could be abused by an attacker to pass off as another user and gain unauthorized access to susceptible instances. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-22501 CVSS score: 9.4...
New High-Severity Vulnerabilities Discovered in Cisco IOx and F5 BIG-IP Products
F5 has warned of a high-severity flaw impacting BIG-IP appliances that could lead to denial-of-service DoS or arbitrary code execution. The issue is rooted in the iControl Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP interface and affects the following versions of BIG-IP - 13.1.5 14.1.4.6 - 14.1.5 15.1.5.1...
New High-Severity Vulnerabilities Discovered in Cisco IOx and F5 BIG-IP Products
F5 has warned of a high-severity flaw impacting BIG-IP appliances that could lead to denial-of-service DoS or arbitrary code execution. The issue is rooted in the iControl Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP interface and affects the following versions of BIG-IP - 13.1.5 14.1.4.6 - 14.1.5 15.1.5.1...
CISA Alert: Oracle E-Business Suite and SugarCRM Vulnerabilities Under Attack
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on February 2 added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The first of the two vulnerabilities is CVE-2022-21587 CVSS score: 9.8, a critical issue impacting...
CISA Alert: Oracle E-Business Suite and SugarCRM Vulnerabilities Under Attack
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on February 2 added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The first of the two vulnerabilities is CVE-2022-21587 CVSS score: 9.8, a critical issue impacting...