Category Security

Cyber threats are intensifying, and cybersecurity has become critical to business operations. As security budgets grow, CEOs and boardrooms are demanding concrete evidence that cybersecurity initiatives deliver value beyond regulation compliance. Just like you wouldn’t buy a car without knowing…

A new variant of the Remcos RAT malware, capable of taking complete control over a victim’s device, has been uncovered in a recent phishing campaign targeting Windows users. Discovered by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, this campaign uses a phishing email with…

Nov 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / SEO Poisoning In an unusually specific campaign, users searching about the legality of Bengal Cats in Australia are being targeted with the GootLoader malware. “In this case, we found the GootLoader actors using search results…

SelectBlinds, a popular online retailer of blinds and shades, has disclosed a security breach that has impacted 206,238 of its customers. Hackers successfully managed to embed malware onto the company’s website, capable of stealing sensitive information, including credit card details,…

Italy has led a simulation exercise to test EU institutions’ preparedness to handle large-scale cyber-attacks. This annual drill, the Blueprint Operational Level Exercise (Blue OLEx), involves senior cybersecurity officials from EU member states and the Commission, with the support of…

Nov 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News ⚠️ Imagine this: the very tools you trust to protect you online—your two-factor authentication, your car’s tech system, even your security software—turned into silent allies for hackers. Sounds like a scene from a…

Scammers have hijacked another popular news story to increase the effectiveness of a phishing campaign – in this case, one related to the UK Government’s recently announced cut to winter fuel payments for pensioners. UK policing group, the Regional Organised…

Nov 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered nearly two dozen security flaws spanning 15 different machine learning (ML) related open-source projects. These comprise vulnerabilities discovered both on the server- and client-side, software supply chain security firm…

A dual Russian-Swedish national was sentenced to 12 years and six months behind bars on Friday, for helping cybercriminals to launder their funds over a decade-long period. Roman Sterlingov, 36, ran the Bitcoin Fog crypto mixer from 2011 to 2021,…

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that spreads a new fileless variant of known commercial malware called Remcos RAT. Remcos RAT “provides purchases with a wide range of advanced features to remotely control computers belonging to the buyer,”…