A newly documented toolset, CloudScout, developed by the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Evasive Panda, has been identified as targeting Taiwanese institutions to infiltrate and extract cloud-based data. The attacks, spanning 2022 to 2023 and discovered by ESET, reveal how CloudScout…
Oct 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Android A suspected Russian hybrid espionage and influence operation has been observed delivering a mix of Windows and Android malware to target the Ukrainian military under the Telegram persona Civil Defense. Google’s Threat Analysis…
Russian threat actors are targeting the devices of Ukrainian military recruits in a malware campaign delivered via Telegram, a new analysis by Google has found. The group, tracked as UNC5812, is a suspected Russian hybrid espionage and influence operation. In…
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a spike in phishing pages created using a website builder tool called Webflow, as threat actors continue to abuse legitimate services like Cloudflare and Microsoft Sway to their advantage. “The campaigns target sensitive information from…
Oct 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Security / Hacking News Cybersecurity news can sometimes feel like a never-ending horror movie, can’t it? Just when you think the villains are locked up, a new threat emerges from the shadows. This week is no…
A team from Vietnam scooped the top prize at the very first Pwn2Own Ireland event on Friday, with over $1m in awards handed out by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) for dozens of new discoveries. The popular hacking competition…
Business email compromise (BEC) threats are on the rise and now account for over half of all phishing attempts, with manufacturers particularly badly hit, according to Vipre Security Group. The security vendor used proprietary intelligence to compile its Email Threat…
Oct 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Windows Security A new attack technique could be used to bypass Microsoft’s Driver Signature Enforcement (DSE) on fully patched Windows systems, leading to operating system (OS) downgrade attacks. “This bypass allows loading unsigned kernel drivers,…
Oct 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware Four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware operation have been sentenced to several years in prison in Russia, marking one of the rare instances where cybercriminals from the country have been convicted of hacking…
Oct 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cryptocurrency The infamous cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT appears to be readying for a new large-scale campaign targeting cloud-native environments for mining cryptocurrencies and renting out breached servers to third-parties. “The group is currently…
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