Category Security

July 3, 2023Ravi LakshmananMalware Attack / Cyber ​​Espionage A Chinese nation-state group has been observed using HTML smuggling techniques to target European foreign ministries and embassies to deliver the PlugX remote access Trojan to compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm Check Point…

A multinational police investigation has arrested dozens of suspects, including alleged bosses of an organized crime operation that targeted elderly victims with fraudulent phone calls, Europol said. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested a person believed to be responsible…

July 3, 2023Ravi LakshmananMobile Security / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added eight flaw sets to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. This includes six flaws affecting Samsung…

Taiwanese chip giant TSMC was present on June 29, 2023 on the leaked dark website of notorious ransomware group LockBit, possibly due to a supply chain attack. The resulting ransom of $70 million is the fourth largest ransomware in history.…

July 3, 2023hacker newswebsite security tools Every website owner or webmaster grapples with the problem of spam on website forms. The amount of spam is so large that it becomes very difficult to find useful information in it. To make…

Regulators say the London Borough Council could be charged with contempt of court if it fails to address a critical data compliance issue. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a scathing reprimand to the Croydon Council for its…

July 3, 2023Ravi LakshmananMalware/Hacking In further indications of a lucrative crimeware-as-a-service (CaaS) ecosystem, cybersecurity researchers Medusa Stealer It is actively developed by its authors to avoid detection by software solutions. “The Meduza Stealer has the sole purpose of comprehensive data…

Twitter’s problem with bad bots seems to be getting worse, despite promises made by owner Elon Musk when he bought the platform to tackle the problem. Security Researcher @MalwareHunterTeam flag is up Throughout the last week, the issue tweeted screenshots…

Actors associated with BlackCat ransomware have been observed using malvertising techniques to distribute malicious installers for the WinSCP file transfer application. “Malicious actors used malvertising to distribute malware via cloned web pages of legitimate organizations,” Trend Micro researchers said in…

July 1, 2023Ravi LakshmananEndpoint security/malware Researchers have pulled back the curtain on an updated version of Apple macOS malware. rusty bucket It comes with improved features for establishing persistence and avoiding detection by security software. “This variant of Rustbucket, a…