Category Security

June 19, 2023hacker newsDevSecOps / Application Security The use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become very popular as organizations adopt cloud computing and DevOps practices, but the speed and flexibility that IaC offers has led to misconfigurations and security…

The use of connected devices in healthcare is driving innovation and offering new ways to assist medical staff. However, the introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) has expanded the attack surface that his IT decision makers in the healthcare…

A new information-stealing malware called mystic stealer It was found to steal data from around 40 different web browsers and over 70 web browser extensions. First advertised on April 25, 2023 for $150/month, the malware also targets cryptocurrency wallets, Steam,…

June 19, 2023Ravi LakshmananEndpoint security/hacking Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a series of malicious artifacts that are allegedly part of a sophisticated toolkit targeting Apple macOS systems. “At the moment, these samples are still undetected and very little information is available…

Security researchers have found that 2.2 million credentials associated with the top 100 UK universities available on the dark web have been compromised, putting staff, students and their data at risk. Crossword Cybersecurity’s Trillion risk monitoring service discovered the credentials.…

June 19, 2023Ravi LakshmananCyber ​​attack/hacking Government agencies in the Middle East and Africa are suffering from persistent cyber espionage attacks leveraging the rarest-ever-seen credential theft and Exchange email leaking techniques. “The main purpose of the attack was to obtain highly…

The US State Department has offered a $10 million bounty for information linking members of the Kropp affiliate responsible for a recent data extortion campaign to foreign governments. Using the #StopRansomware hashtag, the ministry announced the announcement as part of…

June 19, 2023Ravi LakshmananNetwork and cloud security Microsoft announced on Friday that a series of outages earlier this month targeting Azure, Outlook and OneDrive were caused by an uncategorized cluster it tracks under the name: Arashi-1359. “These attacks likely rely…

The UK government has announced an additional £16m in funding for Ukraine to protect its critical national infrastructure (CNI) from a Russian attack. Number 10 announced yesterday that the funding will be in addition to the £6.35million contribution to the…

June 17, 2023Ravi Lakshmanancryptojacking / network security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented payload associated with Romanian actors. dioctocould launch a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. “The name Diikot is important because it is also the name of…