December 22, 2022hacker newsThreat Intelligence / Cyber Risk We have spent 40 years protecting ourselves as individuals. When all our efforts to outsmart and overwhelm the cybercriminals failed, we decided to unite with our comrades and outnumber them. Cybercriminals don’t…
in-depth analysis of Fin 7 debunked the organizational hierarchy of cybercrime syndicates and revealed their role as affiliates in launching ransomware attacks. We also uncovered a deeper connection between this group and the larger threat ecosystem comprised of the now-defunct…
December 23, 2022Rabbi LakshmananPassword management / data breach The LastPass security breach in August 2022 may have been more serious than the company previously disclosed. On Thursday, a popular password management service said malicious actors used data siphoned from previous…
December 23, 2022Rabbi LakshmananPrivacy / Data Security French privacy watchdog fines Microsoft’s Irish subsidiary €60 million ($63.88 million) for dropping advertising cookies on users’ computers without their explicit consent in violation of EU data protection law was imposed. The Commission…
December 23, 2022Rabbi LakshmananRansomware/Endpoint Security Vice Society ransomware attackers have switched to yet another custom ransomware payload in recent attacks targeting different sectors. “This ransomware variantPolyviceuses the NTRUEncrypt and ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithms to implement a robust encryption scheme,” said SentinelOne researcher…
December 23, 2022hacker newsIncident Response / XDR Platform It’s the season for security and IT teams to send company-wide emails. Hackers are stepping up their attacks as many of our employees enter the holiday season. Activity is sure to increase…
December 23, 2022Rabbi LakshmananCyber espionage / Pakistani hackers New targeted phishing campaigns are expanding into solutions known as two-factor authentication solutions. Kabach It is used by Indian government officials. Cybersecurity firm Securonix dubbed the activity. STEPPY# Kabakbased on tactical overlap…
December 23, 2022Rabbi LakshmananEncryption / Privacy / Browser The developers behind the Brave open source web browser have revealed a new privacy-preserving system called the Data Query and Search System. Frodo PIR. The company says it aims to use the…
December 24, 2022Rabbi LakshmananSoftware Security / Supply Chain Attackers published another round of malicious packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) with the goal of delivering information-stealing malware to compromised developer machines. Interestingly, the malware goes by many names, including…
December 26, 2022Rabbi LakshmananCyber Crime / Data Security Pay-per-install (PPI) malware downloader services known as private loader It has been used to distribute previously documented information-stealing malware. rise pro. Flashpoint discovered the newly identified stealer on December 13, 2022 after…
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