A new and sophisticated malware has emerged, targeting the increasingly popular Near Field Communication (NFC) payment systems. Known as NGate, this Android malware has been discovered by ESET Research and poses a significant risk to users’ financial security. This blog…
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Iranian Threat Actor TA453 Targets Jewish Figure with Fake Podcast Invite in Malicious Campaign
A recent cyber campaign by the Iranian threat actor TA453 has drawn significant attention following their targeting of a prominent Jewish religious figure with a fake podcast interview invitation. The campaign, which began in July 2024, involved a series…
Strategizing Compliance and Security In AI: A Hands-On Guide for IT Leaders
Navigating the complex web of compliance in the AI era is a formidable challenge, and aligning your organization with existing and emerging legal, ethical, and regulatory standards has never been… The post Strategizing Compliance and Security In AI: A Hands-On…
Qilin Ransomware Upgrades and Now Steals Google Chrome Credentials
Qilin ransomware is evolving, now targeting Google Chrome credentials. Learn how this new tactic expands their attack arsenal… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Tech, Crypto & Hacking News Read the original article: Qilin Ransomware Upgrades…
The US Navy Has Run Out of Pants
Plus: The US intelligence community formally blames Iran for Trump campaign hack, aircraft-tracking platform FlightAware says a “configuration error” exposed sensitive user data, and more. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: The US Navy…
NSA Issues Guidance for Better Logging, Threat Detection to Prevent LotL Incidents
The NSA has released guidelines to improve logging and threat detection for Living-off-the-Land (LotL) attacks in cloud services, enterprise networks, mobile devices, and OT networks as part of a global effort for critical infrastructure security. This article has been indexed…
CISA Adds Dahua IP Camera, Linux Kernel, and Microsoft Exchange Server Bugs to its KEV Catalog
The CISA has added new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including Dahua IP Camera authentication bypass flaws, a Linux Kernel buffer overflow issue, and a Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability. This article has been indexed from Cyware News –…
Greasy Opal’s CAPTCHA Solver Still Serving Cybercrime After 16 Years
Greasy Opal, a well-known developer, has been aiding cybercriminals for 16 years by offering a tool that can solve CAPTCHAs automatically on a large scale, bypassing security measures. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…
August 2024 Web Server Survey
In the August 2024 survey we received responses from 1,107,785,375 sites across 270,065,795 domains and 13,011,016 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 3.6 million sites, a loss of 364,061 domains, and an increase of 119,600 web-facing computers. Cloudflare experienced…
Slack Patches AI Bug That Exposed Private Channels
Slack fixed a vulnerability in its AI feature that could allow attackers to steal data from private channels. The flaw involved a prompt injection flaw in an AI feature, which allowed attackers to manipulate the system to perform malicious actions.…
Urgent Edge Security Update: Microsoft Patches Zero-day & RCE Vulnerabilities
The urgent security update, Microsoft Edge Stable Channel Version 128.0.2739.42, based on Chromium versions 128.0.6613.85 and 128.0.6613.84, addresses a total of 25 security issues. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the original article:…
PEAKLIGHT Downloader Deployed in Attacks Targeting Windows with Malicious Movie Downloads
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen dropper that serves as a conduit to launch next-stage malware with the ultimate goal of infecting Windows systems with information stealers and loaders. “This memory-only dropper decrypts and executes a PowerShell-based downloader,” Google-owned Mandiant…
Meta Exposes Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Global Political Figures on WhatsApp
Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor, who it said used a set of WhatsApp accounts that attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine,…
CISA Urges Federal Agencies to Patch Versa Director Vulnerability by September
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has placed a security flaw impacting Versa Director to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. The medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39717 (CVSS score: 6.6), is case…
China-linked APT Velvet Ant Exploited Zero-Day to Compromise Cisco Nexus Switches
The China-linked APT group Velvet Ant exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco switches, CVE-2024-20399, to take control of network devices. The flaw in Cisco NX-OS Software’s CLI enabled attackers with Admin credentials to run arbitrary commands. This article has been…
Russian national arrested in Argentina for laundering money of crooks and Lazarus APT
A Russian national was arrested in Argentina for laundering proceeds from illicit actors, including North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. This week, the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) arrested a Russian national for laundering proceeds from illicit actors and seized millions of dollars…
Exploit for CVE-2024-38054 Released: Elevation of Privilege Flaw in Windows Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level through a heap-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 7.8, CVE-2024-38054 is a critical flaw patched by Microsoft in July. This article has been indexed from Cyware News…
Hackers Now Use AppDomain Injection to Drop Cobalt Strike Beacons
Hackers are now using AppDomain Injection to drop Cobalt Strike beacons in a series of attacks that began in July 2024. This technique, known as AppDomain Manager Injection, can weaponize any Microsoft .NET application on Windows. This article has been…
Cyber Security Today Week In Review: Saturday, August 24th, 2024
Join host Jim Love in this weekend edition of Cyber Security Today, featuring a distinguished panel including Terry Cutler (Cyology Labs), David Shipley (Beauceron Security), and special guest Tara Gold (Cado Security). The episode delves into key cybersecurity topics including…
Scammers are increasingly using messaging and social media apps to attack
Meta platforms, alongside Telegram, are among the growing number of sites used as a form of contact in 45% of scams. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read the original article: Scammers are increasingly…