A scammer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for laundering over US $4.5 million obtained by targeting businesses and the elderly with Business Email Compromise ( BEC) and romance fraud scams. Malachi Mullings, a 31-year-old from Sandy Springs,…
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APT41: The threat of KeyPlug against Italian industries
Tinexta Cyber’s Zlab Malware Team uncovered a backdoor known as KeyPlug employed in attacks against several Italian industries During an extensive investigation, Tinexta Cyber’s Zlab Malware Team uncovered a backdoor known as KeyPlug, which hit for months a variety of…
CLOUD#REVERSER Campaign Leverages Cloud Storage for Malware Delivery
Delivered via a phishing email attachment, the malicious file makes use of the hidden right-to-left override (RLO) Unicode character (U+202E) to reverse the order of the characters that come after that character in the string. This article has been indexed…
Cybersecurity Labeling for Smart Devices Aims to Help People Choose Items Less Likely to be Hacked
Under the new U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Initiative, manufacturers can affix the label on their products if they meet federal cybersecurity standards. The post Cybersecurity Labeling for Smart Devices Aims to Help People Choose Items Less Likely to be Hacked…
55,000 Impacted by Cyberattack on California School Association
The Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) is informing nearly 55,000 individuals that they have been impacted by a ransomware attack. The post 55,000 Impacted by Cyberattack on California School Association appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed…
Bolster Raises $14 Million for AI-Powered Phishing Protection
Bolster has raised $14 million in Series B funding for technology integrations for its AI-powered phishing protection platform. The post Bolster Raises $14 Million for AI-Powered Phishing Protection appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS…
Ransomware Fallout: 94% Experience Downtime, 40% Face Work Stoppage
According to Arctic Wolf, 66% of organizations that suffered a data breach in the last year chose to publicly disclose information regarding their incidents, while 30% only disclosed their breaches to impacted parties. This article has been indexed from Cyware…
Major Security Flaw Discovered in Popular Cloud Logging Tool
Researchers at Tenable have identified a severe memory corruption vulnerability in Fluent Bit, an open-source logging utility integral to major cloud services. With over 3 billion downloads as of 2022 and an additional 10 million deployments daily, Fluent Bit…
NVD Leaves Exploited Vulnerabilities Unchecked
Over half of CISA’s known exploited vulnerabilities disclosed since February 2024 have not yet been analyzed by NIST’s National Vulnerability Database This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: NVD Leaves Exploited Vulnerabilities Unchecked
Snowflake’s Anvilogic Investment Signals Changes in SIEM Market
The joint Snowflake and Anvilogic solution would lead to reduced costs — on the order of 50% to 80%, the companies claim — and will eventually replace legacy SIEM platforms, argues Karthik Kannan, CEO of Anvilogic. This article has been…
Consumer-Grade Spyware App Found on US Hotel Check-in Computers
pcTattletale allows remote monitoring of Android or Windows devices and their data. The app claims to run invisibly in the background, undetectable on the target’s workstation. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the…
Legacy Windows OSes Fall Prey to Rapid Online Attacks
In 2014, Windows XP was officially retired, marking the end of a decade that has seen it occupy our desktops for more than a decade. The beloved OS was given one last security update in 2019, but for all…
Master of Puppets: Uncovering the DoppelGänger pro-Russian influence campaign
This report was originally published for our customers on 14 May 2024. Executive summary Introduction On the eve of 2024, an election year in which more than 54% of the world’s population will be called to the polls, the pro-Russian…
LastPass Rolls Out URL Encryption In Password Vaults
LastPass introduces URL encryption in its password vaults. With encrypted URLs, LastPass believes it can… LastPass Rolls Out URL Encryption In Password Vaults on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking Tools and Penetration Testing Courses. This article has…
GitLab unveils GitLab 17, AI for devsecops
GitLab has unveiled GitLab 17, a major update of its devsecops platform that brings a CI/CD catalog of reusable pipeline components and an AI impact dashboard. The company also announced GitLab Duo Enterprise, an AI-powered assistant that helps detect vulnerabilities…
Demystifying Multicloud Networking with Cisco Multicloud Defense
See how Cisco is leveraging Cisco Defense Orchestrator, Multicloud Defense, and Secure Firewall to securely connect apps from site to cloud and between clouds. This article has been indexed from Cisco Blogs Read the original article: Demystifying Multicloud Networking with…
ShrinkLocker: Turning BitLocker into ransomware
The Kaspersky GERT has detected a new group that has been abusing Microsoft Windows features by modifying the system to lower the defenses and using the local MS BitLocker utility to encrypt entire drives and demand a ransom. This article…
Creating a Security Program with Less Complexity and More Visibility
Our 2024 Incident Response Report shows how vulnerabilities go unpatched, and critical resources sit exposed. The post Creating a Security Program with Less Complexity and More Visibility appeared first on Palo Alto Networks Blog. This article has been indexed from…
Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning Can Be System Abused To Track Users
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland has uncovered a privacy vulnerability in Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) that allows attackers to track users’ locations and movements globally. The findings raise serious concerns about the potential for…
Inside Operation Diplomatic Specter: Chinese APT Group’s Stealthy Tactics Exposed
Governmental entities in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia are the target of a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Diplomatic Specter since at least late 2022. “An analysis of this threat…