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Over 100 Malicious AI/ML Models Found on Hugging Face Platform
As many as 100 malicious artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) models have been discovered in the Hugging Face platform. These include instances where loading a pickle file leads to code execution, software supply chain security firm JFrog said. “The model’s payload grants…
Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities, outlining the various tactics and techniques the threat actors have adopted to deploy the file-encrypting malware. “Structured as a ransomware as a service (RaaS) model,…
U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Hand Over Pegasus Spyware Code to WhatsApp
A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of the social media giant’s ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor. The decision, which marks a major legal victory for…
U.S. Charges Iranian Hacker, Offers $10 Million Reward for Capture
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday unsealed an indictment against an Iranian national for his alleged involvement in a multi-year cyber-enabled campaign designed to compromise U.S. governmental and private entities. More than a dozen entities are said to…
New Phishing Kit Leverages SMS, Voice Calls to Target Cryptocurrency Users
A novel phishing kit has been observed impersonating the login pages of well-known cryptocurrency services as part of an attack cluster designed to primarily target mobile devices. “This kit enables attackers to build carbon copies of single sign-on (SSO) pages,…
New BIFROSE Linux Malware Variant Using Deceptive VMware Domain for Evasion
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Linux variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called BIFROSE (aka Bifrost) that uses a deceptive domain mimicking VMware. “This latest version of Bifrost aims to bypass security measures and compromise targeted systems,” Palo…
4 Instructive Postmortems on Data Downtime and Loss
More than a decade ago, the concept of the ‘blameless’ postmortem changed how tech companies recognize failures at scale. John Allspaw, who coined the term during his tenure at Etsy, argued postmortems were all about controlling our natural reaction to an incident,…
Five Eyes Agencies Warn of Active Exploitation of Ivanti Gateway Vulnerabilities
The Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance has issued a new cybersecurity advisory warning of cyber threat actors exploiting known security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways, noting that the Integrity Checker Tool (ICT) can be deceived…
GitHub Rolls Out Default Secret Scanning Push Protection for Public Repositories
GitHub on Thursday announced that it’s enabling secret scanning push protection by default for all pushes to public repositories. “This means that when a supported secret is detected in any push to a public repository, you will have the option…
New Silver SAML Attack Evades Golden SAML Defenses in Identity Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new attack technique called Silver SAML that can be successful even in cases where mitigations have been applied against Golden SAML attacks. Silver SAML “enables the exploitation of SAML to launch attacks from an identity provider like…
Lazarus Hackers Exploited Windows Kernel Flaw as Zero-Day in Recent Attacks
The notorious Lazarus Group actors exploited a recently patched privilege escalation flaw in the Windows Kernel as a zero-day to obtain kernel-level access and disable security software on compromised hosts. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-21338 (CVSS score: 7.8), which can permit…
How to Prioritize Cybersecurity Spending: A Risk-Based Strategy for the Highest ROI
As an IT leader, staying on top of the latest cybersecurity developments is essential to keeping your organization safe. But with threats coming from all around — and hackers dreaming up new exploits every day — how do you create…
GTPDOOR Linux Malware Targets Telecoms, Exploiting GPRS Roaming Networks
Threat hunters have discovered a new Linux malware called GTPDOOR that’s designed to be deployed in telecom networks that are adjacent to GPRS roaming exchanges (GRX) The malware is novel in the fact that it leverages the GPRS Tunnelling Protocol (GTP) for command-and-control (C2)…
Lazarus Exploits Typos to Sneak PyPI Malware into Dev Systems
The notorious North Korean state-backed hacking group Lazarus uploaded four packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with the goal of infecting developer systems with malware. The packages, now taken down, are pycryptoenv, pycryptoconf, quasarlib, and swapmempool. They have been collectively downloaded 3,269…
New Backdoor Targeting European Officials Linked to Indian Diplomatic Events
A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed SPIKEDWINE has been observed targeting officials in European countries with Indian diplomatic missions using a new backdoor called WINELOADER. The adversary, according to a report from Zscaler ThreatLabz, used a PDF file in emails that purported to come…
Chinese Hackers Exploiting Ivanti VPN Flaws to Deploy New Malware
At least two different suspected China-linked cyber espionage clusters, tracked as UNC5325 and UNC3886, have been attributed to the exploitation of security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN appliances. UNC5325 abused CVE-2024-21893 to deliver a wide range of new malware called LITTLELAMB.WOOLTEA, PITSTOP, PITDOG, PITJET,…
President Biden Blocks Mass Transfer of Personal Data to High-Risk Nations
U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order that prohibits the mass transfer of citizens’ personal data to countries of concern. The Executive Order also “provides safeguards around other activities that can give those countries access to Americans’ sensitive data,” the…
Iran-Linked UNC1549 Hackers Target Middle East Aerospace & Defense Sectors
An Iran-nexus threat actor known as UNC1549 has been attributed with medium confidence to a new set of attacks targeting aerospace, aviation, and defense industries in the Middle East, including Israel and the U.A.E. Other targets of the cyber espionage activity likely…
FBI Warns U.S. Healthcare Sector of Targeted BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. government is warning about the resurgence of BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare sector as recently as this month. “Since mid-December 2023, of the nearly 70 leaked victims, the healthcare sector has been the most commonly…