Tag: Cyware News – Latest Cyber News

Pktstat: Open-Source Ethernet Interface Traffic Monitor

Pktstat is an open-source tool that is a straightforward alternative to ncurses-based Pktstat. On Linux, it utilizes AF_PACKET, while on other platforms, it employs generic PCAP live wire capture. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber…

FBI Warns of Gift Card Fraud Ring Targeting Retail Companies

The FBI has issued a warning about a hacking group named Storm-0539 targeting retail companies in the United States through phishing attacks on employees in gift card departments. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…

Ransomware Criminals SIM Swap Executives’ Kids to Pressure Parents

Ransomware infections have morphed into “a psychological attack against the victim organization,” as criminals use increasingly personal and aggressive tactics to force victims to pay up, according to Google-owned Mandiant. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest…

Veeam Fixes RCE Flaw in Backup Management Platform

The vulnerability exists due to an unsafe deserialization method used by the Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC) server during communication between the management agent and its components. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

Undetectable Threats Found in F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager

The two vulnerabilities, an SQL injection flaw (CVE-2024-26026) and an OData injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-21793), could allow attackers to gain admin control and create hidden rogue accounts on managed assets. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber…

Blackwell Security Raises $13M in Funding

The healthcare cybersecurity services company intends to use the funds to broaden its offerings, including capabilities such as healthcare threat intelligence and automated response. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the original article:…

Akamai to Acquire Noname for $450 Million

Noname, one of the top API security vendors in the market, will enhance Akamai’s existing API Security solution and accelerate its ability to meet growing customer demand and market requirements as the use of APIs continues to expand. This article…

Report: Log4J Still Among Top Exploited Vulnerabilities

In a new report, Cato observed that the Log4J exploit represented 30% of the outbound vulnerability exploitations and 18% of the inbound vulnerability exploitations detected in the first quarter of 2024. This article has been indexed from Cyware News –…

Update: MITRE Attributes the Recent Attack to China-linked UNC5221

The attackers exploited two zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure to gain initial access to MITRE’s Networked Experimentation, Research, and Virtualization Environment (NERVE) in late December 2023. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

Ransomware Operations are Becoming Less Profitable

Ransomware operations are experiencing a decline in profitability due to various factors such as increased cyber resilience of organizations, the availability of decryptors, and more frequent law enforcement actions. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber…

Hackers Exploit LiteSpeed Cache Flaw to Create WordPress Admins

WPScan observed in April increased exploitation activity against WordPress sites with versions of the plugin older than 5.7.0.1, which are vulnerable to a high-severity (8.8) unauthenticated cross-site scripting flaw tracked as CVE-2023-40000. This article has been indexed from Cyware News…

Over 50,000 Tinyproxy Servers Vulnerable to Critical RCE Flaw

A critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw, CVE-2023-49606, was found affecting nearly 52,000 Tinyproxy servers. This vulnerability was disclosed by Cisco Talos in December 2023, impacting versions 1.11.1 and 1.10.0 of Tinyproxy. This article has been indexed from Cyware News…

AT&T Splits Cybersecurity Services Business, Launches LevelBlue

AT&T has split its cybersecurity services business to form a new company called LevelBlue. It includes AT&T’s managed security services business, cybersecurity consulting business, and assets from the acquisition of AlienVault in 2018. This article has been indexed from Cyware…

Germany Recalls Ambassador to Russia Over Cyberattacks

Germany has recalled its ambassador to Russia in response to alleged Moscow-backed cyberattacks targeting various sectors in Germany, including defense, aerospace, and IT companies, as well as the German Social Democratic Party. This article has been indexed from Cyware News…

Report: Only 45% of Organizations Use MFA to Protect Against Fraud

A report by Ping Identity highlighted the pressing need for enhanced identity protection strategies, as 97% of organizations struggle with identity verification, and 48% lack confidence in defending against AI-related attacks. This article has been indexed from Cyware News –…

DBIR: Supply Chain Breaches up 68% Year Over Year

According to Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), supply chain breaches increased by 68% year-over-year, primarily due to software vulnerabilities exploited in ransomware and extortion attacks. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

Krebs, Luber Added to Cyber Safety Review Board

The Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has added four new members, including Chris Krebs, former Director of the CISA, and David Luber, head of the NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…

Mastodon Delays Firm Fix to Solve Link Preview DDoS Issue

Mastodon delayed a firm fix for link preview DDoS issues, pushing it back to version 4.4.0 from the expected 4.3.0 release. The issue arises from the decentralized nature of Mastodon, where link previews generate excessive traffic on host servers. This…

WordPress Plugin Exploit Impacts Over 90,000 Websites

The vulnerability, which has a CVSS score of 9.8, is a SQL injection flaw that allows attackers to execute unauthorized SQL queries and potentially compromise the integrity and confidentiality of the WordPress database. This article has been indexed from Cyware…

Citrix Addresses High-Severity NetScaler Servers Flaw

Citrix appears to have quietly addressed a vulnerability in its NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances that gave remote, unauthenticated attackers a way to obtain potentially sensitive information from the memory of affected systems. This article has been indexed from Cyware…

Anetac Raises $16M in Funding

Anetac, a startup protecting companies from blind spots of service accounts in hybrid environments, raised $16M in funding. The round was led by Liberty Global with participation from Shield Capital, GP Ventures, Anetac CEO Tim Eades and Jason Witty. This…

NATO and the EU Formally Condemned APT28 Cyber Espionage

The nation-state actor APT28 exploited the zero-day flaw CVE-2023-23397 in attacks against European entities since April 2022. The Russia-linked APT also targeted NATO entities and Ukrainian government agencies. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…

NiceCurl and TameCat Custom Backdoors Leveraged by Damselfly APT

The Damselfly Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, also known as APT42, has been actively using custom backdoor variants, NiceCurl and TameCat, to infiltrate Windows machines. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the original…

HijackLoader Evolves with New Evasion Techniques

HijackLoader is a modular malware loader that is used to deliver second-stage payloads including Amadey, Lumma Stealer, Racoon Stealer v2, and Remcos RAT. HijackLoader decrypts and parses a PNG image to load the next stage. This article has been indexed…

Russian GRU Hackers Compromised German, Czech Targets

The German and Czech governments have publicly disclosed that Russian military intelligence hackers, known as APT28, have been involved in an espionage campaign targeting political parties and critical infrastructure in both countries. This article has been indexed from Cyware News…

Finland Warns of Android Malware Attacks Breaching Bank Accounts

Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) highlighted multiple cases of SMS messages written in Finnish that instruct recipients to call a number. The scammer answers the call instructs victims to install a McAfee app for protection. This article has been…

Law Enforcement Seized LockBit Group’s Website Again

Law enforcement authorities seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again and they plan to reveal the identities of the LockBitSupps and other gang members on May 7, 2024. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…

Ransom Recovery Costs Reach $2.73 Million

Ransom recovery costs have surged, with the average payment reaching $2 million, a 500% increase from the previous year. Excluding ransoms, the average cost of recovery has risen to $2.73 million, up by almost $1 million, according to Sophos. This…

LayerX Raises $26 Million for its Browser Security Platform

The Israeli startup founded in 2022 by Or Eshed and David Weisbrot has raised $26 million in Series A funding. This round, led by Glilot+ and with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, brings LayerX’s total investment to $34 million. This…

Microsoft, Google Widen Passkey Support for Its Users

Passkeys are gaining widespread adoption as an alternative to traditional passwords for digital authentication. Major tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and Bitwarden have recently expanded support for passkeys. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…

Russia-Linked APT28 and Crooks are Still Using the Moobot Botnet

Trend Micro researchers revealed that the botnet, primarily operating through compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters, is used for various malicious activities such as credential harvesting, proxying network traffic, and hosting phishing landing pages. This article has been indexed from Cyware News –…

Crypto Recovery Scams – And How They Add Insult to Injury

Crypto recovery scams involve fraudsters who offer to help victims recover stolen cryptocurrency in exchange for an upfront fee, but instead, they disappear after payment. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the original…

CISA Urges Software Devs to Weed out Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

Path traversal vulnerabilities, also known as directory traversal, can be exploited by attackers to manipulate critical files, compromise security mechanisms, access sensitive data, and disrupt systems. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the…

Android Bug can Leak DNS Traffic With VPN Kill Switch Enabled

The Android bug discovered by a Mullvad VPN user reveals that Android devices can leak DNS queries even with the “Always-on VPN” feature and “Block connections without VPN” option enabled. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest…

“Dirty Stream” Attack Affects Popular Android Apps

A vulnerability in popular Android apps like Xiaomi File Manager and WPS Office could allow malicious apps to overwrite files in the vulnerable app’s home directory, potentially leading to code execution and unauthorized access to user data. This article has…

More Than Two Dozen Android Vulnerabilities Fixed

Xiaomi resolved 20 flaws, ensuring user safety by fixing issues like arbitrary access to system components and data leaks. Google also fixed six vulnerabilities, including geolocation access through the camera and arbitrary file access. This article has been indexed from…

North Korean Hackers Spoofing Journalist Emails to Spy on Experts

North Korean threat actors, specifically the Kimsuky group, are exploiting weakly configured DMARC protocols to spoof the email addresses of legitimate journalists, academics, and other experts in East Asian affairs. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest…

AI-Driven Phishing Attacks Deceive Even the Most Aware Users

By automating and personalizing various aspects of the attack process, such as crafting convincing emails and creating realistic phishing pages, threat actors can deceive even the most aware users. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber…

Investigation Uncovers Substantial Spyware Exports to Indonesia

An investigation by Amnesty International’s Security Lab revealed that Indonesia has been procuring powerful and invasive commercial spyware and surveillance products from international vendors, brokers, and resellers. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

US Charges 16 Over ‘Depraved’ Grandparent Scams

The scam involved call center workers impersonating the victims’ relatives, claiming they were in legal trouble or had been in an accident, and convincing the victims to send thousands of dollars to help them. This article has been indexed from…

Essential Steps for Zero-Trust Strategy Implementation

According to Gartner, 63% of organizations worldwide have fully or partially implemented a zero-trust strategy. For 78% of organizations implementing a zero-trust strategy, this investment represents less than 25% of the overall cybersecurity budget. This article has been indexed from…

Attack Report: Custom QR Code Phishing Templates

Hackers are using custom QR code templates that are personalized for each target organization, making the attacks appear more legitimate and increasing their chances of success. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the…

Mal.Metrica Redirects Users to Scam Sites

Mal.Metrica is a significant malware campaign targeting vulnerabilities in popular WordPress plugins. It injects external scripts using domain names resembling legitimate services to redirect users to malicious sites. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…

Why Cloud Vulnerabilities Need CVEs

Cloud services have introduced new challenges for vulnerability management, as organizations no longer control the underlying infrastructure and must focus on configuration management rather than just patching. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

Finnish Psychotherapy Center Cyber-Blackmailer Gets Six Years

The district court of Länsi-Uusimaa, Finland, sentenced Aleksanteri Kivimäki, 26, on Tuesday for crimes against the Vastaamo center and those in its care, which included more than 20,000 extortion attempts. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest…

HPE Aruba Networking Fixes Four Critical RCE Flaws in ArubaOS

HPE Aruba Networking has issued its April 2024 security advisory detailing critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities impacting multiple versions of ArubaOS, its proprietary network operating system. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

AI is Creating a New Generation of Cyberattacks

Most businesses see offensive AI fast becoming a standard tool for cybercriminals, with 93% of security leaders expecting to face daily AI-driven attacks, according to Netacea. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the…

Corelight Gets $150M to Expand Detection, Improve Workflows

The latest investment will allow Corelight to deepen its relationship with existing partners, while extending its expertise from large enterprises and government entities to the enterprise sector. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

Island Raises $175 Million at $3 Billion Valuation

The $175 million Series D funding round for Island was led by new investor Coatue and existing investor Sequoia Capital, with additional funding from other existing investors. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

CISA Unveils Guidelines for AI and Critical Infrastructure

The CISA on Monday released safety and security guidelines for critical infrastructure, a move that comes just days after the Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of a safety and security board focused on the same topic. This article…

New Wpeeper Android Malware Hides Behind Hacked WordPress Sites

A new Android backdoor malware named ‘Wpeeper’ has been spotted in at least two unofficial app stores mimicking the Uptodown App Store, a popular third-party app store for Android devices with over 220 million downloads. This article has been indexed…

Programming Language R Patches Code Execution Security Flaw

The vulnerability, tagged CVE-2024-27322, can be exploited by tricking someone into loading a maliciously crafted RDS (R Data Serialization) file into an R-based project, or by fooling them into integrating a poisoned R package into a code base. This article…

Patched Deserialization Flaw in Siemens Product Allows RCE

Researchers detailed a deserialization vulnerability in Siemens software used to monitor industrial energy consumption and attributed the flaw to the German conglomerate’s decision to use a programming method that has known security risks. This article has been indexed from Cyware…

New Latrodectus Malware Attacks Use Microsoft, Cloudflare Themes

Latrodectus malware is now being distributed in phishing campaigns using Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare lures to appear legitimate while making it harder for email security platforms to detect the emails as malicious. This article has been indexed from Cyware News…

Microsoft Releases New-Open Source Tool for OT Security

Microsoft has released a new open-source security tool to close gaps in threat analysis for industrial control systems and help address increased nation-state attacks on critical infrastructure. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…

KnowBe4 to Acquire Egress

KnowBe4, a Tampa Bay, FL-based provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is to acquire Egress Software Technologies, a London, UK-based company that specializes in adaptive and integrated cloud email security. This article has been indexed from Cyware…

Prompt Fuzzer: Open-Source Tool for Strengthening GenAI Apps

Prompt Fuzzer is interactive and user-friendly, allowing users to repeat the process as many times as needed to harden their system prompts and see their security score increase as the prompt becomes more resilient. This article has been indexed from…

UK Enacts IoT Cybersecurity Law

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act has come into effect, requiring manufacturers of consumer-grade IoT products sold in the UK to stop using guessable default passwords and have a vulnerability disclosure policy. This article has been indexed from…

FCC Imposes $200 Million in Fines on Four US Carriers

The FCC has fined four major U.S. wireless carriers – AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon – a total of nearly $200 million for unlawfully selling access to their customers’ real-time location data without consent. This article has been indexed from…