HHS’ Office for Civil Rights in new “frequently asked questions” guidance issued Friday night said it has not yet received breach reports from Change Healthcare, UHG, or any other affected covered entities pertaining to the incident. This article has been…
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Cloud Console Cartographer: Open-Source Tool Helps Security Teams Transcribe Log Activity
Cloud Console Cartographer is an open-source tool that maps noisy log activity into highly consolidated, succinct events to help security practitioners cut through the noise and understand console behavior in their environment. This article has been indexed from Cyware News…
Majority of Businesses Worldwide are Implementing Zero Trust, Gartner Finds
Almost two-thirds of organizations across the globe have either fully or partially implemented zero-trust strategies, according to a report released Monday by Gartner based on a survey of 303 security leaders. This article has been indexed from Cyware News –…
GitHub Comments Abused to Push Malware via Microsoft Repository URLs
A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…
Uncertainty is the Most Common Driver of Noncompliance
Most compliance leaders tend to focus on building an ethical culture in their organizations to improve employee behavior, but it has a limited impact on addressing uncertainty about how to be compliant, according to a survey by Gartner. This article…
Cyber Insurance Gaps Stick Firms With Millions in Uncovered Losses
The majority of companies, 4 in 5, have suffered a cyberattack that wasn’t fully covered under their cyber insurance policy, according to an analysis by cyber risk quantification firm CYE. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest…
Researchers Warn Windows Defender Attack can Delete Databases
Researchers at US-Israeli infosec outfit SafeBreach recently discussed flaws in Microsoft and Kaspersky endpoint security products that can potentially allow the remote deletion of files. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read the original…
Sharp Stealer: New Info-stealer Malware Targets Gamers, Crypto Enthusiasts
The malware does not try to hide its presence in the system from antivirus programs and has not gained much popularity in the underground yet, indicating that it is a new player in the market. This article has been indexed…
From Water to Wine: An Analysis of WINELOADER
A recent malware campaign used weaponized ZIP files to distribute the WINELOADER malware. The attackers send phishing emails with ZIP attachments that, when extracted, execute a PowerShell script to download and install the malware. This article has been indexed from…
Malicious PyPI Package Attacking Discord Users to Steal Credentials
A malicious PyPI package named “discordpy_bypass-1.7” was detected on March 12, 2024. This package is designed to extract sensitive information from user systems using a blend of persistence techniques, browser data extraction, and token harvesting. This article has been indexed…
Malware Developer Lures Child Exploiters Into Honeytrap to Extort Them
Threat actors created a website to impersonate UsenetClub, a subscription service for “uncensored” access to images and videos downloaded from Usenet. They claimed to provide free access to the site after the installation of a “CryptVPN” software. This article has…
UK Cyber Agency NCSC Announces Richard Horne as its Next Chief Executive
The hire marks another coup for the British public sector in poaching talent from the technology industry, particularly at the executive level, following the recruitment of Ollie Whitehouse as the NCSC’s chief technology officer earlier this year. This article has…
Ukrainian Soldiers’ Apps Increasingly Targeted for Spying, Cyber Agency Warns
The agency is attributing the surge to a group tracked as UAC-0184, which was spotted in February targeting an unnamed Ukrainian entity in Finland. CERT-UA does not attribute UAC-0184’s activity to any specific foreign cyber threat group. This article has…
Researchers Find Dozens of Fake E-Zpass Toll Websites After FBI Warning
Researchers from cybersecurity firm DomainTools told Recorded Future News that they have found nearly 30 newly created domains related to tolls, 15 of which have a “high chance of being weaponized for phishing, malware, or spam.” This article has been…
Report: 51% of Enterprises Experienced a Breach Despite Large Security Stacks
Threat actors are continuing to successfully breach across the entire attack surface. Around 93% of enterprises who admitted a breach reported unplanned downtime, data exposure, or financial loss as a result, according to a survey by Pentera. This article has…
Critical Flaw in the Forminator Plugin Impacts Hundreds of Thousands of WordPress Sites
Japan’s CERT warned that the WordPress plugin Forminator, developed by WPMU DEV, is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including a flaw that allows unrestricted file uploads to the server. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News…
Rising Ransomware Issue: English-Speaking Western Affiliates
Security experts say Western teenagers comprise a number of active affiliate groups, many with ties to the cybercrime community that calls itself “The Community,” aka the Com or Comm. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber…
JavaScript Malware Switches to Server-Side Redirects and Uses DNS TXT Records as TDS
A malware campaign was found injecting malicious JavaScript code into compromised WordPress sites to redirect site visitors to VexTrio domains, specifically using dynamic DNS TXT records of the tracker-cloud[.]com domain to obtain redirect URLs. This article has been indexed from…
NATO to Launch New Cyber Center to Contest Cyberspace ‘At All Times’
The new facility, details about which have not previously been reported, marks the fruition of a significant doctrinal shift in how the alliance approaches operations in cyberspace. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest Cyber News Read…
HelloKitty Ransomware Rebrands, Releases CD Projekt and Cisco Data
An operator of the HelloKitty ransomware operation announced they changed the name to ‘HelloGookie,’ releasing passwords for previously leaked CD Projekt source code, Cisco network information, and decryption keys from old attacks. This article has been indexed from Cyware News…