Researchers warn of an increase in NetSupport RAT (Remote Access Trojan) infections impacting education, government, and business services sectors. NetSupport Manager is a remote control and desktop management tool by NetSupport Ltd. Its initial role was to aid IT professionals…
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Mac Systems Under Threat: ClearFake Campaign Deploys Atomic Stealer Malware
Threat actors target macOS systems with the Atomic Stealer malware in a new phase of the ClearFake campaign. Mac users are tricked into downloading the infostealer on their devices from fake browser updates. Hackers designed the Atomic Stealer (AMOS) malware…
What Is DNS Security and How Does It Work [A Comprehensive Guide]
The cybersecurity solution of the future must be proactive and holistic, designed to face the most modern forms of attack. This is what we here at Heimdal are devoted to achieving through our endpoint protection, detection, and response suite with…
White House Joins Threads, Amid X Extremist Content Row
US political leadership including the President, White House, and others creates accounts on Meta’s Threads platform This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: White House Joins Threads, Amid X Extremist Content Row
It’s Time to Log Off
There’s a devastating amount of heavy news these days. Psychology experts say you need to know your limits—and when to put down the phone. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: It’s Time to Log…
North Korea-linked APT Diamond Sleet supply chain attack relies on CyberLink software
North Korea-linked APT group Diamond Sleet is distributing a trojanized version of the CyberLink software in a supply chain attack. Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers uncovered a supply chain attack carried out by North Korea-linked APT Diamond Sleet (ZINC) involving a…
Cyber Mindfulness Corner Company Spotlight: Pentest People
At the IT Security Guru we’re showcasing organisations that are passionate about making cybersecurity a healthier, more mindful industry. This week, Gemma Gilderdale, Head of People at Pentest People, spoke to the Gurus about Pentest People’s innovative wellbeing support, the future…
Implementing Effective Compliance Testing: A Comprehensive Guide
At the heart of every organization’s pursuit of compliance lies the critical need to meet regulatory expectations and consistently maintain that state of compliance. Achieving compliance is like reaching a summit, but staying there requires ongoing effort and vigilance. This…
Securing Reality: The Role of Strict Laws and Digital Literacy in the Fight Against Deepfakes
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in response to the growing concern in India regarding deepfakes, which are the manipulation of appearances for deceptive purposes using artificial intelligence, has issued an advisory to social media intermediaries, requesting they…
North Korean Software Supply Chain Threat is Booming, UK and South Korea Warn
The UK’s NCSC and South Korea’s NIS issued a joint advisory describing some of North Korean hackers’ tactics in deploying supply chain attacks This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: North Korean Software Supply Chain Threat…
FBI and CISA warn against Scattered Spider triggered cyber attacks
Law enforcement agencies in North America have issued a warning regarding the Scattered Spider cyber-attacks, citing their adoption of aggressive tactics, including the targeting of victims with violence. Notably, this English-speaking group has aligned itself with ALPHV and BlackCat, leading…
Exposed Kubernetes Secrets Allow Hackers to Access Sensitive Environments
Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Besides this, hackers often target Kubernetes due to its widespread adoption, making it a valuable attack vector for compromising and controlling distributed systems. …
Attack on direct debit provider London & Zurich leaves customers with 6-figure backlogs
Customers complain of poor comms during huge outage that’s sparked payroll fears A ransomware attack and resulting outages at direct debit collection company London & Zurich has forced at least one customer to take out a short-term loan as six-figure…
Data of 8.5 million patients compromised in the United States
Healthcare SaaS provider Welltok has disclosed a data breach that has compromised the personal information of nearly 8.5 million patients in the United States. Welltok works with healthcare providers across the US, […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader.…
University of Manchester CISO Speaks Out on Summer Cyber-Attack
University of Manchester CISO Heather Lowrie shared how the institution tackled a major data breach earlier in 2023 This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: University of Manchester CISO Speaks Out on Summer Cyber-Attack
Cisco Patched Products Vulnerable to HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack
A new high-severity vulnerability has been discovered in multiple Cisco products, which could potentially allow HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack. This vulnerability enables a novel distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack technique. This vulnerability was assigned with CVE-2023-44487 and a severity…
Mirai-based Botnet Exploiting Zero-Day Bugs in Routers and NVRs for Massive DDoS Attacks
An active malware campaign is leveraging two zero-day vulnerabilities with remote code execution (RCE) functionality to rope routers and video recorders into a Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet. “The payload targets routers and network video recorder (NVR) devices with default…
6 Steps to Accelerate Cybersecurity Incident Response
Modern security tools continue to improve in their ability to defend organizations’ networks and endpoints against cybercriminals. But the bad actors still occasionally find a way in. Security teams must be able to stop threats and restore normal operations as…
Actionable Threat Intel (VI) – A day in a Threat Hunter’s life
Kaspersky’s CTI analysts recently released their Asian APT groups report, including details on behavior by different adversaries. Following our series on making third-party intelligence actionable using VirusTotal Intelligence, we have put on our threat hunter’s hat to find samples and…
Windows Hello Fingerprint Authentication Exploited on Microsoft, Dell, & Lenovo Laptops
Microsoft Windows Hello Fingerprint authentication was evaluated for security over its fingerprint sensors embedded in laptops. This led to the discovery of multiple vulnerabilities that would allow a threat actor to bypass the Windows Hello Authentication completely. The research was…