Security

China-Linked TAG-112 Targets Tibetan Media with Cobalt Strike Espionage Campaign
A China-linked nation-state group called TAG-112 compromised Tibetan media and university websites in a new cyber espionage campaign designed to facilitate the delivery of the Cobalt Strike post-exploitation toolkit for follow-on information collection...
2024-11-22 22:17
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Russian Hackers Deploy HATVIBE and CHERRYSPY Malware Across Europe and Asia
Threat actors with ties to Russia have been linked to a cyber espionage campaign aimed at organizations in Central Asia, East Asia, and Europe. Recorded Future's Insikt Group, which has assigned the activity cluster the name TAG-110, said it overlaps w...
2024-11-22 17:36
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Unlocking Google Workspace Security: Are You Doing Enough to Protect Your Data?
Google Workspace has quickly become the productivity backbone for businesses worldwide, offering an all-in-one suite with email, cloud storage and collaboration tools. This single-platform approach makes it easy for teams to connect and work efficientl...
2024-11-22 17:00
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Microsoft, Meta, and DOJ Disrupt Global Cybercrime and Fraudulent Networks
Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced independent actions to tackle cybercrime and disrupt services that enable scams, fraud, and phishing attacks. To that end, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it ...
2024-11-22 15:07
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PyPI Attack: ChatGPT, Claude Impersonators Deliver JarkaStealer via Python Libraries
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonated popular artificial intelligence (AI) models like OpenAI ChatGPT and Anthropic Claude to deliver an information ste...
2024-11-22 11:45
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Warning: Over 2,000 Palo Alto Networks Devices Hacked in Ongoing Attack Campaign
As many as 2,000 Palo Alto Networks devices are estimated to have been compromised as part of a campaign abusing the newly disclosed security flaws that have come under active exploitation in the wild. According to statistics shared by the Shadowserver...
2024-11-21 21:52
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Chinese APT Gelsemium Targets Linux Systems with New WolfsBane Backdoor
The China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane as part of cyber attacks likely targeting East and Southeast Asia. That's according to findings from cybersecurity...
2024-11-21 21:20
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10 Most Impactful PAM Use Cases for Enhancing Organizational Security
Privileged access management (PAM) plays a pivotal role in building a strong security strategy. PAM empowers you to significantly reduce cybersecurity risks, gain tighter control over privileged access, achieve regulatory compliance, and reduce the bur...
2024-11-21 17:53
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North Korean Front Companies Impersonate U.S. IT Firms to Fund Missile Programs
Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are impersonating U.S.-based software and technology consulting businesses in order to further their financial objectives as part of a broader information technology (IT) worke...
2024-11-21 17:34
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Cyber Story Time: The Boy Who Cried "Secure!"
As a relatively new security category, many security operators and executives I’ve met have asked us “What are these Automated Security Validation (ASV) tools?” We’ve covered that pretty extensively in the past, so today, instead of covering th...
2024-11-21 17:00
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Over 145,000 Industrial Control Systems Across 175 Countries Found Exposed Online
New research has uncovered more than 145,000 internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS) across 175 countries, with the U.S. alone accounting for over one-third of the total exposures. The analysis, which comes from attack surface management comp...
2024-11-21 16:30
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5 Scattered Spider Gang Members Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Cybercrime Scheme
Five alleged members of the infamous Scattered Spider cybercrime crew have been indicted in the U.S. for targeting employees of companies across the country using social engineering techniques to harvest credentials and using them to gain unauthorized ...
2024-11-21 14:46
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Google's AI-Powered OSS-Fuzz Tool Finds 26 Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects
Google has revealed that its AI-powered fuzzing tool, OSS-Fuzz, has been used to help identify 26 vulnerabilities in various open-source code repositories, including a medium-severity flaw in the OpenSSL cryptographic library. "These particular vulnera...
2024-11-21 12:43
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NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data
Threat hunters are warning about an updated version of the Python-based NodeStealer that's now equipped to extract more information from victims' Facebook Ads Manager accounts and harvest credit card data stored in web browsers. "They collect budget de...
2024-11-21 12:04
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Ghost Tap: Hackers Exploiting NFCGate to Steal Funds via Mobile Payments
Threat actors are increasingly banking on a new technique that leverages near-field communication (NFC) to cash out victim's funds at scale. The technique, codenamed Ghost Tap by ThreatFabric, enables cybercriminals to cash-out money from stolen credit...
2024-11-20 18:39
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NHIs Are the Future of Cybersecurity: Meet NHIDR
The frequency and sophistication of modern cyberattacks are surging, making it increasingly challenging for organizations to protect sensitive data and critical infrastructure. When attackers compromise a non-human identity (NHI), they can swiftly expl...
2024-11-20 17:00
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