Qilin, the ransomware group believed to be behind the recent Synnovis attack, has been observed stealing credentials stored in Google Chrome after gaining access to a target’s network. Researchers at Sophos X-Ops, who detected the activity, said this is an unusual tactic for ransomware groups, and one that could be a bonus multiplier for the
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Video Phishing using PWAs? ESET Research’s latest discovery might just ruin some users’ assumptions about their preferred platform’s security 23 Aug 2024 ESET researchers have recently revealed an uncommon type of phishing campaign using Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) that targeted the clients of a prominent Czech bank. The technique used installed a phishing application from
Aug 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananLaw Enforcement / Digital Privacy Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. Durov is believed to have been apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued in connection with a preliminary police investigation. TF1 said the probe
The US government has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and its affiliate Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) for alleged cybersecurity violations. The Department of Justice (DoJ) has joined a whistleblower to file a “complaint-in-intervention” against the institutions for “knowingly” failing to implement cybersecurity controls as required by their Department
ESET researchers uncovered a crimeware campaign that targeted clients of three Czech banks. The malware used, which we have named NGate, has the unique ability to relay data from victims’ payment cards, via a malicious app installed on their Android devices, to the attacker’s rooted Android phone. Key points of this blogpost: Attackers combined standard
Aug 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen dropper that serves as a conduit to launch next-stage malware with the ultimate goal of infecting Windows systems with information stealers and loaders. “This memory-only dropper decrypts and executes a PowerShell-based downloader,” Google-owned Mandiant said. “This PowerShell-based downloader is being tracked as
A newly discovered malware, Cthulhu Stealer, has been observed targeting macOS users, marking another significant cybersecurity threat to Apple’s operating system. The tool, identified by Cado Security, operates as a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) and leverages Apple disk images (DMG) to disguise itself as legitimate software. How Cthulhu Stealer Works The Cthulhu Stealer primarily focuses on stealing
Business Security Should the payment of a ransomware demand be illegal? Should it be regulated in some way? These questions are some examples of the legal minefield that cybersecurity teams must deal with Tony Anscombe 21 Aug 2024 • , 3 min. read Governments create legislation and regulations primarily to protect public interests and keep
Aug 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Data Privacy Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new information stealer that’s designed to target Apple macOS hosts and harvest a wide range of information, underscoring how threat actors are increasingly setting their sights on the operating system. Dubbed Cthulhu Stealer, the malware has been available under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS)
A newly discovered remote access Trojan (RAT) family, MoonPeak, has been linked to a North Korean-affiliated threat group known as UAT-5394. This sophisticated malware, based on the open-source XenoRAT, is undergoing active development, showcasing significant enhancements aimed at evading detection and improving functionality, according to recent research from Cisco Talos. Connection to Kimsuky UAT-5394, an
In this blogpost we discuss an uncommon type of phishing campaign targeting mobile users and analyze a case that we observed in the wild that targeted clients of a prominent Czech bank. This technique is noteworthy because it installs a phishing application from a third-party website without the user having to allow third-party app installation.
Aug 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Vulnerability Google has rolled out security fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-7971, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. “Type
A recently discovered sophisticated mobile phishing technique has been observed in financial fraud campaigns across the Czech Republic, Hungary and Georgia. This phishing method leverages progressive web applications (PWA), these types of web applications offer a native-app-like experience and are gaining momentum on both Android and iOS devices. This technique is noteworthy because it installs
Aug 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananWordPress / Cybersecurity A maximum-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the WordPress GiveWP donation and fundraising plugin that exposes more than 100,000 websites to remote code execution attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-5932 (CVSS score: 10.0), impacts all versions of the plugin prior to version 3.14.2, which was released on August
Read more about election security: Potential ransomware attacks during the 2024 election cycle have been deemed unlikely to compromise the security or accuracy of vote casting or counting. The news comes from a public service announcement (PSA) issued on August 15 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Aug 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a threat actor known as Blind Eagle that has persistently targeted entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and other Latin American nations. Targets of these attacks span several sectors, including governmental institutions, financial companies, energy and oil and gas companies.
National Public Data, a US background check company, suffered a data breach in April 2024 that could have exposed sensitive data records of millions of US, UK and Canadian residents. The Florida-based data broker, which provides access to data from various public record databases, court records, state and national databases and other repositories nationwide, confirmed
Aug 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered new infrastructure linked to a financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7. The two clusters of potential FIN7 activity “indicate communications inbound to FIN7 infrastructure from IP addresses assigned to Post Ltd (Russia) and SmartApe (Estonia), respectively,” Team Cymru said in a report published
Microsoft has announced it is mandating multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Azure sign-ins. Customers can select from multiple MFA options through Microsoft Entra to meet their needs. These are: Users approving sign-ins from a mobile app using push notifications, biometrics, or one-time passcodes though Microsoft Authenticator FIDO2 security keys, enabling sign-ins without a username or
Video Business email compromise (BEC) has once again proven to be a costly issue, with a company losing $60 million in a wire transfer fraud scheme 16 Aug 2024 A Luxembourg-based chemicals and manufacturing company has recently suffered one of the largest-ever business email compromise (BEC) attacks. According to a filing to the U.S. Securities
OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence operation that leveraged ChatGPT to generate content that, among other things, focused on the upcoming U.S. presidential election. “This week we identified and took down a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that were generating content for
Two US House of Representatives members have called on the US Department of Commerce to investigate Chinese-made Wi-Fi routers deployed in the US over hacking and espionage concerns. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a
Aug 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Application Security A large-scale extortion campaign has compromised various organizations by taking advantage of publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) that contain credentials associated with cloud and social media applications. “Multiple security missteps were present in the course of this campaign, including the following: Exposing environment variables, using long-lived
Read more about cybersecurity at the Paris Olympics: A new report has revealed a surge in malicious online activities leading up to the Paris Olympic Games, which started on July 26, 2024. Published by cybersecurity researchers at BforeAI today, the new data shows threat actors exploited the popularity of the event by setting up fake
Scams Here’s how to spot and dodge scams when searching for stuff on the classified ads website that offers almost everything under the sun Phil Muncaster 12 Aug 2024 • , 5 min. read People have been buying and selling items on Craigslist for nearly three decades. As a platform for digital classified ads, its
Aug 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Vulnerability SolarWinds has released patches to address a critical security vulnerability in its Web Help Desk software that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on susceptible instances. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-28986 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a deserialization bug. “SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found
A new sophisticated phishing attack featuring a stealthy infostealer malware that exfiltrates a wide range of sensitive data has been uncovered by threat analysts. This malware not only targets traditional data types like saved passwords but also includes session cookies, credit card information, Bitcoin-related extensions and browsing history. The collected data is then sent as a
Scams Your phone number is more than just a way to contact you – scammers can use it to target you with malicious messages and even exploit it to gain access to your bank account or steal corporate data Márk Szabó 13 Aug 2024 • , 5 min. read Last month, we looked at how
Aug 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of the Gafgyt botnet that’s targeting machines with weak SSH passwords to ultimately mine cryptocurrency on compromised instances using their GPU computational power. This indicates that the “IoT botnet is targeting more robust servers running on cloud native environments,” Aqua Security
Australian gold mining firm Evolution Mining recently reported a ransomware attack on its IT systems, identified on August 8, 2024. In a Monday filing with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the company stated that the incident was contained. “The incident has been proactively managed with a focus on protecting the health, safety and privacy of
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