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Oct 10, 2023NewsroomPassword Security / Technology Google on Tuesday announced the ability for all users to set up passkeys by default, five months after it rolled out support for the FIDO Alliance-backed passwordless standard for Google Accounts on all platforms. “This means the next time you sign in to your account, you’ll start seeing prompts
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Oct 10, 2023NewsroomServer Security / Vulnerability Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google on Tuesday said they took steps to mitigate record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that relied on a novel technique called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. The layer 7 attacks were detected in late August 2023, the companies said in a coordinated disclosure. The cumulative
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Two leading US government security agencies have shared the top 10 most common cybersecurity misconfigurations, in a bid to improve baseline security among public and private sector organizations. The report from the NSA and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was compiled from their red and blue team assessments, as well agency hunt and incident
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Ensuring sensitive data remains confidential, protected from unauthorized access, and compliant with data privacy regulations is paramount. Data breaches result in financial and reputational damage but also lead to legal consequences. Therefore, robust data access security measures are essential to safeguard an organization’s assets, maintain customer trust, and meet regulatory requirements. A comprehensive Data Security
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Video The backdoor can exfiltrate files, manipulate Windows registry keys, and execute commands that are capable of performing various actions on a victim’s machine 06 Oct 2023 This week, ESET researchers released their findings about a cyberespionage campaign that took aim at a Guyanese governmental entity. Named Operation Jacana by ESET, the campaign deployed a
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Despite the takedown of the Qakbot threat gang’s infrastructure by the FBI in late August, some of the group’s affiliates are still deploying ransomware through phishing campaigns, according to Cisco Talos. Talos threat researchers found new evidence that a threat actor linked to the Qakbot malware loader (also known as QBot or Pinkslipbot) has been
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In February 2023, ESET researchers detected a spearphishing campaign targeting a governmental entity in Guyana. While we haven’t been able to link the campaign, which we named Operation Jacana, to any specific APT group, we believe with medium confidence that a China-aligned threat group is behind this incident. In the attack, the operators used a
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it will require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all privileged accounts starting mid-2024, in a bid to improve default security and reduce the risk of account hijacking. From that time, any customers signing into the AWS Management Console with the root user of an AWS Organizations management account will be required
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Oct 06, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Threat actors have been observed targeting semiconductor companies in East Asia with lures masquerading as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) that are designed to deliver Cobalt Strike beacons. The intrusion set, per EclecticIQ, leverages a backdoor called HyperBro, which is then used as a conduit to deploy the commercial
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Chinese threat actors are positioning themselves to deploy major cyber-attacks against US critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the event of an escalation of hostilities between the two nations. Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report (MDDR) observed a rise in Chinese state-affiliated actors, such as Circle Typhoon and Volt Typhoon, targeting sectors like transportation, utilities, medical infrastructure
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Oct 05, 2023NewsroomRansomware / Malware Despite the disruption to its infrastructure, the threat actors behind the QakBot malware have been linked to an ongoing phishing campaign since early August 2023 that led to the delivery of Ransom Knight (aka Cyclops) ransomware and Remcos RAT. This indicates that “the law enforcement operation may not have impacted
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Human Security has exposed a significant monetization method employed by a sophisticated cyber-criminal operation. This operation involved the sale of backdoored off-brand mobile and CTV (Connected TV) Android devices through major retailers, which had originated from repackaging factories in China. The scheme, known as BADBOX, deploys the Triada malware as a “backdoor” on various devices
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The Madagascar government likely used the Cytrox-developed Predator spyware to conduct political domestic surveillance ahead of the country’s presidential election, according to research by Sekoia. French threat intelligence firm Sekoia’s latest technical analysis of Cytrox’s infrastructure was prompted by recent revelations that Predator had been installed on the iPhone of the former Egyptian MP Ahmed
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Oct 03, 2023The Hacker NewsAPI Security / Data Security APIs, also known as application programming interfaces, serve as the backbone of modern software applications, enabling seamless communication and data exchange between different systems and platforms. They provide developers with an interface to interact with external services, allowing them to integrate various functionalities into their own
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Thousands of organizations around the world are using industrial control systems (ICS) exposed to the public internet, new analysis from Bitsight has found. The firm discovered nearly 100,000 directly exposed ICS across its inventory of global organizations, including Fortune 1000 businesses. This internet exposure makes it easier for threat actors to infiltrate and control physical
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Introduction In today’s interconnected digital ecosystem, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) play a pivotal role in enabling seamless communication and data exchange between various software applications and systems. APIs act as bridges, facilitating the sharing of information and functionalities. However, as the use of APIs continues to rise, they have become an increasingly attractive target for
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Microsoft’s Bing Chat has come under scrutiny due to a significant security concern – the infiltration of malicious ads. Malwarebytes researchers have now demonstrated how unsuspecting users seeking software downloads can be tricked into visiting malicious websites and unwittingly downloading malware. Bing Chat, an artificial intelligence (AI) interactive text and image application powered by OpenAI’s
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Sep 30, 2023THNCyber Espionage / Malware Sophisticated cyber actors backed by Iran known as OilRig have been linked to a spear-phishing campaign that infects victims with a new strain of malware called Menorah. “The malware was designed for cyberespionage, capable of identifying the machine, reading and uploading files from the machine, and downloading another file
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The Russian firm Operation Zero has announced a staggering $20m reward for hacking tools capable of compromising iPhones and Android devices.  The company unveiled this increased payout on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, aiming to attract top-tier researchers and developer teams to collaborate with their platform. Under this program, Operation Zero is willing to pay
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Sep 30, 2023THNRansomware / Cyber Threat The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a new trend of dual ransomware attacks targeting the same victims, at least since July 2023. “During these attacks, cyber threat actors deployed two different ransomware variants against victim companies from the following variants: AvosLocker, Diamond, Hive, Karakurt, LockBit,
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Video During the attack, the group deployed several tools, most notably a newly-discovered sophisticated backdoor that ESET named LightlessCan 29 Sep 2023 This week, ESET researchers unveiled their findings about an attack by the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus that took aim at an aerospace company in Spain. The group obtained initial access to the
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The UK’s information commissioner has called for an immediate end to the use of excel spreadsheets to publish Freedom of Information (FOI) data. The data protection regulator issued an advisory notice yesterday to all public authorities in the wake of a hugely damaging leak at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) last month. Among other
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One US lawmaker has warned that the impending government shutdown will put critical cyber workers out of action, leaving Americans exposed to damaging cyber-attacks. Democratic Congresswoman Rep. Shontel Brown made the remarks during a Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Ransomware on September 27, 2023, which discussed how to combat rising ransomware attacks on US infrastructure. The