The Russian GRU-backed threat actor APT28 has been attributed as behind a series of campaigns targeting networks across Europe with the HeadLace malware and credential-harvesting web pages. APT28, also known… Read More »Russian Hackers Target Europe with HeadLace Malware and Credential Harvesting
OpenAI on Thursday disclosed that it took steps to cut off five covert influence operations (IO) originating from China, Iran, Israel, and Russia that sought to abuse its artificial intelligence… Read More »OpenAI, Meta, TikTok Disrupt Multiple AI-Powered Disinformation Campaigns
Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated by a Russia-aligned threat actor called FlyingYeti targeting Ukraine. “The FlyingYeti campaign capitalized on anxiety over… Read More »FlyingYeti Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability to Deliver COOKBOX Malware in Ukraine
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.… Read More »CISA Alerts Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw
The threat actors behind the RedTail cryptocurrency mining malware have added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Palo Alto Networks firewalls to its exploit arsenal. The addition of the PAN-OS… Read More »RedTail Crypto-Mining Malware Exploiting Palo Alto Networks Firewall Vulnerability
A previously undocumented cyber espionage-focused threat actor named LilacSquid has been linked to targeted attacks spanning various sectors in the United States (U.S.), Europe, and Asia as part of a… Read More »Cyber Espionage Alert: LilacSquid Targets IT, Energy, and Pharma Sectors
Cybersecurity researchers have warned that multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins are being actively exploited by threat actors to create rogue administrator accounts for follow-on exploitation. “These vulnerabilities are… Read More »Researchers Uncover Active Exploitation of WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Europol on Thursday said it shut down the infrastructure associated with several malware loader operations such as IcedID, SystemBC, PikaBot, SmokeLoader, Bumblebee, and TrickBot as part of a coordinated law… Read More »Europol Shuts Down 100+ Servers Linked to IcedID, TrickBot, and Other Malware
Security leaders are in a tricky position trying to discern how much new AI-driven cybersecurity tools could actually benefit a security operations center (SOC). The hype about generative AI is… Read More »How to Build Your Autonomous SOC Strategy
Okta is warning that a cross-origin authentication feature in Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) is susceptible to credential stuffing attacks orchestrated by threat actors. “We observed that the endpoints used to… Read More »Okta Warns of Credential Stuffing Attacks Targeting Customer Identity Cloud