The U.S. Department of State on Monday said it’s taking steps to impose visa restrictions on 13 individuals who are allegedly involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or who are immediately family members… Read More »U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on 13 Linked to Commercial Spyware Misuse
The Russia-linked nation-state threat actor tracked as APT28 weaponized a security flaw in the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler component to deliver a previously unknown custom malware called GooseEgg. The post-compromise tool, which is said… Read More »Russia’s APT28 Exploited Windows Print Spooler Flaw to Deploy ‘GooseEgg’ Malware
The MITRE Corporation revealed that it was the target of a nation-state cyber attack that exploited two zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure appliances starting in January 2024. The intrusion… Read More »MITRE Corporation Breached by Nation-State Hackers Exploiting Ivanti Flaws
Over the past two years, a shocking 51% of organizations surveyed in a leading industry report have been compromised by a cyberattack. Yes, over half. And this, in a world where enterprises… Read More »Pentera’s 2024 Report Reveals Hundreds of Security Events per Week, Highlighting the Criticality of Continuous Validation
The threat actor known as ToddyCat has been observed using a wide range of tools to retain access to compromised environments and steal valuable data. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky characterized the adversary as relying on… Read More »Russian Hacker Group ToddyCat Uses Advanced Tools for Industrial-Scale Data Theft
New research has found that the DOS-to-NT path conversion process could be exploited by threat actors to achieve rootkit-like capabilities to conceal and impersonate files, directories, and processes. “When a… Read More »Researchers Uncover Windows Flaws Granting Hackers Rootkit-Like Powers
Between crossovers – Do threat actors play dirty or desperate? In our dataset of over 11,000 victim organizations that have experienced a Cyber Extortion / Ransomware attack, we noticed that… Read More »Ransomware Double-Dip: Re-Victimization in Cyber Extortion
Microsoft has revealed that North Korea-linked state-sponsored cyber actors has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make its operations more effective and efficient. “They are learning to use tools… Read More »Microsoft Warns: North Korean Hackers Turn to AI-Fueled Cyber Espionage
A new information stealer has been found leveraging Lua bytecode for added stealth and sophistication, findings from McAfee Labs reveal. The cybersecurity firm has assessed it to be a variant… Read More »New RedLine Stealer Variant Disguised as Game Cheats Using Lua Bytecode for Stealth
Users of the CrushFTP enterprise file transfer software are being urged to update to the latest version following the discovery of a security flaw that has come under targeted exploitation in the wild. “CrushFTP v11… Read More »Critical Update: CrushFTP Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Targeted Attacks