Hackers Hiding Malicious Word Files within PDFs
KEY FINDINGS Hackers are using polyglot files to embed malicious Word documents within PDFs. These files can appear in one format but can be interpreted…
Month: August 2023
Cisco VPNs without MFA enabled hit by ransomware groups
Since March 2023 (and possibly even earlier), affiliates of the Akira and LockBit ransomware operators have been breaching organizations via Cisco ASA SSL VPN appliances.…
French Ministry Of Justice Cyber Attack Claimed By Garnesia Team
The Ministry of Justice in France has reportedly fallen victim to a hacking event. The responsible entity behind the French Ministry of Justice cyber attack…
Splunk Patches High-Severity Flaws in Enterprise, IT Service Intelligence
Splunk on Wednesday announced patches for multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise and IT Service Intelligence, including flaws in third-party packages. The most severe of…
Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and Android
August has ended the summer in style with multiple patches issued by Microsoft, Google Chrome, and its competitor Firefox to fix serious issues, some of…
Dangling DNS Used to Hijack Subdomains of Major Organizations
Researchers have abused dangling DNS records to hijack subdomains belonging to over a dozen major organizations, and they warn that thousands of entities are vulnerable…
Earth Estries’ Espionage Campaign Targets Governments and Tech Titans Across Continents
Aug 31, 2023THNCyber Attack / Hacking A hacking outfit nicknamed Earth Estries has been attributed to a new, ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting government and…
Lawsuit Accuses University of Minnesota of Not Doing Enough to Prevent Data Breach
A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to…
Trojanized Signal, Telegram apps found on Google Play, Samsung Galaxy Store
ESET researchers have identified two active campaigns targeting Android users, where the threat actors behind the tools for Telegram and Signal are attributed to the…
GenAI outranks cloud as business IT strategic priority
Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), an IT analyst firm owned by Computer Weekly publisher TechTarget, has published research about generative AI (GenAI) enterprise use cases that…
India Boosts Cybersecurity For G20 Summit, Deploys IAF Drones
As the global stage awaits the imminent G20 Summit scheduled in New Delhi, India, the nation is diligently preparing to fortify its defenses against potential…
Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization
National Safety Council data leak: Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2023 The…