Pirated Microsoft Office delivers malware cocktail on systems
Cybercriminals are distributing a malware cocktail through cracked versions of Microsoft Office promoted on torrent sites. The malware delivered to users includes remote access trojans…
Month: May 2024
AI Jailbreak Concerns Heat Up As Japanese Man Builds GenAI Ransomware
A 25-year-old man from Kawasaki, Japan was arrested this week for allegedly using generative AI tools to create ransomware in an AI jailbreaking case that…
Five botnets dismantled in ‘Operation Endgame’ – Security
Four people have been arrested in Ukraine and Armenia and more than 100 internet servers taken down or disrupted in a major sting operation targeting…
CISA adds Check Point Quantum Security Gateways and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
CISA adds Check Point Quantum Security Gateways and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2024 CISA adds Check…
Data of 560 million Ticketmaster customers for sale after alleged breach
A threat group known as ShinyHunters is selling what they claim is the personal and financial information of 560 million Ticketmaster customers on the recently…
Experts found a macOS version of the sophisticated LightSpy spyware
Experts found a macOS version of the sophisticated LightSpy spyware Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2024 Researchers spotted a macOS version of the LightSpy surveillance framework…
GDPR and Pentesting: What You Need to Know
Personal data, also referred to as PII (personally identifiable information) is any piece of data or information that can be used to identify a person.…
Malware botnet bricked 600,000 routers in mysterious 2023 event
A malware botnet named ‘Pumpkin Eclipse’ performed a mysterious destructive event in 2023 that destroyed 600,000 office/home office (SOHO) internet routers offline, disrupting customers’ internet…
ShinyHunters Breach Santander Bank, 30M User Data for Sale
ShinyHunters’ claims surfaced two weeks after Santander Bank acknowledged a data breach linked to a third-party contractor involving data of customers in Spain, Chile, and…
CISA Alerts Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw
May 30, 2024NewsroomLinux / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel to the…
Over 600,000 Routers Destroyed In Pumpkin Eclipse Campaign
In one of the largest mass bricking events in history, at least 600,000 routers belonging to subscribers of the same ISP service were essentially destroyed…
FlyingYeti Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability to Deliver COOKBOX Malware in Ukraine
May 30, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated by a Russia-aligned threat actor…