New scams could abuse brief USPS suspension of inbound packages from China, Hong Kong
I would be the last one to provide scammers with good ideas, but as a security provider, sometimes we need to think like criminals to…
Month: February 2025
UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre begins incident classification work
The Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC), a new UK-based project designed to independently declare and classify systemic cyber attacks using a unique classification scale with the…
SimpleHelp RMM flaws exploited to breach corporate networks
Hackers are targeting vulnerable SimpleHelp RMM clients to create administrator accounts, drop backdoors, and potentially lay the groundwork for ransomware attacks. The flaws are tracked as…
The Rise of EdTech and Its Transformative Impact on Education
Educational technology, or EdTech, is revolutionizing the way we learn and teach. By integrating advanced tools and digital platforms into educational systems, EdTech is creating…
DDoS attacks reportedly behind DayZ and Arma network outages
An ongoing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targets Bohemia Interactive’s infrastructure, preventing players of DayZ and Arma Reforger from playing the games online. Bohemia…
Google asks to take pledge against AI usage in surveillance and Cyber warfare
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has proven to be a tremendous asset to humanity. However, its impact hinges on the intentions of those who wield it. Simply…
Critical Cisco ISE bug can let attackers run commands as root
Cisco has released patches to fix two critical vulnerabilities in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) security policy management platform. Enterprise administrators use Cisco ISE as…
DeepSeek-R1 LLM Fails Over Half of Jailbreak Attacks in Security Analysis
A recent security analysis of DeepSeek AI‘s distilled DeepSeek-R1 LLaMA 8B variant by cloud-based cybersecurity, compliance, and vulnerability management solutions provider Qualys has revealed crucial…
Hackers eye Chinese LLMs to develop malware and other frauds
In recent years, we’ve observed a disturbing trend where hacking groups and threat actors from China have consistently targeted Western adversaries with cyberattacks. These attacks,…
Ransomware Extortion Drops to $813.5M in 2024, Down from $1.25B in 2023
Feb 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware Ransomware attacks netted cybercrime groups a total of $813.5 million in 2024, a decline from $1.25 billion in 2023.…
Cisco addressed two critical flaws in its Identity Services Engine
Cisco addressed two critical flaws in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2025 Cisco addressed critical flaws in Identity Services Engine, preventing…
Fake Google Chrome Sites Distribute ValleyRAT Malware via DLL Hijacking
Feb 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware Bogus websites advertising Google Chrome have been used to distribute malicious installers for a remote access trojan called…