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U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign
18
Oct
2024

U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign

Oct 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Intelligence / Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have warned…

Data Security Posture
18
Oct
2024

Webinar on Building a Strong Data Security Posture

Oct 18, 2024The Hacker NewsWebinar / Data Protection Picture your company’s data as a vast, complex jigsaw puzzle—scattered across clouds,…

Fake Google Meet
18
Oct
2024

Fake Google Meet Pages Deliver Infostealers in Ongoing ClickFix Campaign

Oct 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Phishing Attack Threat actors are leveraging fake Google Meet web pages as part of…

macOS Vulnerability
18
Oct
2024

Microsoft Reveals macOS Vulnerability that Bypasses Privacy Controls in Safari Browser

Oct 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Browser Security Microsoft has disclosed details about a now-patched security flaw in Apple’s Transparency,…

SingleCamper RAT Variant
17
Oct
2024

Russian RomCom Attacks Target Ukrainian Government with New SingleCamper RAT Variant

Oct 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware The Russian threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to a new…

Cicada3301 Ransomware
17
Oct
2024

Researchers Uncover Cicada3301 Ransomware Operations and Its Affiliate Program

Oct 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have gleaned additional insights into a nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called Cicada3301…

Multi-Stage Attack
17
Oct
2024

SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack

An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor with suspected ties to India has sprung forth with a flurry of attacks against…

U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks
17
Oct
2024

U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged two Sudanese brothers with running a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet for hire that…

Kubernetes Vulnerability
17
Oct
2024

Critical Kubernetes Image Builder Vulnerability Exposes Nodes to Root Access Risk

Oct 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Kubernetes A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Kubernetes Image Builder that, if…

Hackers Abuse EDRSilencer Tool
16
Oct
2024

Hackers Abuse EDRSilencer Tool to Bypass Security and Hide Malicious Activity

Oct 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware Threat actors are attempting to abuse the open-source EDRSilencer tool as part of…

Passkey Transfer
16
Oct
2024

FIDO Alliance Drafts New Protocol to Simplify Passkey Transfers Across Different Platforms

Oct 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Passwordless The FIDO Alliance said it’s working to make passkeys and other credentials more…

Windows Zero-Day
16
Oct
2024

North Korean ScarCruft Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Spread RokRAT Malware

Oct 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Windows Security The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been linked to the…