North Korean Hackers Target macOS Using Flutter-Embedded Malware
Nov 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Application Security Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK aka North Korea) have been found…
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5 Ways Behavioral Analytics is Revolutionizing Incident Response
Behavioral analytics, long associated with threat detection (i.e. UEBA or UBA), is experiencing a renaissance. Once primarily used to identify suspicious activity, it’s now being…
New Ymir Ransomware Exploits Memory for Stealthy Attacks; Targets Corporate Networks
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called Ymir that was deployed in an attack two days after systems were compromised by a stealer…
How Cybersecurity Leaders Prove It
Cyber threats are intensifying, and cybersecurity has become critical to business operations. As security budgets grow, CEOs and boardrooms are demanding concrete evidence that cybersecurity…
HPE Issues Critical Security Patches for Aruba Access Point Vulnerabilities
Nov 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Risk Mitigation Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities impacting Aruba Networking Access Point products,…
Security Flaws in Popular ML Toolkits Enable Server Hijacks, Privilege Escalation
Nov 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered nearly two dozen security flaws spanning 15 different machine learning (ML) related open-source projects.…
Cybercriminals Use Excel Exploit to Spread Fileless Remcos RAT Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that spreads a new fileless variant of known commercial malware called Remcos RAT. Remcos RAT “provides purchases…
Palo Alto Advises Securing PAN-OS Interface Amid Potential RCE Threat Concerns
Nov 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Palo Alto Networks on Friday issued an informational advisory urging customers to ensure that access to the PAN-OS…
Bitcoin Fog Founder Sentenced to 12 Years for Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
Nov 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The 36-year-old founder of the Bitcoin Fog cryptocurrency mixer has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in…
New CRON#TRAP Malware Infects Windows by Hiding in Linux VM to Evade Antivirus
Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Virtualization Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware campaign that infects Windows systems with a Linux virtual instance containing a…
Transforming MSPs and MSSPs into Cybersecurity Powerhouses
Nov 08, 2024The Hacker NewsCyber Resilience / Compliance We’ve all heard a million times: growing demand for robust cybersecurity in the face of rising cyber…
Malicious NPM Packages Target Roblox Users with Data-Stealing Malware
Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Malware A new campaign has targeted the npm package repository with malicious JavaScript libraries that are designed to infect…