How To Get the Most From Your Security Team’s Email Alert Budget
We’ll TL;DR the FUDdy introduction: we all know that phishing attacks are on the rise in scale and complexity, that AI is enabling more sophisticated…
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Chinese Hackers Target Japanese Firms with LODEINFO and NOOPDOOR Malware
Jul 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Threat Intelligence Japanese organizations are the target of a Chinese nation-state threat actor that leverages malware families like LODEINFO…
Cybercriminals Deploy 100K+ Malware Android Apps to Steal OTP Codes
Jul 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malware A new malicious campaign has been observed making use of malicious Android apps to steal users’ SMS messages…
Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection
Jul 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Social Media Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with the…
Illuminating the Deep, Dark Cybercriminal Underground
Jul 30, 2024The Hacker NewsDark Web Intelligence Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill’s threat…
The Power and Peril of RMM Tools
As more people work remotely, IT departments must manage devices distributed over different cities and countries relying on VPNs and remote monitoring and management (RMM)…
New Mandrake Spyware Found in Google Play Store Apps After Two Years
Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Spyware A new iteration of a sophisticated Android spyware called Mandrake has been discovered in five applications that were…
Cybercriminals Target Polish Businesses with Agent Tesla and Formbook Malware
Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat Cybersecurity researchers have detailed widespread phishing campaigns targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Poland during May 2024…
New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries
Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports…
OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script
Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new phishing campaign that targets Microsoft OneDrive users with the aim of…
VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access
A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by “several” ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware.…
Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild
Jul 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product…