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Cybersecurity Newsletter
17
Feb
2023

⚡Top Cybersecurity News Stories This Week — Cybersecurity Newsletter

Hey 👋 there, cyber friends! Welcome to this week’s cybersecurity newsletter, where we aim to keep you informed and empowered…

OxtaRAT Spying Tool
17
Feb
2023

Armenian Entities Hit by New Version of OxtaRAT Spying Tool

Feb 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Surveillanceware Entities in Armenia have come under a cyber attack using an updated version…

17
Feb
2023

New Mirai Botnet Variant ‘V3G4’ Exploiting 13 Flaws to Target Linux and IoT Devices

Feb 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Cyber Attack A new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet has been found leveraging…

ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus Software
17
Feb
2023

Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus Software

Feb 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananSysadmin / Endpoint Security Cisco has rolled out security updates to address a critical flaw reported in…

SideWinder Group
16
Feb
2023

Researchers Link SideWinder Group to Dozens of Targeted Attacks in Multiple Countries

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananAdvanced Persistent Threat The prolific SideWinder group has been attributed as the nation-state actor behind attempted attacks…

NPM Package
16
Feb
2023

Researchers Hijack Popular NPM Package with Millions of Downloads

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Software Security A popular npm package with more than 3.5 million weekly downloads has…

16
Feb
2023

New Threat Actor WIP26 Targeting Telecom Service Providers in the Middle East

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cyber Threat Telecommunication service providers in the Middle East are being targeted by a…

Satori automated data security platform
16
Feb
2023

Breaking the Security “Black Box” in DBs, Data Warehouses and Data Lakes

Security teams typically have great visibility over most areas, for example, the corporate network, endpoints, servers, and cloud infrastructure. They…

FatalRAT Malware
16
Feb
2023

Hackers Using Google Ads to Spread FatalRAT Malware Disguised as Popular Apps

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananAd Fraud / Malware Chinese-speaking individuals in Southeast and East Asia are the targets of a new…

plc scada vulnerability
16
Feb
2023

Researchers Warn of Critical Security Bugs in Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCritical Infrastructure / Cybersecurity Security researchers have disclosed two new vulnerabilities affecting Schneider Electric Modicon programmable logic…

ESXiArgs Ransomware
16
Feb
2023

ESXiArgs Ransomware Hits Over 500 New Targets in European Countries

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Ransomware More than 500 hosts have been newly compromised en masse by the ESXiArgs…

Ransomware and Clipper Malware
15
Feb
2023

Financially Motivated Threat Actor Strikes with New Ransomware and Clipper Malware

Feb 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Ransomware A new financially motivated campaign that commenced in December 2022 has seen the unidentified…