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Clipper Malware
14
Feb
2023

Clipper Malware Found in 450+ PyPI Packages!

Feb 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Software Security Malicious actors have published more than 451 unique Python packages on the official…

Storage and Backup Ransomware Resiliency
14
Feb
2023

A CISOs Practical Guide to Storage and Backup Ransomware Resiliency

One thing is clear. The “business value” of data continues to grow, making it an organization’s primary piece of intellectual…

Apple Zero-Day Flaw
14
Feb
2023

Apple’s iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari Under Attack with New Zero-Day Flaw

Feb 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananDevice Security / Zero Day Apple on Monday rolled out security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and…

HTTP DDoS Attack
14
Feb
2023

Massive HTTP DDoS Attack Hits Record High of 71 Million Requests/Second

Feb 14, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan Web infrastructure company Cloudflare on Monday disclosed that it thwarted a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack…

Dota 2 Game Modes
13
Feb
2023

Hackers Create Malicious Dota 2 Game Modes to Secretly Access Players’ Systems

Feb 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananGame Hacking / Cyber Threat An unknown threat actor created malicious game modes for the Dota 2…

The Use of Deception in ICS/OT Environments
13
Feb
2023

The Use of Deception in ICS/OT Environments

There have been a number of reports of attacks on industrial control systems (ICS) in the past few years. Looking…

Cybersecurity Firm Group-IB Fails
13
Feb
2023

Chinese Tonto Team Hackers’ Second Attempt to Target Cybersecurity Firm Group-IB Fails

Feb 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat Intelligence The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Tonto Team carried out an unsuccessful…

Hackers Targeting U.S. and German Firms Monitor Victims' Desktops with Screenshotter
13
Feb
2023

Hackers Targeting U.S. and German Firms Monitor Victims’ Desktops with Screenshotter

A previously unknown threat actor has been targeting companies in the U.S. and Germany with bespoke malware designed to steal…

ESXiArgs Ransomware
11
Feb
2023

New ESXiArgs Ransomware Variant Emerges After CISA Releases Decryptor Tool

Feb 11, 2023Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Endpoint Security After the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a decryptor for…

Cryptocurrency Users
11
Feb
2023

The New Threats to Cryptocurrency Users

Suspected Russian threat actors have been targeting Eastern European users in the crypto industry with fake job opportunities as bait…

CISA KEV
11
Feb
2023

CISA Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting Fortra MFT, TerraMaster NAS, and Intel Driver Flaws

Feb 11, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Response / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three flaws…

PyPI Python Packages
10
Feb
2023

Researchers Uncover Obfuscated Malicious Code in PyPI Python Packages

Feb 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Software Security Four different rogue packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) have been…