Experts Warn of Sneaky Fake Lockdown Mode Attack
Dec 05, 2023NewsroomMobile Security / Spyware A new “post-exploitation tampering technique” can be abused by malicious actors to visually deceive a target into believing that…
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Russia’s AI-Powered Disinformation Operation Targeting Ukraine, US, and Germany
Dec 05, 2023NewsroomBrandjacking / Artificial Intelligence The Russia-linked influence operation called Doppelganger has targeted Ukrainian, U.S., and German audiences through a combination of inauthentic news…
Preventing Microsoft Copilot Data Exposure
Microsoft Copilot has been called one of the most powerful productivity tools on the planet. Copilot is an AI assistant that lives inside each of…
15,000 Go Module Repositories on GitHub Vulnerable to Repojacking Attack
Dec 05, 2023NewsroomSoftware Security / Supply Chain New research has found that over 15,000 Go module repositories on GitHub are vulnerable to an attack called…
Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability
Dec 05, 2023NewsroomEmail Security / Vulnerability Microsoft on Monday said it detected Kremlin-backed nation-state activity exploiting a critical security flaw in its Outlook email service…
New Threat Actor ‘AeroBlade’ Emerges in Espionage Attack on U.S. Aerospace
Dec 05, 2023NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Analysis A previously undocumented threat actor has been linked to a cyber attack targeting an aerospace organization in the…
New BLUFFS Bluetooth Attack Expose Devices to Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks
Dec 04, 2023NewsroomEncryption / Technology New research has unearthed multiple novel attacks that break Bluetooth Classic’s forward secrecy and future secrecy guarantees, resulting in adversary-in-the-middle…
New P2PInfect Botnet MIPS Variant Targeting Routers and IoT Devices
Dec 04, 2023NewsroomMalware / Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an emerging botnet called P2PInfect that’s capable of targeting routers and IoT…
Clean Out Your User Inventory to Reduce SaaS Risk
As work ebbs with the typical end-of-year slowdown, now is a good time to review user roles and privileges and remove anyone who shouldn’t have…
Microsoft Warns of Malvertising Scheme Spreading CACTUS Ransomware
Dec 04, 2023NewsroomRansomware / Cyber Attack Microsoft has warned of a new wave of CACTUS ransomware attacks that leverage malvertising lures to deploy DanaBot as…
UEFI Vulnerabilities Expose Devices to Stealth Malware Attacks
Dec 04, 2023NewsroomTechnology / Firmware Security The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) code from various independent firmware/BIOS vendors (IBVs) has been found vulnerable to potential…
Agent Racoon Backdoor Targets Organizations in Middle East, Africa, and U.S.
Dec 02, 2023Newsroom Organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S. have been targeted by an unknown threat actor to distribute a new backdoor…