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Cyberattackers Exploit Google Sheets for Malware Control in Likely Espionage Campaign
30
Aug
2024

Cyberattackers Exploit Google Sheets for Malware Control in Likely Espionage Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a novel malware campaign that leverages Google Sheets as a command-and-control (C2) mechanism. The activity, detected…

AD CS Vulnerabilities
30
Aug
2024

Breaking Down AD CS Vulnerabilities: Insights for InfoSec Professionals

The most dangerous vulnerability you’ve never heard of. In the world of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities are discovered so often, and at…

Iranian Hackers Set Up New Network to Target U.S. Political Campaigns
30
Aug
2024

Iranian Hackers Set Up New Network to Target U.S. Political Campaigns

Aug 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Cyber Espionage Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new network infrastructure set up by Iranian threat…

Cobalt Strike Payloads
30
Aug
2024

New Cyberattack Targets Chinese-Speaking Businesses with Cobalt Strike Payloads

Aug 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Chinese-speaking users are the target of a “highly organized and sophisticated attack”…

Critical Infrastructure Strategy
30
Aug
2024

A Call to Action for Securing ICS/OT Environments

Aug 30, 2024The Hacker NewsICS Security / OT Security A comprehensive guide authored by Dean Parsons emphasizes the growing need…

Malicious npm Packages
30
Aug
2024

North Korean Hackers Target Developers with Malicious npm Packages

Aug 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Malware Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed publishing a set of…

Russian Hackers
29
Aug
2024

Russian Hackers Exploit Safari and Chrome Flaws in High-Profile Cyberattack

Aug 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have flagged multiple in-the-wild exploit campaigns that leveraged now-patched flaws in…

Multi-Year Cyberattack
29
Aug
2024

Vietnamese Human Rights Group Targeted in Multi-Year Cyberattack by APT32

Aug 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A non-profit supporting Vietnamese human rights has been the target of a multi-year…

Botnet Attacks
29
Aug
2024

Unpatched AVTECH IP Camera Flaw Exploited by Hackers for Botnet Attacks

Aug 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability A years-old high-severity flaw impacting AVTECH IP cameras has been weaponized by malicious…

AitM Phishing Attacks
29
Aug
2024

How AitM Phishing Attacks Bypass MFA and EDR—and How to Fight Back

Attackers are increasingly using new phishing toolkits (open-source, commercial, and criminal) to execute adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. AitM enables attackers to…

Iranian Hacking
29
Aug
2024

U.S. Agencies Warn of Iranian Hacking Group’s Ongoing Ransomware Attacks

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have called out an Iranian hacking group for breaching multiple organizations across the country and…

Telegram CEO
29
Aug
2024

French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO with Facilitating Criminal Activities on Platform

Aug 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananOnline Crime / Privacy French prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating a litany…