DoNot Team’s New Firebird Backdoor Hits Pakistan and Afghanistan
Oct 23, 2023NewsroomCyber Espionage / Malware The threat actor known as DoNot Team has been linked to the use of a novel .NET-based backdoor called…
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Europol Dismantles Ragnar Locker Ransomware Infrastructure, Nabs Key Developer
Europol on Friday announced the takedown of the infrastructure associated with Ragnar Locker ransomware, alongside the arrest of a “key target” in France. “In an…
Okta’s Support System Breach Exposes Customer Data to Unidentified Threat Actors
Oct 21, 2023NewsroomData Breach / Cyber Attack Identity services provider Okta on Friday disclosed a new security incident that allowed unidentified threat actors to leverage…
Cisco Zero-Day Exploited to Implant Malicious Lua Backdoor on Thousands of Devices
Oct 21, 2023NewsroomZero-Day / Vulnerability Cisco has warned of a new zero-day flaw in IOS XE that has been actively exploited by an unknown threat…
Vietnamese Hackers Target U.K., U.S., and India with DarkGate Malware
Oct 20, 2023NewsroomMalware / Cyber Attack Attacks leveraging the DarkGate commodity malware targeting entities in the U.K., the U.S., and India have been linked to…
Malvertisers Using Google Ads to Target Users Searching for Popular Software
Oct 20, 2023NewsroomMalvertising / Cyber Threat Details have emerged about a malvertising campaign that leverages Google Ads to direct users searching for popular software to…
A New Low-Cost Cybercrime Weapon Emerges
Oct 20, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Malware A new information stealer named ExelaStealer has become the latest entrant to an already crowded landscape filled with various…
U.S. DoJ Cracks Down on North Korean IT Scammers Defrauding Global Businesses
Oct 20, 2023NewsroomOnline Seucrity / Cyber Threat The U.S. government has announced the seizure of 17 website domains used by North Korean information technology (IT)…
Sophisticated MATA Framework Strikes Eastern European Oil and Gas Companies
An updated version of a sophisticated backdoor framework called MATA has been used in attacks aimed at over a dozen Eastern European companies in the…
Google Play Protect Introduces Real-Time Code-Level Scanning for Android Malware
Oct 19, 2023NewsroomMobile Security / Technology Google has announced an update to its Play Protect with support for real-time scanning at the code level to…
How Often Should I Scan?
The time between a vulnerability being discovered and hackers exploiting it is narrower than ever – just 12 days. So it makes sense that organizations…
Iran-Linked OilRig Targets Middle East Governments in 8-Month Cyber Campaign
Oct 19, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Cyber Espionage The Iran-linked OilRig threat actor targeted an unnamed Middle East government between February and September 2023 as part…