Kimsuky Targets Think Tanks and News Media with Social Engineering Attacks
Jun 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Hacking The North Korean nation-state threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a social engineering campaign targeting…
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Cisco and VMware Address Critical Vulnerabilities
Jun 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability VMware has released security updates to fix a trio of flaws in Aria Operations for Networks that could…
Barracuda Urges Immediate Replacement of Hacked ESG Appliances
Jun 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Vulnerability Enterprise security company Barracuda is now urging customers who were impacted by a recently disclosed zero-day flaw in…
Microsoft to Pay $20 Million Penalty for Illegally Collecting Kids’ Data on Xbox
Jun 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Technology Microsoft has agreed to pay a penalty of $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that…
The Role of the Ransomware Negotiator
Get exclusive insights from a real ransomware negotiator who shares authentic stories from network hostage situations and how he managed them. The Ransomware Industry Ransomware…
New PowerDrop Malware Targeting U.S. Aerospace Industry
Jun 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack An unknown threat actor has been observed targeting the U.S. aerospace industry with a new PowerShell-based malware called…
New Malware Campaign Leveraging Satacom Downloader to Steal Cryptocurrency
Jun 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cyber Threat A recent malware campaign has been found to leverage Satacom downloader as a conduit to deploy stealthy malware…
Over 60K Adware Apps Posing as Cracked Versions of Popular Apps Target Android Devices
Jun 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malvertising Thousands of adware apps for Android have been found to masquerade as cracks or modded versions of popular…
5 Reasons Why IT Security Tools Don’t Work For OT
Attacks on critical infrastructure and other OT systems are on the rise as digital transformation and OT/IT convergencecontinue to accelerate. Water treatment facilities, energy providers,…
Zero-Day Alert: Google Issues Patch for New Chrome Vulnerability
Jun 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Vulnerability Google on Monday released security updates to patch a high-severity flaw in its Chrome web browser that it…
Cyclops Ransomware Gang Offers Go-Based Info Stealer to Cybercriminals
Jun 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Data Security Threat actors associated with the Cyclops ransomware have been observed offering an information stealer malware that’s designed…
Chinese PostalFurious Gang Strikes UAE Users with Sneaky SMS Phishing Scheme
Jun 06, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan A Chinese-speaking phishing gang dubbed PostalFurious has been linked to a new SMS campaign that’s targeting users in the U.A.E. by…