Iranian Government’s Alleged Tool for Spying on Minority Groups
May 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Spyware A new Android surveillanceware possibly used by the Iranian government has been used to spy on over 300…
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North Korea’s ScarCruft Deploys RokRAT Malware via LNK File Infection Chains
May 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft began experimenting with oversized LNK files as a delivery route for RokRAT…
A Stealthy, Financial Trojan and Info Stealer Delivered through Google Ads
May 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Cyber Threat In yet another instance of how threat actors are abusing Google Ads to serve malware, a threat actor…
Active Exploitation of TP-Link, Apache, and Oracle Vulnerabilities Detected
May 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Threat The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)…
New Decoy Dog Malware Toolkit Uncovered: Targeting Enterprise Networks
May 01, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan An analysis of over 70 billion DNS records has led to the discovery of a new sophisticated malware toolkit dubbed Decoy…
Real-Time Protection Against Lateral Movement
May 01, 2023The Hacker NewsCyber Threat / Authentication Just a few short years ago, lateral movement was a tactic confined to top APT cybercrime organizations…
Vietnamese Threat Actor Infects 500,000 Devices Using ‘Malverposting’ Tactics
May 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalverposting / Scam A Vietnamese threat actor has been attributed as behind a “malverposting” campaign on social media platforms to infect over…
APT28 Targets Ukrainian Government Entities with Fake “Windows Update” Emails
May 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Analysis / Cyber Attack The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks perpetrated by Russian nation-state…
Google Blocks 1.43 Million Malicious Apps, Bans 73,000 Bad Accounts in 2022
May 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Android Google disclosed that its improved security features and app review processes helped it block 1.43 million bad apps…
ChatGPT is Back in Italy After Addressing Data Privacy Concerns
Apr 29, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Safety / Privacy / AI OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has officially made a return to Italy after the company met…
CISA Warns of Critical Flaws in Illumina’s DNA Sequencing Instruments
Apr 29, 2023Ravie LakshmananHealthcare / Cybersecurity The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) medical advisory warning of…
Zyxel Firewall Devices Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution Attacks — Patch Now
Apr 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Networking equipment maker Zyxel has released patches for a critical security flaw in its firewall devices that could…