Serious Unpatched Vulnerability Uncovered in Popular Belkin Wemo Smart Plugs
May 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananInternet of Things / Vulnerability The second generation version of Belkin’s Wemo Mini Smart Plug has been found to contain a buffer…
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State-Sponsored Sidewinder Hacker Group’s Covert Attack Infrastructure Uncovered
May 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intel Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed previously undocumented attack infrastructure used by the prolific state-sponsored group SideWinder to strike…
U.S. Offers $10 Million Bounty for Capture of Notorious Russian Ransomware Operator
May 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Ransomware A Russian national has been charged and indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) for launching ransomware…
China’s Mustang Panda Hackers Exploit TP-Link Routers for Persistent Attacks
May 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Intel The Chinese nation-state actor known as Mustang Panda has been linked to a new set of sophisticated…
Affiliates Take Home 85% of Ransom Payouts
May 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Ransomware Ransomware affiliates associated with the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme earn anywhere between 80% to 85% of the ransom…
CopperStealer Malware Crew Resurfaces with New Rootkit and Phishing Kit Modules
May 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananOnline Security / Malware The threat actors behind the CopperStealer malware resurfaced with two new campaigns in March and April 2023 that…
Secure Remote Access to All Environments
Operational technology (OT) cybersecurity is a challenging but critical aspect of protecting organizations’ essential systems and resources. Cybercriminals no longer break into systems, but instead…
Hackers Using Golang Variant of Cobalt Strike to Target Apple macOS Systems
May 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Cyber Threat A Golang implementation of Cobalt Strike called Geacon is likely to garner the attention of threat actors…
11 New Vulnerabilities Expose OT Networks
May 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / SCADA Several security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in cloud management platforms associated with three industrial cellular router vendors that…
Why High Tech Companies Struggle with SaaS Security
It’s easy to think high-tech companies have a security advantage over other older, more mature industries. Most are unburdened by 40 years of legacy systems…
New Ransomware Gang RA Group Hits U.S. and South Korean Organizations
May 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Ransomware A new ransomware group known as RA Group has become the latest threat actor to leverage the leaked…
New ‘MichaelKors’ Ransomware-as-a-Service Targeting Linux and VMware ESXi Systems
May 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananLinux / Hypervisor Jackpotting A new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operation called MichaelKors has become the latest file-encrypting malware to target Linux and VMware…