3 Research-Backed Ways to Secure Your Identity Perimeter
Mar 17, 2023The Hacker NewsZero Trust / Access Control Think of the typical portrayal of a cyberattack. Bad guy pounding furiously on a keyboard, his…
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Lookalike Telegram and WhatsApp Websites Distributing Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware
Mar 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Mobile Security Copycat websites for instant messaging apps like Telegram and WhatApp are being used to distribute trojanized versions and…
Google Uncovers 18 Severe Security Vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos Chips
Mar 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Firmware Google is calling attention to a set of severe security flaws in Samsung’s Exynos chips, some of which…
Winter Vivern APT Group Targeting Indian, Lithuanian, Slovakian, and Vatican Officials
The advanced persistent threat known as Winter Vivern has been linked to campaigns targeting government officials in India, Lithuania, Slovakia, and the Vatican since 2021.…
Chinese and Russian Hackers Using SILKLOADER Malware to Evade Detection
Threat activity clusters affiliated with the Chinese and Russian cybercriminal ecosystems have been observed using a new piece of malware that’s designed to load Cobalt…
Cryptojacking Group TeamTNT Suspected of Using Decoy Miner to Conceal Data Exfiltration
Mar 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptojacking / Cyber Attack The cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT is suspected to be behind a previously undiscovered strain of malware used…
Authorities Shut Down ChipMixer Platform Tied to Crypto Laundering Scheme
Mar 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Cryptocurrency A coalition of law enforcement agencies across Europe and the U.S. announced the takedown of ChipMixer, an unlicensed…
What’s Wrong with Manufacturing?
In last year’s edition of the Security Navigator we noted that the Manufacturing Industry appeared to be totally over-represented in our dataset of Cyber Extortion…
Multiple Hacker Groups Exploit 3-Year-Old Vulnerability to Breach U.S. Federal Agency
Mar 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Vulnerability Multiple threat actors, including a nation-state group, exploited a critical three-year-old security flaw in Progress Telerik to break…
Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Mar 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on March 15 added a security vulnerability impacting Adobe ColdFusion to…
YoroTrooper Stealing Credentials and Information from Government and Energy Organizations
Mar 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Data Security A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed YoroTrooper has been targeting government, energy, and international organizations across Europe…
The Different Methods and Stages of Penetration Testing
Mar 15, 2023The Hacker NewsPenetration Testing / Cyber Security The stakes could not be higher for cyber defenders. With the vast amounts of sensitive information,…