Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 80 New Security Flaws — Two Under Active Attack
Mar 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananPatch Tuesday / Software Update Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update for March 2023 is rolling out with remediations for a set of 80…
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The Prolificacy of LockBit Ransomware
Today, the LockBit ransomware is the most active and successful cybercrime organization in the world. Attributed to a Russian Threat Actor, LockBit has stepped out…
New Golang-Based Malware Breaches Web Servers Via Brute-Force Attacks
Mar 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Botnet A new Golang-based malware dubbed GoBruteforcer has been found targeting web servers running phpMyAdmin, MySQL, FTP, and Postgres…
Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale Use of Phishing Kits to Send Millions of Emails Daily
Mar 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack An open source adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing kit has found a number of takers in the cybercrime world…
Fortinet FortiOS Flaw Exploited in Targeted Cyberattacks on Government Entities
Mar 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cyber Attack Government entities and large organizations have been targeted by an unknown threat actor by exploiting a security…
AI-generated YouTube Video Tutorials Spreading Infostealer Malware
Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Social Engineering Threat actors have been increasingly observed using AI-generated YouTube Videos to spread a variety of stealer malware…
Large-scale Cyber Attack Hijacks East Asian Websites for Adult Content Redirects
Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Cyber Threat A widespread malicious cyber operation has hijacked thousands of websites aimed at East Asian audiences to redirect…
How to Apply NIST Principles to SaaS in 2023
Mar 13, 2023The Hacker NewsNIST / SaaS Security The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is one of the standard-bearers in global cybersecurity. The…
Fake ChatGPT Chrome Extension Hijacking Facebook Accounts for Malicious Advertising
Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Artificial Intelligence A fake ChatGPT-branded Chrome browser extension has been found to come with capabilities to hijack Facebook accounts…
KamiKakaBot Malware Used in Latest Dark Pink APT Attacks on Southeast Asian Targets
Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware The Dark Pink advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been linked to a fresh set of attacks targeting…
Researchers Uncover Over a Dozen Security Flaws in Akuvox E11 Smart Intercom
Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Privacy More than a dozen security flaws have been disclosed in E11, a smart intercom product made by Chinese…
BATLOADER Malware Uses Google Ads to Deliver Vidar Stealer and Ursnif Payloads
Mar 11, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat Intelligence The malware downloader known as BATLOADER has been observed abusing Google Ads to deliver secondary payloads like Vidar Stealer…