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27 February 2023
This incident occurred due to the misconfiguration of the folder settings, which led to the availability of the 2022-23 application files for admission to the program on the department’s website.
27 February 2023
The threat landscape and organizations’ attack surfaces are constantly transforming, and cybercriminals’ ability to design and adapt their techniques to suit this evolving environment continues to pose significant risks to all businesses.
27 February 2023
Get careful around the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot now as cybercriminals have started taking advantage of the hype around it. Security researcher Dominic Alvieri reported hackers attempting to infect visitors with the Redline info-stealing malware by posing as a download for a ChatGPT Windows desktop client. He also witnessed fake ChatGPT apps coercing users into installing bogus software.
27 February 2023
PlugX, also known as Korplug, is a post-exploitation modular implant, which, among other things, is known for its multiple functionalities such as data exfiltration and its ability to use the compromised machine for nefarious purposes.
27 February 2023
The seven-day event, led by the British Army, tested the response of participants to common and complex cyber scenarios, including attacks on networks and industrial control systems (ICS).
27 February 2023
Among the game titles abused for adware distribution purposes are Elden Ring, ROBLOX, Dark Souls 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Need for Speed, Call of Duty, Portal 2, Minecraft, Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, and more.
27 February 2023
The attackers compromised one of the company systems and had access to the emails and documents of some employees. Initial investigation into the hack revealed that the attack was carried out by a nation-state actor for cyber espionage purposes.
27 February 2023
A new ChromeLoader malware campaign has been observed being distributed via virtual hard disk (VHD) files, marking a deviation from the ISO optical disc image format.
"These VHD files are being distributed with filenames that make them appear like either hacks or cracks for Nintendo and Steam games," AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) said in a report last week.
ChromeLoader (aka
27 February 2023
The widespread outage affects Dish.com, Dish Anywhere app as well as several websites and networks owned by the corporation. Customers also suggest the company's call center phone numbers are unreachable.
27 February 2023
Gartner research shows that compliance-centric cybersecurity programs, low executive support, and subpar industry-level maturity are all indicators of an organization that does not view security risk management as critical to business success.
27 February 2023
Government entities in Asia-Pacific and North America are being targeted by an unknown threat actor with an off-the-shelf malware downloader known as PureCrypter to deliver an array of information stealers and ransomware.
"The PureCrypter campaign uses the domain of a compromised non-profit organization as a command-and-control (C2) to deliver a secondary payload," Menlo Security researcher
27 February 2023
The PlugX remote access trojan has been observed masquerading as an open source Windows debugger tool called x64dbg in an attempt to circumvent security protections and gain control of a target system.
"This file is a legitimate open-source debugger tool for Windows that is generally used to examine kernel-mode and user-mode code, crash dumps, or CPU registers," Trend Micro researchers Buddy
27 February 2023
The suspects, all young men aged between 18 and 21, are charged with stealing sensitive data from victim networks and demanding a ransom. It is believed that they attacked thousands of companies.
27 February 2023
A group of hacktivists that goes online with the moniker CH01 defaced at least 32 Russian websites to mark a protest over the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion. The news was also shared by the collective Anonymous through its accounts.
27 February 2023
The war in Ukraine has seen the emergence of new forms of cyberattacks, and hacktivists became savvier and more emboldened to deface sites, leak information, and execute DDoS attacks, according to Trellix.
27 February 2023
An investigation into data safety labels for Android apps available on the Google Play Store has uncovered "serious loopholes" that allow apps to provide misleading or outright false information.
27 February 2023
Hackers were found distributing sophisticated DarkCloud Stealer info-stealer through various spam campaigns. The malware operates through a multi-stage process and is capable of collecting sensitive information from a victim’s computer or mobile device. The malware operators claim to target applications such as Chromium-based web browsers, FileZilla, CoreFTP, FlashFXP, NordVPN, Pidgin, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge vaults.
27 February 2023
According to researchers, the so-called "brotherhood" of Russian-speaking cybercriminals is yet another casualty of the war in Ukraine, albeit one that few outside of Moscow are mourning.
27 February 2023
The Dutch police announced the arrest of three individuals in connection with a "large-scale" criminal operation involving data theft, extortion, and money laundering.
The suspects include two 21-year-old men from Zandvoort and Rotterdam and an 18-year-old man without a permanent residence. The arrests were made on January 23, 2023.
It's estimated that the hackers stole personal data belonging
27 February 2023
BitSight uncovered an advanced botnet that has been able to compromise thousands of systems in the U.S., India, Indonesia, and Iran. Dubbed MyloBot, its infrastructure has connections to BHProxies, a residential proxy service. The highly sophisticated malware was first spotted in the wild in 2017 and is known for its anti-analysis techniques.