Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Critical Grafana Plugin SDK Flaw Exposes Sensitive Information

This flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-8986 with a CVSS score of 9.1, could lead to the unintentional exposure of sensitive information, such as repository credentials, due to the build metadata being included in compiled binaries.

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Keycloak Vulnerability Puts SAML Authentication at Risk

The vulnerability lies in Keycloak's XMLSignatureUtil class, which incorrectly verifies SAML signatures, disregarding the vital "Reference" element that specifies the signed portion of the document.

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DOJ, FBI Need Better Metrics for Tracking Ransomware Disruption Efforts, Audit Finds

An audit found that both the DOJ and FBI need to improve in three key areas to enhance their fight against ransomware. While the FBI reported an improvement in taking action within 72 hours in 47% of incidents, there is still room for progress.

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THN Cybersecurity Recap: Last Week's Top Threats and Trends (September 16-22)

Hold on tight, folks, because last week's cybersecurity landscape was a rollercoaster! We witnessed everything from North Korean hackers dangling "dream jobs" to expose a new malware, to a surprising twist in the Apple vs. NSO Group saga. Even the seemingly mundane world of domain names and cloud configurations had its share of drama. Let's dive into the details and see what lessons we can glean

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More Than $44 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen From Singaporean Platform Bingx

Singaporean cryptocurrency platform BingX was hit by a cyberattack resulting in the theft of over $44 million. The attack was detected by two blockchain security firms, leading to a temporary suspension of withdrawals and emergency asset transfers.

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Why 'Never Expire' Passwords Can Be a Risky Decision

Password resets can be frustrating for end users. Nobody likes being interrupted by the ‘time to change your password’ notification – and they like it even less when the new passwords they create are rejected by their organization’s password policy. IT teams share the pain, with resetting passwords via service desk tickets and support calls being an everyday burden. Despite this, it’s commonly

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US DoJ Charged Two Men With Stealing and Laundering $230 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency

Two suspects, Malone Lam and Jeandiel Serrano, were arrested by the US Department of Justice for stealing and laundering over $230 million worth of cryptocurrency in Miami.

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Picus Security Raises $45M in Funding

Picus Security, a San Francisco, CA-based security validation company, raised $45M in funding. The round, which brought total funds raised to $80M, was led by Riverwood Capital, with participation from existing investor Earlybird Digital East Fund.

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GSMA Plans End-to-End Encryption for Cross-Platform RCS Messaging

The GSM Association is working on implementing end-to-end encryption for Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging between Android and iOS. This important step aims to enhance user protection and secure messages across platforms.

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Critical Flaw in Microchip ASF Exposes IoT Devices to Remote Code Execution Risk

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Microchip Advanced Software Framework (ASF) that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7490, carries a CVSS score of 9.5 out of a maximum of 10.0. It has been described as a stack-based overflow vulnerability in ASF's implementation of the tinydhcp server stemming from a lack of

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AT&T Pays $13 Million FCC Settlement Over 2023 Data Breach

The breach occurred when threat actors gained access to customer data of about 9 million AT&T wireless accounts stored by a vendor. This exposed sensitive customer information like account numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses.

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Discord Introduces DAVE Protocol for End-to-End Encryption in Audio and Video Calls

Popular social messaging platform Discord has announced that it's rolling out a new custom end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) protocol to secure audio and video calls. The protocol has been dubbed DAVE, short for Discord's audio and video end-to-end encryption ("E2EE A/V"). As part of the change introduced last week, voice and video in DMs, Group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams are expected to

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Germany Seizes Leak Site of ‘Vanir’ Ransomware Operation

German authorities have seized the leak site used by a ransomware group known as "Vanir" in a move to disrupt their operations. The site was used to post information about victims, including a German company.

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Police Dismantles Phone Unlocking Ring Linked to 483,000 Victims

This scheme was uncovered in 2022 during "Operation Kaerb," involving global enforcement agencies. The criminals mimicked popular mobile platforms to conduct phishing attacks.

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Lumma Stealer Malware Campaign Exploits Fake CAPTCHA Pages

The Lumma Stealer malware is being distributed through deceptive human verification pages that trick Windows users into running malicious PowerShell commands, leading to sensitive information theft.

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SambaSpy RAT Targets Italian Users in a Unique Malware Campaign

This unique malware campaign stood out for its precise targeting of Italian victims, with checks implemented to ensure the system language was set to Italian before infecting the device.

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New PondRAT Malware Hidden in Python Packages Targets Software Developers

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed using poisoned Python packages as a way to deliver a new malware called PondRAT as part of an ongoing campaign. PondRAT, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, is assessed to be a lighter version of POOLRAT (aka SIMPLESEA), a known macOS backdoor that has been previously attributed to the Lazarus Group and deployed in

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Chinese Hackers Exploit GeoServer Flaw to Target APAC Nations with EAGLEDOOR Malware

A suspected advanced persistent threat (APT) originating from China targeted a government organization in Taiwan, and possibly other countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, by exploiting a recently patched critical security flaw impacting OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools. The intrusion activity, which was detected by Trend Micro in July 2024, has been attributed to a threat actor dubbed Earth Baxia

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Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks

A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets. "Rather than demand a ransom for decrypting data, Twelve prefers to encrypt victims' data and then destroy their infrastructure with a wiper to prevent recovery," Kaspersky said in a Friday analysis. "The approach is indicative of a

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LinkedIn Halts AI Data Processing in UK Amid Privacy Concerns Raised by ICO

The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed that professional social networking platform LinkedIn has suspended processing users' data in the country to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. "We are pleased that LinkedIn has reflected on the concerns we raised about its approach to training generative AI models with information relating to its U.K. users," Stephen