Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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73% of security professionals failed to act upon security alerts

Many small and medium-sized enterprises lack the resources and abilities to properly handle the large volume security alerts received. 

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Google Ad for Facebook Redirects to Scam

Researchers observed a malicious ad campaign targeting Facebook users via Google search. The ad, which appears at the top of Google search results for the keyword "Facebook," redirects users to a scam page.

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Exploitation of vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Firewall Platforms

The NCSC advises organisations to take immediate action to mitigate vulnerabilities affecting Cisco devices running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software (CVE-2024-20353, CVE-2024-20358, CVE-2024-20359) and follow the latest vendor advice.

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Researchers Detail Multistage Attack Hijacking Systems with SSLoad, Cobalt Strike

"SSLoad is designed to stealthily infiltrate systems, gather sensitive information and transmit its findings back to its operators," security researchers Den Iuzvyk, Tim Peck, and Oleg Kolesnikov said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

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Iran Dupes US Military Contractors, Gov't Agencies in Cyber Campaign

An Iranian state-sponsored hacking group successfully infiltrated hundreds of thousands of employee accounts at US companies and government agencies, including the US Treasury and State Department, as part of a five-year cyber espionage campaign.

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NCSC and partners issue advice to help network defenders mitigate targeting of CISCO firewall platforms

Joint advisory and malware analysis reports published to help mitigate malicious activity targeting certain Cisco devices.

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Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of Over One Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users

The vulnerabilities could be exploited to "completely reveal the contents of users' keystrokes in transit," researchers Jeffrey Knockel, Mona Wang, and Zoë Reichert said.

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Report: Attacker Dwell Time Down, Ransomware up in 2023

According to a new report by Mandiant, which is based on Mandiant Consulting investigations during 2023, the global median dwell time for attackers fell to its lowest point since the company began tracking the metric in 2011.

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms and Individuals Tied to Cyber Attacks

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned two firms and four individuals for their involvement in malicious cyber activities on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC) from at least 2016 to April 2021. This includes the front companies Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik (MASN) and Dadeh

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Researchers Detail Multistage Attack Hijacking Systems with SSLoad, Cobalt Strike

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing attack campaign that's leveraging phishing emails to deliver malware called SSLoad. The campaign, codenamed FROZEN#SHADOW by Securonix, also involves the deployment of Cobalt Strike and the ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote desktop software. "SSLoad is designed to stealthily infiltrate systems, gather sensitive

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Hackers Publish Fake Story About Ukrainians Attempting To Assassinate Slovak President

An unidentified attacker hacked a Czech news service's website and published a fake story on Tuesday claiming that an assassination attempt had been made against the newly elected Slovak president Petr Pellegrini.

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Report: Fifth of UK Companies Admit Staff Leaked Data via GenAI

One in five UK companies has experienced sensitive corporate data exposure due to employees' use of generative AI (GenAI), according to a report by cybersecurity services provider RiverSafe.

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US Gov Slaps Visa Restrictions on Spyware Honchos

The US State Department is imposing visa restrictions on 13 people involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware, as well as their spouses and children. The State Department can deny these people entrance to the United States.

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40% of organizations have AI policies for critical infrastructure

According to a recent study, 80% of cybersecurity decision makers say accelerating AI adoption is critical to their organization’s resilience.

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Veeam Acquires Coveware to Boost its Ransomware Protection Capabilities

Veeam Software announced the acquisition of Coveware, a provider of cyber-extortion incident response. It brings ransomware recovery and first responder capabilities to further strengthen Veeam’s radical resilience solutions for customers.

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North Korean Hackers Targeted Dozens of South Korean Defense Companies

Local reports claimed that the hackers targeted as many as 83 defense contractors and subcontractors, and managed to steal sensitive information from 10 of them between October 2022 and July 2023, although the campaign lasted over a year.

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FTC Commercial Surveillance Rules Could Arrive Within Months, Sources Say

According to two sources familiar with the FTC's plans, the rules will emphasize data security and data minimization, or the idea that companies should only collect the data they need to conduct business with consumers and delete it when concluded.

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US Treasury Sanctions Iranians Linked to Government Cyberattacks

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their involvement in cyberattacks against the U.S. government, defense contractors, and private companies.

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Siemens Working on Fix for Device Affected by Palo Alto Firewall Bug

Siemens is urging organizations using its Ruggedcom APE1808 devices configured with Palo Alto Networks (PAN) Virtual NGFW to implement workarounds for a maximum severity zero-day bug that PAN recently disclosed in its next-gen firewall product.

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Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of Over 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users

Security vulnerabilities uncovered in cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps could be exploited to reveal users' keystrokes to nefarious actors. The findings come from the Citizen Lab, which discovered weaknesses in eight of nine apps from vendors like Baidu, Honor, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi. The only vendor whose keyboard app did not have any security