Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles
16 January 2024
The remote access trojan (RAT) known as Remcos RAT has been found being propagated via webhards by disguising it as adult-themed games in South Korea.
WebHard, short for web hard drive, is a popular online file storage system used to upload, download, and share files in the country.
While webhards have been used in the past to deliver njRAT, UDP RAT, and DDoS botnet malware, the
16 January 2024
The Russia-affiliated hacktivist group, Anonymous Sudan, claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the London Internet Exchange (LINX) as a response to Britain's support for Israel and airstrikes on Yemen.
16 January 2024
The threat actor 'wangfei19860902055' advertised the sale of a database related to Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) on the dark web, containing 552,900 records with personal information. GEICO has not officially confirmed the breach.
16 January 2024
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16 January 2024
Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to force affected firewalls into maintenance mode, impacting their standard functionality and VPN access to corporate networks.
16 January 2024
Tsurugi Linux offers a user-friendly interface with a logical sequence of forensic analysis tools, including support for live forensics, post-mortem analysis, digital evidence acquisition, malware analysis, OSINT, and computer vision activities.
16 January 2024
The LockBit ransomware group has targeted two new victims, Maisons de l’Avenir in France and Shinwa Co in Japan, with a deadline set for February 4, 2024, raising concerns due to the disparate geographical locations of the targeted companies.
16 January 2024
The new National Cyber Director Harry Coker said that the White House intends “to reduce unnecessary barriers” federal contractors face in filling cybersecurity jobs, like requirements for four-year college degrees.
16 January 2024
The surge in activity was attributed to the use of cheap or free cloud and hosting servers by attackers to create botnet launch pads. These new botnets focused on scanning global internet ports and showed signs of potential email server exploits.
16 January 2024
The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the State Department is facing challenges in clarifying roles and responsibilities, particularly in the absence of a global agreement on cyber diplomacy.
16 January 2024
The cybercriminal gang Rhysida claimed responsibility for the attack, which affected patient services and IT systems. The attack also impacted a California-based hospital chain.
16 January 2024
The operators behind the now-defunct Inferno Drainer created more than 16,000 unique malicious domains over a span of one year between 2022 and 2023.
The scheme “leveraged high-quality phishing pages to lure unsuspecting users into connecting their cryptocurrency wallets with the attackers’ infrastructure that spoofed Web3 protocols to trick victims into authorizing
16 January 2024
Tura Scandinavia AB has allegedly been targeted by the LockBit ransomware group, with claims of unauthorized access to the company's network and the sale of login credentials on the dark web.
16 January 2024
Threat actors have been observed leveraging a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows to deploy an open-source information stealer called Phemedrone Stealer.
“Phemedrone targets web browsers and data from cryptocurrency wallets and messaging apps such as Telegram, Steam, and Discord,” Trend Micro researchers Peter Girnus, Aliakbar Zahravi, and Simon Zuckerbraun said.
“It also
15 January 2024
The vulnerability was addressed through updates on November 22, 2023, after responsible disclosure, and was related to a long-forgotten version of the My Flow landing page.
15 January 2024
According to a recent report, there 2343 4,368 ransomware victims in 2023, a 55% surge from 2022. Business services suffered the most attacks.
15 January 2024
Several prominent organizations in Lithuania, including Compensa Vienna Insurance Group, If Insurance, Lithuanian Roads Association, AD REM, INIT, and Balticum, have been targeted by the NoName ransomware group.
15 January 2024
The Information Commissioner's Office found that HelloFresh breached regulations by not informing customers about the extent of their data usage for marketing purposes and continuing to send unwanted messages even after customers requested to stop.
15 January 2024
The Anonymous Collective has launched a cyberattack on Bahrain in retaliation for its support of US and UK airstrikes on Yemen. Several Bahraini media outlets, including Akhbar al-Khaleej and Gulf Daily News, have been affected by the cyberattack.
15 January 2024
The recovery process is ongoing and will involve a full technical rebuild, with the Library working closely with the UK government to ensure a secure and financially sustainable recovery.