Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles
31 July 2023
The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 servers were taken offline due to the presence of a self-spreading worm virus targeting PC gamers. Hackers used hacked lobbies to spread the malware, infecting multiple players' devices with the virus.
31 July 2023
More details have emerged about a botnet called AVRecon, which has been observed making use of compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers as part of a multi-year campaign active since at least May 2021.
AVRecon was first disclosed by Lumen Black Lotus Labs earlier this month as malware capable of executing additional commands and stealing victim's bandwidth for what appears to be an
31 July 2023
The provider of health, dental, and wellness benefits at the University of Guelph (U of G) has begun notifying students of a data breach which included access to personal information.
31 July 2023
Threat actors are creating fake websites hosting trojanized software installers to trick unsuspecting users into downloading a downloader malware called Fruity with the goal of installing remote trojans tools like Remcos RAT.
"Among the software in question are various instruments for fine-tuning CPUs, graphic cards, and BIOS; PC hardware-monitoring tools; and some other apps," cybersecurity
31 July 2023
"SUBMARINE comprises multiple artifacts — including a SQL trigger, shell scripts, and a loaded library for a Linux daemon — that together enable execution with root privileges, persistence, command and control, and cleanup," the agency said.
31 July 2023
The Dark Power ransomware exploits vulnerabilities in kernel-related APIs to quickly propagate through the cyber-kill chain. It also leverages DLLs such as kernel32.dll, bcrypt.dll, and ole32.dll to carry out its malicious activities.
31 July 2023
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress that could be exploited by threat actors to escalate privileges and steal sensitive data.
The flaws, tracked as CVE-2023-37979, CVE-2023-38386, and CVE-2023-38393, impact versions 3.6.25 and below, Patchstack said in a report last week. Ninja Forms is installed on over 800,000 sites.
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29 July 2023
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-24489 (CVSS score of 9.1), was the result of errors leading to unauthenticated file upload, which could then be exploited to obtain RCE, says security firm Assetnote, which identified and reported the bug.
29 July 2023
Given the potentially serious repercussions of shadow IT, technical teams should focus on finding where it exists in the organization and addressing the underlying causes of it, the NCSC argued.
29 July 2023
A new Android malware strain called CherryBlos has been observed making use of optical character recognition (OCR) techniques to gather sensitive data stored in pictures.
CherryBlos, per Trend Micro, is distributed via bogus posts on social media platforms and comes with capabilities to steal cryptocurrency wallet-related credentials and act as a clipper to substitute wallet addresses when a
29 July 2023
An investigation by ReversingLabs researchers has uncovered evidence of more malicious npm packages, with links to the same infrastructure that also appear to target cryptocurrency providers.
29 July 2023
“On July 22nd, CoinsPaid experienced a hacker attack, resulting in the theft of USD 37.3M,” reads the announcement published by the company. “We believe Lazarus expected the attack on CoinsPaid to be much more successful.”
29 July 2023
The Global Times newspaper, owned by the Chinese Communist Party, reported on July 26 that the Wuhan Municipal Emergency Management Bureau revealed that the Monitoring Center had been subjected to a cyberattack by an “overseas organization.”
29 July 2023
The new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-35081 (CVSS score: 7.8), impacts supported versions 11.10, 11.9, and 11.8, as well as those that are currently end-of-life (EoL).
29 July 2023
The New York-based company said its acquisition of Jerusalem-based Privatise will provide Coro clients with a secure way to connect, manage and filter out malicious content, according to co-founder Dror Liwer.
29 July 2023
Increasing cyber threats and attacks have made protecting organizational data a paramount concern for businesses of all sizes. A group of experts have recognized the pressing need for comprehensive browser security solutions and collaborated to develop "The Definitive Browser Security RFP Template." This resource helps streamline the process of evaluating and procuring browser security platforms
29 July 2023
Several vulnerabilities discovered by a researcher from industrial cybersecurity firm TXOne Networks in a Weintek product could have been exploited to manipulate and damage industrial control systems (ICS).
29 July 2023
Apple has announced plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting later this year with the release of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, tvOS 17, and watchOS 10 to prevent their abuse for data collection.
"This will help ensure that apps only use these APIs for their intended purpose," the company said in a statement. "As part of this process, you'll need
29 July 2023
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday disclosed details of a "novel persistent backdoor" called SUBMARINE deployed by threat actors in connection with the hack on Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances.
"SUBMARINE comprises multiple artifacts — including a SQL trigger, shell scripts, and a loaded library for a Linux daemon — that together enable
29 July 2023
Ivanti has disclosed yet another security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), formerly known as MobileIron Core, that it said has been weaponized as part of an exploit chain by malicious actors in the wild.
The new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-35081 (CVSS score: 7.8), impacts supported versions 11.10, 11.9, and 11.8, as well as those that are currently end-of-life (EoL).
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