FBI Warns of Drastic Implication of Unpatched/Outdated Medical Devices

By Deeba Ahmed
According to the FBI, more than half of all medical devices and Internet of Things devices used in hospitals including insulin pumps, defibrillators, pacemakers, mobile cardiac telemetry, etc. contain critical security vulnerabilities.
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Scammers Leveraging Microsoft Team GIFs in Phishing Attacks

By Deeba Ahmed
Dubbed GIFShell; the technique allows attackers to create a reverse shell to facilitate malicious command delivery via base64-encoded GIFs in MS Teams.
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Sensitive NATO Data Stolen in Cyberattack on Portugal’s Armed Forces

By Deeba Ahmed
According to local media, this is an “extremely serious” leak because EMGFA, Portugal’s armed forces’ central unit, stores secret NATO information.
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Stealthy Linux Malware Shikitega Deploying Monero Cryptominer

By Deeba Ahmed
The stealthy malware leverages security flaws to gain privilege escalation and establish persistence.
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Worok Hackers Targeting Orgs, Govts in Asia, Middle East and Africa

By Deeba Ahmed
Worok is primarily targeting organizations in banking, telecommunication, marine, military, energy, public sectors, and government in its current campaign.
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WT1SHOP Cybercrime Market Seized by US and Portuguese Authorities

By Deeba Ahmed
According to the DoJ, WT1SHOP was operated by a 36-year-old national of the Republic of Moldova identified as Nicolai Colesnicov.
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Mirai botnet resurfaces with MooBot variant to target D-Link devices

By Deeba Ahmed
The botnet is exploiting four different vulnerabilities in D-Link devices.
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12 Arrested as Interpol Takes Down Transnational Sextortion Ring

By Deeba Ahmed
Interpol has confirmed the dismantling of a transnational sextortion gang that raked in a whopping $47,000 from dozens of victims.
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Malicious Security App on Play Store Caught Dropping SharkBot Malware

By Deeba Ahmed
SharkBot malware is known for spreading itself through fake security solution apps on Google Play Store.
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TikTok Denies Data Breach After Hackers Claim Stealing 2 Million Records

By Deeba Ahmed
Reports of the supposed hacking of TikTok appeared on September 3rd, 2022 on the Breach Forums which surfaced as an alternative to popular and now-sized Raidforums.
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