Collaborate Disseminate
Ukrainian police authorities have nabbed five members of a gang that’s believed to have helped orchestrate attacks against more than 50 companies across Europe and the U.S and caused losses to the tune of more than $1 million.
The special operation, w… Continue reading Husband-Wife Arrested in Ukraine for Ransomware Attacks on Foreign Companies
Cisco Systems has rolled out security updates for a critical security vulnerability affecting Unified Contact Center Management Portal (Unified CCMP) and Unified Contact Center Domain Manager (Unified CCDM) that could be exploited by a remote attacker… Continue reading Cisco Releases Patch for Critical Bug Affecting Unified CCMP and Unified CCDM
Operators of the GootLoader campaign are setting their sights on employees of accounting and law firms as part of a fresh onslaught of widespread cyberattacks to deploy malware on infected systems, an indication that the adversary is expanding its foc… Continue reading GootLoader Hackers Targeting Employees of Law and Accounting Firms
Cybersecurity researchers have decoded the mechanism by which the versatile Qakbot banking trojan handles the insertion of encrypted configuration data into the Windows Registry.
Qakbot, also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, has been observed … Continue reading Researchers Decrypted Qakbot Banking Trojan’s Encrypted Registry Keys
An Iranian state-sponsored actor has been observed scanning and attempting to abuse the Log4Shell flaw in publicly-exposed Java applications to deploy a hitherto undocumented PowerShell-based modular backdoor dubbed “CharmPower” for follow-on post-exp… Continue reading Iranian Hackers Exploit Log4j Vulnerability to Deploy PowerShell Backdoor
The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) on Wednesday officially confirmed MuddyWater’s ties to the Iranian intelligence apparatus, while simultaneously detailing the various tools and tactics adopted by the espionage actor to burrow into victim networks.
… Continue reading US Cyber Command Links ‘MuddyWater’ Hacking Group to Iranian Intelligence
Apple on Wednesday rolled out software updates for iOS and iPadOS to remediate a persistent denial-of-service (DoS) issue affecting the HomeKit smart home framework that could be potentially exploited to launch ransomware-like attacks targeting the de… Continue reading Apple Releases iPhone and iPad Updates to Patch HomeKit DoS Vulnerability
Threat actors are actively incorporating public cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft into their malicious campaigns to deliver commodity remote access trojans (RATs) such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT to siphon sensitive information from comp… Continue reading Hackers Use Cloud Services to Distribute Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT Malware
A new cross-platform backdoor called “SysJoker” has been observed targeting machines running Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems as part of an ongoing espionage campaign that’s believed to have been initiated during the second half of 2021.
“S… Continue reading New SysJoker Espionage Malware Targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux Users
Amid renewed tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine and Kazakhstan, American cybersecurity and intelligence agencies on Tuesday released a joint advisory on how to detect, respond to, and mitigate cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian state-… Continue reading FBI, NSA and CISA Warns of Russian Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure