Collaborate Disseminate
Mustang Panda’s already sophisticated cyberespionage campaign has matured even further with the introduction of a brand-new PlugX RAT variant. Continue reading Chinese APT Combines Fresh Hodur RAT with Complex Anti-Detection
Bots & automated attacks have exploded, with attackers and developers alike in love with APIs, according to a new Cequence Security report. Hacker-in-residence Jason Kent explains the latest.
Continue reading Top 3 Attack Trends in API Security – Podcast
Threat actors are impersonating such wildly popular personal-finance apps (which are used more than social media or streaming services) to try to fool people into giving up their credentials.
Continue reading Tax-Season Scammers Spoof Fintechs, Including Stash, Public
A new steady stream of attacks against network-attached storage devices from the Taiwan-based vendor is similar to a wave that occurred in January. Continue reading DeadBolt Ransomware Resurfaces to Hit QNAP Again
The data-extortion gang got at Microsoft’s Azure DevOps server. Meanwhile, fellow Lapsus$ victim and authentication firm Okta said 2.5 percent of customers were affected in its own Lapsus$ attack. Continue reading Microsoft: Lapsus$ Used Employee Account to Steal Source Code
Lapsus$ shared screenshots of internal Okta systems and 40Gb of purportedly stolen Microsoft data on Bing, Bing Maps and Cortana. Continue reading Lapsus$ Data Kidnappers Claim Snatches From Microsoft, Okta
“Evolving intelligence” shows Russia amping up for cyber-war in response to Ukraine-related sanctions, the White House said — but researchers warn that many orgs are not prepared. Continue reading Russia Lays Groundwork for Cyberattacks on US Infrastructure
After years of promising a passwordless future – really, any day now! – FIDO is proposing tweaks to WebAuthn that could put us out of password misery. Experts aren’t so sure.
Continue reading FIDO: Here’s Another Knife to Help Murder Passwords
An unusual attack using an open-source Python package installer called Chocolatey, steganography and Scheduled Tasks is stealthily delivering spyware to companies. Continue reading Serpent Backdoor Slithers into Orgs Using Chocolatey Installer
Can we trust web browsers to protect us, even if they say “https?” Not with the novel BitB attack, which fakes popup SSO windows to phish away credentials for Google, Facebook and Microsoft, et al.
Continue reading Browser-in-the-Browser Attack Makes Phishing Nearly Invisible