Feb 09, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Cryptocurrency Sixty-one banking institutions, all of them originating from Brazil, are the target of a new banking trojan called Coyote. "This malware utilizes the Squirrel installer for distribution, leveraging Node.js and a relatively new multi-platform programming language called Nim as a loader to complete its infection," Russian cybersecurity firm … [Read more...]
Wazuh in the Cloud Era: Navigating the Challenges of Cybersecurity
Feb 09, 2024The Hacker NewsCloud Security / Open Source XDR / SIEM Cloud computing has innovated how organizations operate and manage IT operations, such as data storage, application deployment, networking, and overall resource management. The cloud offers scalability, adaptability, and accessibility, enabling businesses to achieve sustainable growth. However, adopting cloud technologies into … [Read more...]
Stealthy Zardoor Backdoor Targets Saudi Islamic Charity Organizations
Feb 09, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence An unnamed Islamic non-profit organization in Saudi Arabia has been targeted as part of a stealthy cyber espionage campaign designed to drop a previously undocumented backdoor called Zardoor. Cisco Talos, which discovered the activity in May 2023, said the campaign has likely persisted since at least March 2021, adding it has identified … [Read more...]
Fortinet Warns of Critical FortiOS SSL VPN Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
Feb 09, 2024NewsroomZero Day Vulnerability / Network Security Fortinet has disclosed a new critical security flaw in FortiOS SSL VPN that it said is likely being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21762 (CVSS score: 9.6), allows for the execution of arbitrary code and commands. "A out-of-bounds write vulnerability [CWE-787] in FortiOS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker … [Read more...]
Warning: New Ivanti Auth Bypass Flaw Affects Connect Secure and ZTA Gateways
Feb 09, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Zero Day Ivanti has alerted customers of yet another high-severity security flaw in its Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA gateway devices that could allow attackers to bypass authentication. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-22024, is rated 8.3 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system. "An XML external entity or XXE vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti … [Read more...]
Chinese Hackers Operate Undetected in U.S. Critical Infrastructure for Half a Decade
The U.S. government on Wednesday said the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon had been embedded into some critical infrastructure networks in the country for at least five years. Targets of the threat actor include communications, energy, transportation, and water and wastewater systems sectors in the U.S. and Guam. "Volt Typhoon's choice of targets and pattern of behavior … [Read more...]
Unified Identity – look for the meaning behind the hype!
Feb 08, 2024The Hacker NewsUnified Identity / Cyber Security If you've listened to software vendors in the identity space lately, you will have noticed that "unified" has quickly become the buzzword that everyone is adopting to describe their portfolio. And this is great! Unified identity has some amazing benefits! However (there is always a however, right?) not every "unified" "identity" … [Read more...]
HijackLoader Evolves: Researchers Decode the Latest Evasion Methods
Feb 08, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Cyber Threat The threat actors behind a loader malware called HijackLoader have added new techniques for defense evasion, as the malware continues to be increasingly used by other threat actors to deliver additional payloads and tooling. "The malware developer used a standard process hollowing technique coupled with an additional trigger that was activated … [Read more...]
Google Starts Blocking Sideloading of Potentially Dangerous Android Apps in Singapore
Feb 08, 2024NewsroomData Protection / Mobile Securit Google has unveiled a new pilot program in Singapore that aims to prevent users from sideloading certain apps that abuse Android app permissions to read one-time passwords and gather sensitive data. "This enhanced fraud protection will analyze and automatically block the installation of apps that may use sensitive runtime permissions … [Read more...]
Kimsuky's New Golang Stealer 'Troll' and 'GoBear' Backdoor Target South Korea
Feb 08, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Malware The North Korea-linked nation-state actor known as Kimsuky is suspected of using a previously undocumented Golang-based information stealer called Troll Stealer. The malware steals "SSH, FileZilla, C drive files/directories, browsers, system information, [and] screen captures" from infected systems, South Korean cybersecurity company S2W said in a … [Read more...]
Critical Patches Released for New Flaws in Cisco, Fortinet, VMware Products
Feb 08, 2024NewsroomCyber Threat / Network Security Cisco, Fortinet, and VMware have released security fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities, including critical weaknesses that could be exploited to perform arbitrary actions on affected devices. The first set from Cisco consists of three flaws – CVE-2024-20252 and CVE-2024-20254 (CVSS score: 9.6) and CVE-2024-20255 (CVSS score: 8.2) – … [Read more...]
After FBI Takedown, KV-Botnet Operators Shift Tactics in Attempt to Bounce Back
The threat actors behind the KV-botnet made "behavioral changes" to the malicious network as U.S. law enforcement began issuing commands to neutralize the activity. KV-botnet is the name given to a network of compromised small office and home office (SOHO) routers and firewall devices across the world, with one specific cluster acting as a covert data transfer system for other Chinese … [Read more...]
Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros
Feb 07, 2024NewsroomDevice Security / Vulnerability The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could pave the way for remote code execution under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2023-40547 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability could be exploited to achieve a Secure Boot bypass. Bill Demirkapi of the Microsoft Security … [Read more...]
New Webinar: 5 Steps to vCISO Success for MSPs and MSSPs
Feb 07, 2024The Hacker NewsRisk Management / Cybersecurity 2024 will be the year of the vCISO. An incredible 45% of MSPs and MSSPs are planning to start offering vCISO services in 2024. As an MSP/MSSP providing vCISO services, you own the organization's cybersecurity infrastructure and strategy. But you also need to position yourself as a reliable decision-maker, navigating professional … [Read more...]
Global Coalition and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware Abuse
A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses. The initiative, dubbed the Pall Mall Process, aims to tackle the proliferation and irresponsible use of commercial cyber intrusion tools by … [Read more...]
Chinese Hackers Exploited FortiGate Flaw to Breach Dutch Military Network
Feb 07, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Network Security Chinese state-backed hackers broke into a computer network that's used by the Dutch armed forces by targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices. "This [computer network] was used for unclassified research and development (R&D)," the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) said in a statement. "Because this system was … [Read more...]
Critical JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises Flaw Exposes Servers to Takeover – Patch Now
Feb 07, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Software Security JetBrains is alerting customers of a critical security flaw in its TeamCity On-Premises continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) software that could be exploited by threat actors to take over susceptible instances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23917, carries a CVSS rating of 9.8 out of 10, indicative of its … [Read more...]
Beware: Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading 'Ov3r_Stealer' to Steal Crypto and Credentials
Feb 06, 2024NewsroomSocial Engineering / Malvertising Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new Windows-based stealer malware codenamed Ov3r_Stealer. "This malware is designed to steal credentials and crypto wallets and send those to a Telegram channel that the threat actor monitors," Trustwave SpiderLabs said in a … [Read more...]
Experts Detail New Flaws in Azure HDInsight Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop Services
Feb 06, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Cloud Security Three new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Azure HDInsight's Apache Hadoop, Kafka, and Spark services that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and a regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) condition. "The new vulnerabilities affect any authenticated user of Azure HDInsight services such as Apache Ambari and … [Read more...]
How a $10B Enterprise Customer Drastically Increased their SaaS Security Posture with 201% ROI by Using SSPM
SaaS applications are the darlings of the software world. They enable work from anywhere, facilitate collaboration, and offer a cost-effective alternative to owning the software outright. At the same time, the very features that make SaaS apps so embraced – access from anywhere and collaboration – can also be exploited by threat actors. Recently, Adaptive Shield commissioned a Total Economic … [Read more...]
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