Iranian Hackers’ Sophisticated Malware Targets Windows and macOS Users

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The Iranian nation-state actor known as TA453 has been linked to a new set of spear-phishing attacks that infect both Windows and macOS operating systems with malware. “TA453 eventually used

Silentbob Campaign: Cloud-Native Environments Under Attack

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Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed an attack infrastructure that’s being used as part of a “potentially massive campaign” against cloud-native environments. “This infrastructure is in early stages of testing and deployment,

How Pen Testing can Soften the Blow on Rising Costs of Cyber Insurance

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As technology advances and organizations become more reliant on data, the risks associated with data breaches and cyber-attacks also increase. The introduction of data privacy laws, such as the GDPR,

Researchers Uncover New Linux Kernel ‘StackRot’ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Details have emerged about a newly identified security flaw in the Linux kernel that could allow a user to gain elevated privileges on a target host. Dubbed StackRot (CVE-2023-3269, CVSS score: 7.8),

Surviving the 800 Gbps Storm: Gain Insights from Gcore’s 2023 DDoS Attack Statistics

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Gcore Radar is a quarterly report prepared by Gcore that provides insights into the current state of the DDoS protection market and cybersecurity trends. This report offers you an understanding

INTERPOL Nabs Hacking Crew OPERA1ER’s Leader Behind $11 Million Cybercrime

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A suspected senior member of a French-speaking hacking crew known as OPERA1ER has been arrested as part of an international law enforcement operation codenamed Nervone, Interpol has announced. “The group

RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors

05/07/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors in Brazil and the Philippines through their LinkedIn pages. The malware

Instagram’s Twitter Alternative ‘Threads’ Launch Halted in Europe Over Privacy Concerns

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Instagram Threads, the upcoming Twitter competitor from Meta, will not be launched in the European Union due to privacy concerns, according to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC). The development was reported by

Node.js Users Beware: Manifest Confusion Attack Opens Door to Malware

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The npm registry for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment is susceptible to what’s called a manifest confusion attack that could potentially allow threat actors to conceal malware in project dependencies or perform

Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun. Secrets, Secrets (Stored in Plain Text Files) Hurt Someone

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Secrets are meant to be hidden or, at the very least, only known to a specific and limited set of individuals (or systems). Otherwise, they aren’t really secrets. In personal