14 Suspected Cybercriminals Arrested Across Africa in Coordinated Crackdown

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A coordinated law enforcement operation across 25 African countries has led to the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals, INTERPOL announced Friday. The exercise, conducted in partnership with AFRIPOL, enabled investigators to identify

The Vulnerability of Zero Trust: Lessons from the Storm 0558 Hack

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While IT security managers in companies and public administrations rely on the concept of Zero Trust, APTS (Advanced Persistent Threats) are putting its practical effectiveness to the test. Analysts, on

New Wave of Attack Campaign Targeting Zimbra Email Users for Credential Theft

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A new “mass-spreading” social engineering campaign is targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server with an aim to collect their login credentials for use in follow-on operations. The activity,

Google Chrome’s New Feature Alerts Users About Auto-Removal of Malicious Extensions

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Google has announced plans to add a new feature in the upcoming version of its Chrome web browser to alert users when an extension they have installed has been removed

NoFilter Attack: Sneaky Privilege Escalation Method Bypasses Windows Security

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A previously undetected attack method called NoFilter has been found to abuse the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) to achieve privilege escalation in the Windows operating system. “If an attacker has the ability

China-Linked Bronze Starlight Group Targeting Gambling Sector with Cobalt Strike Beacons

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An ongoing cyber attack campaign originating from China is targeting the Southeast Asian gambling sector to deploy Cobalt Strike beacons on compromised systems.  Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said the tactics, techniques,

New Apple iOS 16 Exploit Enables Stealthy Cellular Access Under Fake Airplane Mode

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Cybersecurity researchers have documented a novel post-exploit persistence technique on iOS 16 that could be abused to fly under the radar and main access to an Apple device even when

New LABRAT Campaign Exploits GitLab Flaw for Cryptojacking and Proxyjacking Activities

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A new, financially motivated operation dubbed LABRAT has been observed weaponizing a now-patched critical flaw in GitLab as part of a cryptojacking and proxyjacking campaign. “The attacker utilized undetected signature-based tools, sophisticated

Why You Need Continuous Network Monitoring?

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Changes in the way we work have had significant implications for cybersecurity, not least in network monitoring. Workers no longer sit safely side-by-side on a corporate network, dev teams constantly

Russian Hackers Use Zulip Chat App for Covert C&C in Diplomatic Phishing Attacks

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An ongoing campaign targeting ministries of foreign affairs of NATO-aligned countries points to the involvement of Russian threat actors. The phishing attacks feature PDF documents with diplomatic lures, some of