Microsoft Disables MSIX App Installer Protocol Widely Used in Malware Attacks

29/12/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

Microsoft on Thursday said it’s once again disabling the ms-appinstaller protocol handler by default following its abuse by multiple threat actors to distribute malware. “The observed threat actor activity abuses the current

Kimsuky Hackers Deploying AppleSeed, Meterpreter, and TinyNuke in Latest Attacks

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Nation-state actors affiliated to North Korea have been observed using spear-phishing attacks to deliver an assortment of backdoors and tools such as AppleSeed, Meterpreter, and TinyNuke to seize control of

CERT-UA Uncovers New Malware Wave Distributing OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, STEELHOOK

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The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT28 group to deploy previously undocumented malware such as OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, and STEELHOOK to harvest

Albanian Parliament and One Albania Telecom Hit by Cyber Attacks

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The Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania have been targeted by cyber attacks, the country’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) revealed

Most Sophisticated iPhone Hack Ever Exploited Apple’s Hidden Hardware Feature

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The Operation Triangulation spyware attacks targeting Apple iOS devices leveraged never-before-seen exploits that made it possible to even bypass pivotal hardware-based security protections erected by the company. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which discovered the campaign at

Google Cloud Resolves Privilege Escalation Flaw Impacting Kubernetes Service

29/12/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

Google Cloud has addressed a medium-severity security flaw in its platform that could be abused by an attacker who already has access to a Kubernetes cluster to escalate their privileges.

New Rugmi Malware Loader Surges with Hundreds of Daily Detections

28/12/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

A new malware loader is being used by threat actors to deliver a wide range of information stealers such as Lumma Stealer (aka LummaC2), Vidar, RecordBreaker (aka Raccoon Stealer V2), and Rescoms. Cybersecurity

Warning: Poorly Secured Linux SSH Servers Under Attack for Cryptocurrency Mining

27/12/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

Poorly secured Linux SSH servers are being targeted by bad actors to install port scanners and dictionary attack tools with the goal of targeting other vulnerable servers and co-opting them

New Sneaky Xamalicious Android Malware Hits Over 327,000 Devices

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A new Android backdoor has been discovered with potent capabilities to carry out a range of malicious actions on infected devices. Dubbed Xamalicious by the McAfee Mobile Research Team, the malware is

Chinese Hackers Exploited New Zero-Day in Barracuda’s ESG Appliances

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Barracuda has revealed that Chinese threat actors exploited a new zero-day in its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances to deploy backdoors on a “limited number” of devices. Tracked as CVE-2023-7102, the