New GootLoader Malware Variant Evades Detection and Spreads Rapidly

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A new variant of the GootLoader malware called GootBot has been found to facilitate lateral movement on compromised systems and evade detection. “The GootLoader group’s introduction of their own custom bot into

N. Korea’s BlueNoroff Blamed for Hacking macOS Machines with ObjCShellz Malware

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The North Korea-linked nation-state group called BlueNoroff has been attributed to a previously undocumented macOS malware strain dubbed ObjCShellz. Jamf Threat Labs, which disclosed details of the malware, said it’s used

SideCopy Exploiting WinRAR Flaw in Attacks Targeting Indian Government Entities

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The Pakistan-linked threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging the recent WinRAR security vulnerability in its attacks targeting Indian government entities to deliver various remote access trojans such as AllaKore

Offensive and Defensive AI: Let’s Chat(GPT) About It

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ChatGPT: Productivity tool, great for writing poems, and… a security risk?! In this article, we show how threat actors can exploit ChatGPT, but also how defenders can use it for

Experts Warn of Ransomware Hackers Exploiting Atlassian and Apache Flaws

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Multiple ransomware groups have begun to actively exploit recently disclosed flaws in Atlassian Confluence and Apache ActiveMQ. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said it observed the exploitation of CVE-2023-22518 and CVE-2023-22515 in multiple customer environments, some of which

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Money Launderer in Cybercrime Crackdown

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions against a 37-year-old Russian woman for taking part in the laundering of virtual currency for the country’s elites and cybercriminal crews, including

Google Warns How Hackers Could Abuse Calendar Service as a Covert C2 Channel

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Google is warning of multiple threat actors sharing a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that leverages its Calendar service to host command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. The tool, called Google Calendar RAT (GCR),

Iranian Hackers Launch Destructive Cyber Attacks on Israeli Tech and Education Sectors

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Israeli higher education and tech sectors have been targeted as part of a series of destructive cyber attacks that commenced in January 2023 with an aim to deploy previously undocumented

SecuriDropper: New Android Dropper-as-a-Service Bypasses Google’s Defenses

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Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new dropper-as-a-service (DaaS) for Android called SecuriDropper that bypasses new security restrictions imposed by Google and delivers the malware. Dropper malware on Android is designed

QNAP Releases Patch for 2 Critical Flaws Threatening Your NAS Devices

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QNAP has released security updates to address two critical security flaws impacting its operating system that could result in arbitrary code execution. Tracked as CVE-2023-23368 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability is described