As a result, today we are publishing details of activity by a sophisticated nation-state sponsored threat actor that gained unauthorized access to our systems to target a small and specific set of our customers. Prior to sharing this information, we notified and worked with the impacted customers. We have also been working with our incident response (IR) partners and law enforcement on both our investigation and steps designed to make our systems and our customers’ operations even more secure. The attack vector used by the threat actor has been mitigated.
In this blog post, we'll look at the use of generative AI, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, and the cybercrime tool WormGPT, in BEC attacks.
Critics also decry Microsoft's "pay-to-play" monitoring that detected intrusions.
SubCom is laying deepwater internet cables to boost U.S. economic and military might, including a secret mission to a remote island naval base, Reuters found.
A new generative AI cybercrime tool called WormGPT is making waves in underground forums. It empowers cybercriminals to automate phishing attacks.
AIOS bills itself as an "all-in-one" security solution. A just-fixed bug undermined that.
Since at least May 2021, stealthy Linux malware called AVrecon was used to infect over 70,000 Linux-based small office/home office (SOHO) routers and add them to a botnet designed to steal bandwidth and provide a hidden residential proxy service.
The source code for the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit has been shared publicly on GitHub, albeit with several modifications compared to the original malware.
Designed specifically for Windows, the bootkit emerged on hacker forums in October last year, being advertised with APT-level capabilities such as secure boot and user access control (UAC) bypass and the ability to disable security applications and defense mechanisms on victim systems.
Microsoft has announced changes to a system that was exploited by Chinese hackers over the last month that allowed them to access email accounts and spy on the inner workings of two dozen organizations, including government agencies, a lawmaker’s staff and even Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
ShadowVault data stealer Mac malware made headlines in the Apple press this week. Here is what we know about it so far.
Cisco Talos discovered 12 memory corruption vulnerabilities in MSRPC implementations on Apple macOS and VMWare vCenter.
- Seven vulnerabilities affect Apple macOS only.
- Two vulnerabilities affect VMWare vCenter.
- Three vulnerabilities affect both.
China-based hackers have breached email accounts at two-dozen organizations, including some United States government agencies, in an apparent spying campaign aimed at acquiring sensitive information, according to statements from Microsoft and the White House late Tuesday.
A Chinese hacking group exploited a bug in Microsoft’s cloud email service to spy on two-dozen organizations, including some government agencies, the tech giant said late Tuesday.
Loader activity for Formbook "QM18", Author: Brad Duncan
In the first half of 2023, we observed a threefold increase in the number of attacks using infected USB drives to steal secrets.
Microsoft blocks a new batch of system drivers, but the loophole empowering them remains.
In December 2022, Microsoft published their monthly Windows Update packages that included an advisory about malicious drivers, signed by Microsoft and other code-signing authorities, that Sophos X-…
Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to quash 130 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and related software, including at least five flaws that are already seeing active exploitation. Meanwhile, Apple customers have their own zero-day woes again this…
Apple has issued a new round of Rapid Security Response (RSR) updates to address a new zero-day bug exploited in attacks and impacting fully-patched iPhones, Macs, and iPads.
The Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP) certifies that drivers, and other products, run reliably on Windows and on Windows certified hardware. First reported by Sophos, and later Trend Micro and Cisco, Microsoft has investigated and confirmed a list of third-party WHCP-certified drivers used in cyber threat campaigns. Because of the drivers’ intent and functionality, Microsoft has added them to the Windows Driver.STL revocation list.
