Key findings Proofpoint researchers identified an unusual campaign delivering malware that the threat actor named “Voldemort”. Proofpoint assesses with moderate confidence the goal of the activi...
The notorious hacker USDoD, who is best known for high-profile data leaks, appears to be a man from Brazil, according to investigations conducted by CrowdStrike and others.
Over the past few years, USDoD, aka EquationCorp, has leaked vast amounts of information stolen from major organizations. His targets include the FBI’s InfraGard portal, Airbus, credit reporting firm TransUnion, background checking service National Public Data (NPD), and many others.
The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit within the Paris prosecutor's office, led by 38-year-old Johanna Brousse.
The arrest of Durov, 39, last Saturday marks a significant shift in how some global authorities may seek to deal with tech chiefs reluctant to police illegal content on their platforms.
The arrest signalled the mettle of the J3 cybercrime unit, but the true test of its ambitions will be whether Brousse can secure a conviction based on a largely untested legal argument, lawyers said.
Unit 42 discusses WikiLoader malware spoofing GlobalProtect VPN, detailing evasion techniques, malicious URLs, and mitigation strategies. Unit 42 discusses WikiLoader malware spoofing GlobalProtect VPN, detailing evasion techniques, malicious URLs, and mitigation strategies.
See how adversaries are impersonating Google Authenticator in Google Ads to deliver the DeerStealer information-stealing malware.
Discover the latest insights on the emerging ransomware group Cicada3301, first detected in June 2024. Truesec's investigation reveals key findings about this group, named after a famous cryptography game, now targeting multiple victims.
The popular Docker-OSX project has been removed from Docker Hub after Apple filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request, alleging that it violated its copyright.
The deployment of ransomware remains the greatest serious and organised cybercrime threat, the largest cybersecurity threat, and also poses a risk to the UK’s national security. Ransomware attacks can have a significant impact on victims due to financial, data, and service losses, which can lead to business closure, inaccessible public services, and compromised customer data. Threat actors are typically based in overseas jurisdictions where limited cooperation makes it challenging for UK law enforcement to disrupt their activities.
The FreeBSD Foundation will organize and manage the projects that STF is funding, which mainly focuses on security.
Threat actors target Middle Eastern organizations with malware disguised as the legitimate Palo Alto GlobalProtect Tool that can steal data and execute remote PowerShell commands to infiltrate internal networks further.
Devices are kept in vault during weekly gatherings, prime minister said.
This article explores Netcraft’s research into the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to create text for fraudulent websites in 2024. Insight ...
We’re sharing an update on suspected state-backed attacker APT29 and the use of exploits identical to those used by Intellexa and NSO.
The Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has observed a botnet campaign that is abusing several previously exploited vulnerabilities, as well as a zero-day vulnerability discovered by the SIRT.
CVE-2024-7029 (discovered by Aline Eliovich) is a command injection vulnerability found in the brightness function of AVTECH closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras that allows for remote code execution (RCE).
Once injected, the botnet spreads a Mirai variant with string names that reference the COVID-19 virus that has been seen since at least 2020.
We have included a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) to assist in defense against this threat.
Telegram is vital to hacktivist groups and their operations. They would have limited platforms to operate on without Telegram, they try X but are often shut-down and they would likely get drowned out if they tried to operate on underground forums.
Kaspersky experts discovered a macOS version of the HZ Rat backdoor, which collects user data from WeChat and DingTalk messengers.
Arrest warrants for Pavel and Nikolai Durov were issued months earlier than previously known.
On August 25th 2024, Global Secure Layer mitigated the largest packet rate DDoS attack recorded against our platform
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Malicious hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director, a software product used by many Internet and IT service providers. Researchers believe the activity is linked to Volt Typhoon, a Chinese cyber espionage group focused on infiltrating critical U.S.…
