ONLINE DISINFORMATION: Under the hood of a Doppelgänger
ONLINE DISINFORMATION is one of the defining issues of our time and the influence of fake news has become an...
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APT28 relies on PowerPoint Mouseover to deliver Graphite malware
The Russia-linked APT28 group is using mouse movement in decoy Microsoft PowerPoint documents to distribute malware. The Russia-linked APT28 employed a technique...
Bl00dy ransomware gang started using leaked LockBit 3.0 builder in attacks
The recently born Bl00Dy Ransomware gang has started using the recently leaked LockBit ransomware builder in attacks in the wild....
NUVOLA: the new Cloud Security tool
nuvola is the new open-source cloud security tool to address the privilege escalation in cloud environments. nuvola is the new...
Meta dismantled the largest Russian network since the war in Ukraine began
Meta dismantled a network of Facebook and Instagram accounts spreading disinformation across European countries. Meta announced to have taken down...
Preventing Cryptocurrency Cyber Extortion
Highly destructive cybercrime is on the rise, and most of it is being funded with anonymous cryptocurrency. Discover cryptocurrency trends...
How Underground Groups Use Stolen Identities and Deepfakes
The growing appearance of deepfake attacks is significantly reshaping the threat landscape. These fakes brings attacks such as business email...
US-CERT Bulletin (SB22-269):Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 19, 2022
The CISA Vulnerability Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards...
North Korea-linked Lazarus continues to target job seekers with macOS malware
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is targeting macOS Users searching for jobs in the cryptocurrency industry. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT...
Defense firm Elbit Systems of America discloses data breach
Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of defense giant Elbit Systems, disclosed a data breach after Black Basta ransomware gang...
WhatsApp fixed critical and high severy vulnerabilities
WhatsApp has addressed two severe Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities affecting the mobile version of the software. WhatsApp has published three security...
Erbium info-stealing malware, a new option in the threat landscape
The recently discovered Erbium information-stealer is being distributed as fake cracks and cheats for popular video games. Threat actors behind...
Mandiant identifies 3 hacktivist groups working in support of Russia
Researchers are tracking multiple self-proclaimed hacktivist groups working in support of Russia, and identified 3 groups linked to the GRU....
NullMixer: oodles of Trojans in a single dropper
Executive Summary NullMixer is a dropper leading to an infection chain of a wide variety of malware families. NullMixer spreads...
Russia prepares massive cyberattacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine and its allies
The Ukrainian military intelligence warns that Russia is planning to escalate cyberattacks targeting Ukraine and Western allies. The Main Directorate...
China-linked TA413 group targets Tibetan entities with new backdoor
China-linked cyberespionage group TA413 exploits employ a never-before-undetected backdoor called LOWZERO in attacks aimed at Tibetan entities. A China-linked cyberespionage group, tracked...
Metador, a never-before-seen APT targeted ISPs and telco for about 2 years
A previously undetected hacking group, tracked as Metador, has been targeting telecommunications, internet services providers (ISPs), and universities for about...
Exmatter exfiltration tool used to implement new extortion tactics
Ransomware operators switch to new extortion tactics by using the Exmatter malware and adding new data corruption functionality. The data...
Attackers impersonate CircleCI platform to compromise GitHub accounts
Threat actors target GitHub users to steal credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes by impersonating the CircleCI DevOps platform. GitHub...
OpIran: Anonymous declares war on Teheran amid Mahsa Amini’s death
OpIran: Anonymous launched Operation Iran against Teheran due to the ongoing crackdown on dissent after Mahsa Amini’s death. Anonymous launched...
Security Affairs newsletter Round 385
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for...
ISC fixed high-severity flaws in the BIND DNS software
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) fixed six remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in the BIND DNS software. The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC)...
Ukraine: SSU dismantled cyber gang that stole 30 million accounts
The cyber department of Ukraine ‘s Security Service (SSU) dismantled a gang that stole accounts of about 30 million individuals....
London Police arrested a teen suspected to be behind Uber, Rockstar Games breaches
The City of London Police this week announced the arrest of a 17-year-old teenager on suspicion of hacking. Is he...
