Russia-linked Nobelium APT targets orgs in the global IT supply chain
Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has breached at least 14 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers since May 2021. The...
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A week in security (Oct 18 – Oct 24)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Multiple vulnerabilities in popular WordPress plugin WP Fastest Cache.“Killware”: Is it just as bad as...
NYT Journalist’s iPhone infected twice with NSO Group’sPegasus spyware
Threat actors infected the iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between June 2018...
Emsisoft created a free decryptor for past victims of the BlackMatter ransomware
Experts from cybersecurity firm Emsisoft announced the availability of a free decryptor for past victims of the BlackMatter ransomware. Cybersecurity...
TodayZoo phishing kit borrows the code from other kits
Microsoft uncovered an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns that employed a custom phishing kit tracked as TodayZoo. Microsoft researchers...
Security Affairs newsletter Round 337
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free...
NATO releases its first strategy for Artificial Intelligence
This week, NATO Defence Ministers released the first-ever strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI) that encourages the use of AI in...
Threat actors offer for sale data for 50 millions of Moscow drivers
Threat actors are offering for sale a database containing 50 million records belonging to Moscow drivers on a hacking forum...
Cisco SD-WAN flaw could lead to arbitrary code execution, patch it now!
Cisco fixes an OS command-injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-1529, in Cisco SD-WAN that could allow privilege escalation and lead to...
Supply-chain attack on NPM Package UAParser, which has millions of daily downloads
The U.S. CISA warned of crypto-mining malware hidden in a popular JavaScript NPM library, named UAParser.js, which has millions of weekly downloads....
Facebook SSRF Dashboard allows hunting SSRF vulnerabilities
Facebook developed a new tool that allows security experts to look for Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities in their software....
Groove ransomware group calls on other ransomware gangs to hit US public sector
Groove ransomware operators call on other ransomware groups to stop competing and join the forces to fight against the US....
DarkSide ransomware operators move 6.8M worth of Bitcoin after REvil shutdown
Darkside and BlackMatter ransomware operators have moved a large amount of their Bitcoin reserves after the recent shutdown of REvil’s...
Ransomware: Why do backups fail when you need them most?
It’s widely known, and endlessly repeated, that the last, best line of defence against the potentially devastating effects of a...
We dig into the Game Players Code
Gaming security is getting a lot of attention at the moment. Rightly so; it’s a huge target for scammers and...
A bug is about to confuse a lot of computers by turning back time 20 years
For those of you that remember the fuss about the Y2K bug, this story may sound familiar. The Cybersecurity &...
FIN7 cybercrime gang creates fake cybersecurity firm to recruit pentesters for ransomware attacks
FIN7 hacking group created fake cybersecurity companies to hire experts and involve them in ransomware attacks tricking them of conducting...
FiveSys, a new digitally-signed rootkit spotted by Bitdefender experts
Bitdefender researchers discovered a new Rootkit named FiveSys that abuses Microsoft-Issued Digital Signature signature to evade detection. FiveSys is a...
Evil Corp rebrands their ransomware, this time is the Macaw Locker
Evil Corp cybercrime gang is using a new ransomware called Macaw Locker to evade US sanctions that prevent victims from...
A flaw in WinRAR could lead to remote code execution
A vulnerability in the WinRAR is a trialware file archiver utility for Windows could be exploited by a remote attacker...
Administrators of bulletproof hosting sentenced to prison in the US
The United States Department of Justice sentenced two individuals that were providing bulletproof hosting to various malware operations. The United...
Update now! Chrome fixes more security issues
For the third time in a month Google has issued an update to patch for several security issues. This time...
Chrome targeted by Magnitude exploit kit
Exploit kits (EK) are not as widespread as they used to be. One of the reasons is likely that most...
US Bureau of Industry and Security bans export of hacking tools to authoritarian regimes
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) would ban U.S. firms from selling hacking tools to authoritarian regimes....
