Tag: attack
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Earth Koshchei’s Rogue RDP Campaign: A Sophisticated APT Attack Targets Governments and Enterprises
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in SecurityNewsTrend Micro has unveiled a large-scale rogue remote desktop protocol (RDP) campaign conducted by the threat group Earth Koshchei. Known for their espionage operations, Earth Koshchei leveraged spear-phishing emails and... First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/earth-koshcheis-rogue-rdp-campaign-a-sophisticated-apt-attack-targets-governments-and-enterprises/
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BadRAM-ifications: A Low-Cost Attack on Trusted Execution Environments
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in SecurityNewsRecent research has uncovered a concerning vulnerability in modern Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) that challenges fundamental assumptions about memory security. The BadRAM attack, detailed in a paper by De Meulemeester et al., demonstrates how a low-cost hardware manipulation can compromise the integrity guarantees of systems like AMD SEV-SNP (Secure Encrypted Virtualization and Secure Nested Paging)….…
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Credential phishing attacks surge, report reveals
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/credential-phishing-attacks-surge-report-reveals
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Widespread APT29 attack campaign involves red team tools
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/widespread-apt29-attack-campaign-involves-red-team-tools
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New attacks launched by reemergent The Mask APT
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/new-attacks-launched-by-reemergent-the-mask-apt
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Breach Roundup: US Seeks Extradition of Alleged LockBit Coder
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in SecurityNewsAlso: Interpol Says ‘Pig Butchering’ Shames Victims, A Data Leak Scandal in Mexico. This week, U.S. asks Israel to extradite an alleged LockBit coder, don’t say pig butchering, and an Apache Struts flaw. A hunt for alleged data thieves in Mexico, Europe probes TikTok and Netfilix fined 4.75 million. A ransomware attack against Texas medical…
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Juniper warns of Mirai botnet targeting Session Smart routers
Juniper Networks has warned customers of Mirai malware attacks targeting and infecting Session Smart routers using default credentials. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/juniper-warns-of-mirai-botnet-targeting-session-smart-routers/
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BeyondTrust Discloses Compromise Of Remote Support Software
Identity and access security vendor BeyondTrust said that ‘a limited number of Remote Support SaaS customers’ were impacted in an attack this month. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2024/beyondtrust-discloses-compromise-of-remote-support-software
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Chinese cyber center points finger at U.S. over alleged cyberattacks to steal trade secrets
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in SecurityNewsThe CNCERT said it had “handled’ two attacks on Chinese tech companies, which it attributed to an unnamed suspected U.S. intelligence agency. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/chinese-cyber-center-us-alleged-cyberattacks-trade-secrets/
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AI-Powered Phishing: Defending Against the Next Generation of Cyber Threats
AI isn’t just transforming businesses, but also changing the way cyber criminals operate. One of those ways is more convincingAI-powered scams, whether delivered via: Phishing messages are becoming indistinguishable from the real thing. These types of attacks are also exploding in volume. This presents new challenges to organizations. How can they train their staff to…
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From reactive to proactive: Redefining incident response with unified, cloud-native XDR
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in SecurityNewsIn today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, cybersecurity is a constant game of cat and mouse. The average security operations center (SOC) team receives 4,484 alerts every day and can spend up to 3 hours manually triaging to understand which signals represent a genuine threat and which are just noise.However, this model traps SOCs in a…
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Thousands Download Malicious npm Libraries Impersonating Legitimate Tools
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in SecurityNewsThreat actors have been observed uploading malicious typosquats of legitimate npm packages such as typescript-eslint and @types/node that have racked up thousands of downloads on the package registry.The counterfeit versions, named @typescript_eslinter/eslint and types-node, are engineered to download a trojan and retrieve second-stage payloads, respectively.”While typosquatting attacks are First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article:…
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Google Calendar Phishing Scam Targets Users with Malicious Invites
Protect yourself from sophisticated phishing attacks that leverage Google Calendar to steal your personal information. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/google-calendar-phishing-scam-users-malicious-invites/
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CISA issues mobile security guidance following China hacks
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in SecurityNewsFollowing the Salt Typhoon attacks, CISA offers advice to ‘highly targeted’ individuals, such as using end-to-end encryption and moving away from purely SMS-based MFA. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366617459/CISA-issues-mobile-security-guidance-following-China-hacks
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What is a Compromised Credentials Attack?
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in SecurityNewsThe education industry is among the most highly targeted of all sectors. K-12 schools are particularly at risk, given the vast amount of sensitive information they hold. Out of all forms of cyberattacks, compromised credentials attacks are among the most pernicious, often with long-lasting effects. How can K-12 schools best strengthen their security posture ……
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Anatomy of a 6-day Credential Stuffing Attack From 2.2M Residential IPs
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in SecurityNewsIn this article, we cover the details of a heavily distributed credential-stuffing attack that targeted a major US financial service company (spoiler: there were some pretty clear signs of device spoofing, as you’ll see below). By the end of the bot attack, which lasted 6 days, Castle blocked First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article:…
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US eyes ban on TP-Link routers amid cybersecurity concerns
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Tags: attack, business, china, compliance, computer, corporate, country, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, ddos, defense, espionage, exploit, flaw, government, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, law, malicious, microsoft, network, risk, router, technology, threat, vulnerability, wifiThe US government is investigating TP-Link, a Chinese company that supplies about 65% of routers for American homes and small businesses, amid concerns about national security risks. Reports suggest these routers have vulnerabilities that cybercriminals exploit to compromise sensitive enterprise data.Investigations by the Commerce, Defense, and Justice Departments indicate that the routers may have been…
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Malicious Supply Chain Attacking Moving From npm Community To VSCode Marketplace
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in SecurityNewsResearchers have identified a rise in malicious activity on the VSCode Marketplace, highlighting the vulnerability of the platform to supply chain attacks similar to those previously seen in the npm community. Malicious actors are increasingly exploiting npm packages to distribute malicious code, mirroring tactics previously used in VSCode extensions that involve the npm package etherscancontracthandler,…
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IAM Predictions for 2025: Identity as the Linchpin of Business Resilience
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Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, authentication, banking, breach, business, cloud, compliance, corporate, credentials, crime, data, deep-fake, detection, finance, iam, identity, malicious, microsoft, mobile, office, passkey, password, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, service, supply-chain, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIAM Predictions for 2025: Identity as the Linchpin of Business Resilience madhav Thu, 12/19/2024 – 05:33 As we look toward 2025, the lessons of 2024 serve as a stark reminder of the rapidly evolving identity and access management (IAM) landscape. The numbers tell the story: The latest Identity Theft Resource Center report indicates that consumers…
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Fighting on the New Front Line of Security with Snowflake and LogLMs
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Tags: access, ai, attack, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, finance, incident response, intelligence, malicious, mitre, monitoring, network, siem, soc, threat, toolTempo”Š”, “Ša Snowflake Native App”Š”, “Šharnesses AI and Log Language Models for Proactive Cybersecurity Cybersecurity attackers are innovating, challenging traditional security measures, and pushing organizations to seek more innovative solutions. Tempo, a Snowflake Native App that revolutionizes cybersecurity using AI-powered proactive security, sees even novel attacks. By leveraging Log Language Models (LogLMs), which are a…
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Vulnerability Exploit Assessment Tool EPSS Exposed to Adversarial Attack
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in SecurityNewsA Morphisec researcher showed how an attacker could manipulate FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) using AI First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/epss-exposed-to-adversarial-attack/
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Iranian Hackers Launched A Massive Attack to Exploit Global ICS Infrastructure
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in SecurityNewsIn a joint cybersecurity advisory, the FBI, CISA, NSA, and partner agencies from Canada, the United Kingdom, and Israel have issued an urgent warning about ongoing malicious cyber activities by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The advisory provides critical new details on tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)…
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India Sees Surge in API Attacks, Especially in Banking, Utilities
The number of DDoS-related incidents targeting APIs have jumped by 30x compared with traditional Web assets, suggesting that attackers see the growing API landscape as the more attractive target. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/india-surge-api-attacks-banking-utilities
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HubPhish Abuses HubSpot Tools to Target 20,000 European Users for Credential Theft
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in SecurityNewsCybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new phishing campaign that has targeted European companies with an aim to harvest account credentials and take control of the victims’ Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.The campaign has been codenamed HubPhish by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 owing to the abuse of HubSpot tools in the attack chain. Targets include at…
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Are threat feeds masking your biggest security blind spot?
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in SecurityNewsSecurity teams that subscribe to threat feeds get lists of known malicious domains, IPs, and file signatures that they can leverage to blacklist and prevent attacks from those … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/12/19/threat-feeds/
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Russia-linked APT29 group used red team tools in rogue RDP attacks
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in SecurityNewsRussia-linked APT29 group uses malicious RDP configuration files, adapting red teaming methods for cyberattacks to compromise systems. In October 2024, the Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka Earth Koshchei, SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes) used rogue RDP attacks via phishing emails targeting governments, think tanks, and Ukrainian entities to steal data and install malware. The…