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Retool Falls Victim to SMS-Based Phishing Attack Affecting 27 Cloud Clients

Software development company Retool has disclosed that the accounts of 27 of its cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and SMS-based social eng…

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Financially Motivated UNC3944 Threat Actor Shifts Focus to Ransomware Attacks

The financially motivated threat actor known asUNC3944is pivoting to ransomware deployment as part of an expansion to its monetization strategies, Mandiant has…

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Cybercriminals Combine Phishing and EV Certificates to Deliver Ransomware Payloads

The threat actors behind RedLine and Vidar information stealers have been observed pivoting to ransomware through phishing campaigns that spread initial payloa…

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Free Download Manager Site Compromised to Distribute Linux Malware to Users for 3+ Years

A download manager site served Linux users malware that stealthily stole passwords and other sensitive information for more than three years as part of a suppl…

Linux

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How Cyberattacks Are Transforming Warfare

There is a new battlefield. It is global and challenging to defend. What began with a high-profile incident back in 2007, when Estonia was hit by hackers targe…

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Rust-Written 3AM Ransomware: A Sneak Peek into a New Malware Family

A new ransomware family called3AMhas emerged in the wild after it was detected in a single incident in which an unidentified affiliate deployed the strain foll…

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How to Prevent API Breaches: A Guide to Robust Security

With the growing reliance on web applications and digital platforms, the use of application programming interfaces (APIs) has become increasingly popular. If y…

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CISA Warning: Nation-State Hackers Exploit Fortinet and Zoho Vulnerabilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday warned that multiple nation-state actors are exploiting security flaws in Fortinet…

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Mirai Botnet Variant 'Pandora' Hijacks Android TVs for Cyberattacks

AMirai botnetvariant calledPandorahas been observed infiltrating inexpensive Android-based TV sets and TV boxes and using them as part of a botnet to perform d…

Android

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Outlook Breach: Microsoft Reveals How a Crash Dump Led to a Major Security Breach

Microsoft on Wednesday revealed that a China-based threat actor known asStorm-0558acquired the inactive consumer signing key to forge tokens and access Outlook…

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Outlook Hack: Microsoft Reveals How a Crash Dump Led to a Major Security Breach

Microsoft on Wednesday revealed that a China-based threat actor known asStorm-0558acquired the inactive consumer signing key to forge tokens and access Outlook…

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Key Cybersecurity Tools That Can Mitigate the Cost of a Breach

IBM's 2023 installment of their annual "Cost of a Breach" report has thrown up some interesting trends. Of course, breaches being costly is no longer news at t…

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Hackers Exploit MinIO Storage System Vulnerabilities to Compromise Servers

An unknown threat actor has been observed weaponizing high-severity security flaws in the MinIO high-performance object storage system to achieve unauthorized …

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Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft SQL Servers to Deploy FreeWorld Ransomware

Threat actors are exploiting poorly secured Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers to deliver Cobalt Strike and a ransomware strain called FreeWorld.Cybersecurity firm…

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Russian State-Backed 'Infamous Chisel' Android Malware Targets Ukrainian Military

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. on Thursday disclosed details of a mobile malware strain ta…

Android

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New SuperBear Trojan Emerges in Targeted Phishing Attack on South Korean Activists

A new phishing attack likely targeting civil society groups in South Korea has led to the discovery of a novel remote access trojan calledSuperBear.The intrusi…

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It's a Zero-day? It's Malware? No! It's Username and Password

As cyber threats continue to evolve, adversaries are deploying a range of tools to breach security defenses and compromise sensitive data. Surprisingly, one of…

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SapphireStealer Malware: A Gateway to Espionage and Ransomware Operations

An open-source .NET-based information stealer malware dubbedSapphireStealeris being used by multiple entities to enhance its capabilities and spawn their own b…

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Numbers Don't Lie: Exposing the Harsh Truths of Cyberattacks in New Report

How often do cyberattacks happen? How frequently do threat actors target businesses and governments around the world? The BlackBerry® Threat Research and Intel…

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FBI Dismantles QakBot Malware, Frees 700,000 Computers, Seizes $8.6 Million

A coordinated law enforcement effort codenamedOperation Duck Hunthas felledQakBot, a notorious Windows malware family that's estimated to have compromised over…

Windows

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Chinese Hacking Group Exploits Barracuda Zero-Day to Target Government, Military, and Telecom

A suspected Chinese-nexus hacking group exploited arecently disclosed zero-day flawin Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances to breach gove…

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Citrix NetScaler Alert: Ransomware Hackers Exploiting Critical Vulnerability

Unpatched Citrix NetScaler systems exposed to the internet are being targeted by unknown threat actors in what's suspected to be a ransomware attack.Cybersecur…

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Leaseweb Hosting Provider Admits Security Breach Following Downtime

Cloud hosting firm Leaseweb recently disclosed a security breach after its Customer Portal suffered downtime.…Leaseweb Hosting Provider Admits Security Breach …

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Cyberattacks Targeting E-commerce Applications

Cyber attacks on e-commerce applications are a common trend in 2023 as e-commerce businesses become more omnichannel, they build and deploy increasingly more A…