APT42 Hackers Pose as Journalists to Harvest Credentials and Access Cloud Data
The Iranian state-backed hacking outfit called APT42 is making use of enhanced social engineering schemes to infiltrate target networks and cloud environments.Targets of the...
U.S. DoJ Dismantles Warzone RAT Infrastructure, Arrests Key Operators
The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Friday announced the seizure of online infrastructure that was used to sell a remote access trojan (RAT) called...
LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada
A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation.Mikhail...
Malicious ‘SNS Sender’ Script Abuses AWS for Bulk Smishing Attacks
A malicious Python script known as SNS Sender is being advertised as a way for threat actors to send bulk smishing messages by abusing...
The Drop in Ransomware Attacks in 2024 and What it Means
The ransomware industry surged in 2023 as it saw an alarming 55.5% increase in victims worldwide, reaching a staggering 5,070. But 2024 is starting...
Albabat, Kasseika, Kuiper: New Ransomware Gangs Rise with Rust and Golang
Cybersecurity researchers have detected in the wild yet another variant of the Phobos ransomware family known as Faust.Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, which detailed the latest...
Hackers Exploiting Old MS Excel Vulnerability to Spread Agent Tesla Malware
Attackers are weaponizing an old Microsoft Office vulnerability as part of phishing campaigns to distribute a strain of malware called Agent Tesla.The infection chains...
8220 Gang Exploiting Oracle WebLogic Server Vulnerability to Spread Malware
The threat actors associated with the 8220 Gang have been observed exploiting a high-severity flaw in Oracle WebLogic Server to propagate their malware.The security...
New Google Drive Scam Reaching Inboxes
SCAMMERS JUST FOUND a replacement phishing lure to play with: Google Drive. A flaw has been discovered in the Drive that is being exploited...
New Chrome Zero-Day Under Active Attacks – Update Your Browser
Google has fixed a second effectively abused zero-day defect in the Chrome program in about fourteen days, alongside tending to nine other security weaknesses...
