News
-
"Ghostwriter Group Targets NATO Refugee Effort"Security researchers at Proofpoint have detected a new phishing campaign linked to a notorious disinformation threat group, targeting European governments as they try to manage an influx of Ukrainian refugees. The new phishing campaign was first… -
"Chinese Cyberspies Use Their ‘Most Advanced’ Backdoor to Attack Governments"Daxin is a stealthy backdoor linked to China that was built to be deployed in fortified corporate networks with high-level threat detection capabilities. Findings from an analysis of the backdoor conducted by Symantec's Threat Hunter team reveal…
-
"Revamped Anchor Malware Targets Windows Systems"Researchers with IBM Security X-Force are warning of a revamped version of the Anchor malware called AnchorMail, which has been targeting Windows systems. Anchor is a backdoor that has been deployed by the group behind the Trickbot malware. It was…
-
"Organizations Vulnerable to Emerging Threats As They Struggle With Malware Analysis"According to a new report from the infrastructure protection company OPSWAT, nearly all organizations are struggling in regard to malware analysis. Findings shared in the report reveal that 94 percent of organizations find it difficult to recruit, traine…
-
"Nvidia Confirms It Is Investigating a Cybersecurity Incident"Nvidia investigating a probable cyberattack Nvidia experienced an incident this week that compromised their internal systems including email and development tools for two days. Their commercial activities were not impacted. The hacker has not yet been…
-
"US, Britain Accuse Russia of Cyberattacks Targeting Ukraine"Russia likely responsible for recent cyber attacks against Ukraine Anne Neuberger, the White House chief cyber official, said that the US has linked Russia to recent denial of service attacks on Ukraine’s major banks and defense ministry. Ukraine was…
-
"State Bar of California Investigates Data Breach"The State Bar of California has launched an investigation to discover how hundreds of thousands of confidential attorney disciple records were exposed online. The records were found on February 24 on a public website that aggregates nationwide…
-
"Toyota Halts Production Across Japan After Ransomware Attack"After a ransomware attack on a key supplier, the world’s largest carmaker has been forced to halt production at all of its plants in Japan. Toyota claimed it would suspend 28 production lines at 14 factories on Tuesday, with a planned resumption…
-
"Trickbot Comes Up With a New Set of Tricks"The group behind the Trickbot malware appears to be shifting away from the cybercriminal platform to the use of more modern attack tools. According to researchers at the threat intelligence firm Intel 471, the group behind the malware stopped spreading…
-
"Samsung Shattered Encryption on 100M Phones"Security researchers at Tel Aviv University have stated that Samsung shipped an estimated 100 million smartphones with botched encryption, including models ranging from the 2017 Galaxy S8 on up to last year's Galaxy S21. The researchers found what…
-
"r2c: An Open Source Tool for Software Security"MIT alumni founded a startup named r2c with the purpose of simplifying the process of securing code by offering a database of software checks. It is easier to attack a system than it is to protect it in the software security industry as hackers only need…
-
"CISA and FBI Publish Advisory to Protect Organizations from Destructive Malware Used in Ukraine"The US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory pertaining to the WhisperGate and HermeticWiper malware being used against…