Category: Viral
Mar 05, 2024NewsroomAttack Surface / Exposure Management Startups and scales-ups are often cloud-first organizations and rarely have sprawling legacy on-prem environments. Likewise, knowing the agility and flexibility that cloud environments provide, the mid-market is predominantly running in a hybrid state, partly in the cloud but with some on-prem assets. While there has been a bit…
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Cybercriminals are using a network of hired money mules in India using an Android-based application to orchestrate a massive money laundering scheme. The malicious application, called XHelper, is a “key tool for onboarding and managing these money mules,” CloudSEK researchers Sparsh Kulshrestha, Abhishek Mathew, and Santripti Bhujel said in a report. Details about the scam…
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Mar 04, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Vulnerability Assessment A company’s lifecycle stage, size, and state have a significant impact on its security needs, policies, and priorities. This is particularly true for modern mid-market companies that are either experiencing or have experienced rapid growth. As requirements and tasks continue to accumulate and malicious actors remain…
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Video As the specter of AI-generated disinformation looms large, tech giants vow to crack down on fabricated content that could sway voters and disrupt elections taking place around the world this year 01 Mar 2024 As a record number of people across the world will go to the polls this year, concerns rise about the…
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Mar 02, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Social Engineering The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday unsealed an indictment against an Iranian national for his alleged involvement in a multi-year cyber-enabled campaign designed to compromise U.S. governmental and private entities. More than a dozen entities are said to have been targeted, including the U.S. Departments of the…
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Mar 01, 2024NewsroomLinux / Cyber Threat Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Linux variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called BIFROSE (aka Bifrost) that uses a deceptive domain mimicking VMware. “This latest version of Bifrost aims to bypass security measures and compromise targeted systems,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers Anmol Maurya and Siddharth…
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Do you ever play computer games such as Halo or Gears of War? If so, you’ve definitely noticed a game mode called Capture the Flag that pits two teams against each other – one that is in charge of protecting the flag from adversaries who attempt to steal it. This type of exercise is also…
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Mar 01, 2024NewsroomRootkit / Threat Intelligence The Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance has issued a new cybersecurity advisory warning of cyber threat actors exploiting known security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways, noting that the Integrity Checker Tool (ICT) can be deceived to provide a false sense of security. “Ivanti ICT…
Read MoreSUMMARY Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors. These #StopRansomware advisories include recently and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to help organizations protect against ransomware. Visit stopransomware.gov to see…
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Feb 29, 2024The Hacker NewsAttack Surface / Incident Response As an IT leader, staying on top of the latest cybersecurity developments is essential to keeping your organization safe. But with threats coming from all around — and hackers dreaming up new exploits every day — how do you create proactive, agile cybersecurity strategies? And what…
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