Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted 65 seconds. The web infrastructure and security company said it fended off “over…
Oct 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Vulnerability A new high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable malicious actors to execute arbitrary JavaScript code under certain conditions.…
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Technology Google has revealed the various security guardrails that have been incorporated into its latest Pixel devices to counter the rising threat posed by baseband security attacks. The cellular…
For years, securing a company’s systems was synonymous with securing its “perimeter.” There was what was safe “inside” and the unsafe outside world. We built sturdy firewalls and deployed sophisticated detection systems, confident that keeping…
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananLinux / Malware Linux servers are the target of an ongoing campaign that delivers a stealthy malware dubbed perfctl with the primary aim of running a cryptocurrency miner and proxyjacking software. “Perfctl…
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed delivering a previously undocumented backdoor and remote access trojan (RAT) called VeilShell as part of a campaign…
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Financial Fraud INTERPOL has announced the arrest of eight individuals in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria as part of a crackdown on phishing scams and romance cyber fraud. Dubbed Operation Contender…
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware A new wave of international law enforcement actions has led to four arrests and the takedown of nine servers linked to the LockBit (aka Bitwise Spider) ransomware operation, marking…
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager (EPM) that the company patched in May to its Known Exploited…
A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The campaign is part of…