Security Issues, Vulnerabilities, Exploits & Government Alerts
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Ransomware Threat actors have been observed concealing malicious code in images to deliver malware such as VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer as part of separate campaigns. “In both campaigns, attackers…
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Ransomware Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an attack that involved a threat actor utilizing a Python-based backdoor to maintain persistent access to compromised endpoints and then leveraged this access to…
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security Ivanti has rolled out security updates to address several security flaws impacting Avalanche, Application Control Engine, and Endpoint Manager (EPM), including four critical bugs that could lead to…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a new malvertising campaign that’s targeting individuals and businesses advertising via Google Ads by attempting to phish for their credentials via fraudulent ads on…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Malware The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new cyber attack campaign dubbed Operation 99 that targeted software developers looking for freelance Web3 and cryptocurrency work to…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananBlockchain / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have identified infrastructure links between the North Korean threat actors behind the fraudulent IT worker schemes and a 2016 crowdfunding scam. The new evidence suggests that Pyongyang-based…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Update As many as six security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Rsync file-synchronizing tool for Unix systems, some of which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code…
Guides organizations with using new logging capabilities to detect and defend against sophisticated cyber threat actors WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in close coordination with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),…
Why does ICS/OT need specific controls and its own cybersecurity budget today? Because treating ICS/OT security with an IT security playbook isn’t just ineffective—it’s high risk. In the rapidly evolving domain of cybersecurity, the specific…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to delete PlugX malware from over 4,250 infected…