Oct 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Detection / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malware campaign that delivers Hijack Loader artifacts that are signed with legitimate code-signing certificates. French cybersecurity company HarfangLab, which detected the activity…
The maintainers of the Jetpack WordPress plugin have released a security update to remediate a critical vulnerability that could allow logged-in users to access forms submitted by others on a site. Jetpack, owned by WordPress…
Oct 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability A suspected nation-state adversary has been observed weaponizing three security flaws in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) a zero-day to perform a series of malicious actions. That’s according…
Oct 14, 2024The Hacker NewsCloud Security / Vulnerability The link between detection and response (DR) practices and cloud security has historically been weak. As global organizations increasingly adopt cloud environments, security strategies have largely focused…
Cybersecurity researchers have found that entry points could be abused across multiple programming ecosystems like PyPI, npm, Ruby Gems, NuGet, Dart Pub, and Rust Crates to stage software supply chain attacks. “Attackers can leverage these…
Oct 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananRecap / Cybersecurity Hey there, it’s your weekly dose of “what the heck is going on in cybersecurity land” – and trust me, you NEED to be in the loop this time.…
Oct 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Vulnerability Threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a now-patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication to deploy Akira and Fog ransomware. Cybersecurity vendor Sophos said it has been…
Oct 13, 2024Ravie Lakshmanan The Iranian threat actor known as OilRig has been observed exploiting a now-patched privilege escalation flaw impacting the Windows Kernel as part of a cyber espionage campaign targeting the U.A.E. and…
Oct 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced arrests and charges against several individuals and entities in connection with allegedly manipulating digital asset markets as part of a widespread…
A new tax-themed malware campaign targeting insurance and finance sectors has been observed leveraging GitHub links in phishing email messages as a way to bypass security measures and deliver Remcos RAT, indicating that the method…