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Russian Hackers Use ‘WINELOADER’ Malware to Target German Political Parties

Russian Hackers Use ‘WINELOADER’ Malware to Target German Political Parties

Mar 23, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cyber Warfare The WINELOADER backdoor used in recent cyber attacks targeting diplomatic entities with wine-tasting phishing lures has been attributed as the handiwork of a hacking group with links to… 

New StrelaStealer Phishing Attacks Hit Over 100 Organizations in E.U. and U.S.

New StrelaStealer Phishing Attacks Hit Over 100 Organizations in E.U. and U.S.

Cybersecurity researchers have detected a new wave of phishing attacks that aim to deliver an ever-evolving information stealer referred to as StrelaStealer. The campaigns impact more than 100 organizations in the E.U. and the U.S.,… 

AWS Patches Critical ‘FlowFixation’ Bug in Airflow Service to Prevent Session Hijacking

AWS Patches Critical ‘FlowFixation’ Bug in Airflow Service to Prevent Session Hijacking

Mar 22, 2024NewsroomAmazon Web Services / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have shared details of a now-patched security vulnerability in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) that could be potentially exploited by a… 

China-Linked Group Breaches Networks via Connectwise, F5 Software Flaws

China-Linked Group Breaches Networks via Connectwise, F5 Software Flaws

Mar 22, 2024NewsroomCyber Defense / Vulnerability A China-linked threat cluster leveraged security flaws in Connectwise ScreenConnect and F5 BIG-IP software to deliver custom malware capable of delivering additional backdoors on compromised Linux hosts as part… 

Massive Sign1 Campaign Infects 39,000+ WordPress Sites with Scam Redirects

Massive Sign1 Campaign Infects 39,000+ WordPress Sites with Scam Redirects

Mar 22, 2024NewsroomWeb Security / Vulnerability A massive malware campaign dubbed Sign1 has compromised over 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months, using malicious JavaScript injections to redirect users to scam sites. The most… 

Implementing Zero Trust Controls for Compliance

Implementing Zero Trust Controls for Compliance

The ThreatLocker® Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform implements a strict deny-by-default, allow-by-exception security posture to give organizations the ability to set policy-based controls within their environment and mitigate countless cyber threats, including zero-days, unseen network… 

U.S. Justice Department Sues Apple Over Monopoly and Messaging Security

U.S. Justice Department Sues Apple Over Monopoly and Messaging Security

Mar 22, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Encryption The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with 16 other state and district attorneys general, on Thursday accused Apple of illegally maintaining a monopoly over smartphones, thereby undermining, among others,… 

Russian Hackers Target Ukrainian Telecoms with Upgraded ‘AcidPour’ Malware

Russian Hackers Target Ukrainian Telecoms with Upgraded ‘AcidPour’ Malware

Mar 22, 2024NewsroomLinux / Cyber Warfare The data wiping malware called AcidPour may have been deployed in attacks targeting four telecom providers in Ukraine, new findings from SentinelOne show. The cybersecurity firm also confirmed connections… 

Russia Hackers Using TinyTurla-NG to Breach European NGO’s Systems

Russia Hackers Using TinyTurla-NG to Breach European NGO’s Systems

Mar 21, 2024NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Malware The Russia-linked threat actor known as Turla infected several systems belonging to an unnamed European non-governmental organization (NGO) in order to deploy a backdoor called TinyTurla-NG. “The attackers compromised… 

Over 800 npm Packages Found with Discrepancies, 18 Exploitable to ‘Manifest Confusion’

Over 800 npm Packages Found with Discrepancies, 18 Exploitable to ‘Manifest Confusion’

Mar 21, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Open Source New research has discovered over 800 packages in the npm registry which have discrepancies from their registry entries, out of which 18 have been found to exploit a…