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Cybercriminals Use Excel Exploit to Spread Fileless Remcos RAT Malware

Cybercriminals Use Excel Exploit to Spread Fileless Remcos RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that spreads a new fileless variant of known commercial malware called Remcos RAT. Remcos RAT “provides purchases with a wide range of advanced features to remotely control… 

Palo Alto Advises Securing PAN-OS Interface Amid Potential RCE Threat Concerns

Palo Alto Advises Securing PAN-OS Interface Amid Potential RCE Threat Concerns

Nov 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Palo Alto Networks on Friday issued an informational advisory urging customers to ensure that access to the PAN-OS management interface is secured because of a potential remote code… 

Bitcoin Fog Founder Sentenced to 12 Years for Cryptocurrency Money Laundering

Bitcoin Fog Founder Sentenced to 12 Years for Cryptocurrency Money Laundering

Nov 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The 36-year-old founder of the Bitcoin Fog cryptocurrency mixer has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison for facilitating money laundering activities between 2011 and 2021.… 

AndroxGh0st Malware Integrates Mozi Botnet to Target IoT and Cloud Services

AndroxGh0st Malware Integrates Mozi Botnet to Target IoT and Cloud Services

Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability The threat actors behind the AndroxGh0st malware are now exploiting a broader set of security flaws impacting various internet-facing applications, while also deploying the Mozi botnet malware. “This… 

IcePeony and Transparent Tribe Target Indian Entities with Cloud-Based Tools

IcePeony and Transparent Tribe Target Indian Entities with Cloud-Based Tools

Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence High-profile entities in India have become the target of malicious campaigns orchestrated by the Pakistan-based Transparent Tribe threat actor and a previously unknown China-nexus cyber espionage group… 

Learn How Storytelling Can Make Cybersecurity Training Fun and Effective

Learn How Storytelling Can Make Cybersecurity Training Fun and Effective

Nov 08, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity Awareness / Webinar Let’s face it—traditional security training can feel as thrilling as reading the fine print on a software update. It’s routine, predictable, and, let’s be honest, often forgotten… 

New CRON#TRAP Malware Infects Windows by Hiding in Linux VM to Evade Antivirus

New CRON#TRAP Malware Infects Windows by Hiding in Linux VM to Evade Antivirus

Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Virtualization Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware campaign that infects Windows systems with a Linux virtual instance containing a backdoor capable of establishing remote access to the compromised hosts.… 

CISA Alerts to Active Exploitation of Critical Palo Alto Networks Vulnerability

CISA Alerts to Active Exploitation of Critical Palo Alto Networks Vulnerability

Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Palo Alto Networks Expedition to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog,…