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New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.… 

OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script

OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new phishing campaign that targets Microsoft OneDrive users with the aim of executing a malicious PowerShell script. “This campaign heavily relies on… 

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access

A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by “several” ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware. The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 (CVSS score: 6.8),… 

Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild

Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild

Jul 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as… 

Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed Phishing Emails

Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed Phishing Emails

An unknown threat actor has been linked to a massive scam campaign that exploited an email routing misconfiguration in email security vendor Proofpoint’s defenses to send millions of messages spoofing various legitimate companies. “These emails… 

‘Stargazer Goblin’ Creates 3,000 Fake GitHub Accounts for Malware Spread

‘Stargazer Goblin’ Creates 3,000 Fake GitHub Accounts for Malware Spread

A threat actor known as Stargazer Goblin has set up a network of inauthentic GitHub accounts to fuel a Distribution-as-a-Service (DaaS) that propagates a variety of information-stealing malware and netting them $100,000 in illicit profits… 

Gh0st RAT Trojan Targets Chinese Windows Users via Fake Chrome Site

Gh0st RAT Trojan Targets Chinese Windows Users via Fake Chrome Site

Jul 29, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Cyber Espionage The remote access trojan known as Gh0st RAT has been observed being delivered by an “evasive dropper” called Gh0stGambit as part of a drive-by download scheme targeting Chinese-speaking Windows… 

French Authorities Launch Operation to Remove PlugX Malware from Infected Systems

French Authorities Launch Operation to Remove PlugX Malware from Infected Systems

Jul 27, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Intelligence French judicial authorities, in collaboration with Europol, have launched a so-called “disinfection operation” to rid compromised hosts of a known malware called PlugX. The Paris Prosecutor’s Office, Parquet de… 

Malicious PyPI Package Targets macOS to Steal Google Cloud Credentials

Malicious PyPI Package Targets macOS to Steal Google Cloud Credentials

Jul 27, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that targets Apple macOS systems with the goal of stealing users’ Google Cloud credentials from…