Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Enterprise Security Enterprise-grade Juniper Networks routers have become the target of a custom backdoor as part of a campaign dubbed J-magic. According to the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen…
Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Data Breach An analysis of HellCat and Morpheus ransomware operations has revealed that affiliates associated with the respective cybercrime entities are using identical code for their ransomware payloads. The…
Despite significant investments in advanced technologies and employee training programs, credential and user-based attacks remain alarmingly prevalent, accounting for 50-80% of enterprise breaches[1],[2]. While identity-based attacks continue to dominate as the leading cause of security…
Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security SonicWall is alerting customers of a critical security flaw impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances that it said has been likely exploited in the wild…
Are your websites leaking sensitive data? New research reveals that 45% of third-party apps access user info without proper authorization, and 53% of risk exposures in Retail are due to the excessive use of tracking…
Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new BackConnect (BC) malware that has been developed by threat actors linked to the infamous QakBot loader. “BackConnect is a common…
Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Meeting Management that could permit a remote, authenticated attacker to gain administrator privileges on susceptible instances.…
Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cryptojacking Google on Wednesday shed light on a financially motivated threat actor named TRIPLESTRENGTH for its opportunistic targeting of cloud environments for cryptojacking and on-premise ransomware attacks. “This actor…
Jan 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / National Security The new Trump administration has terminated all memberships of advisory committees that report to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “In alignment with the Department of Homeland Security’s…
Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU botnet called AIRASHI to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. According to QiAnXin XLab, the…