You can tell the story of the current state of stolen credential-based attacks in three numbers: Stolen credentials were the #1 attacker action in 2023/24, and the breach vector for 80% of web app attacks.…
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cybersecurity Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems. The vulnerability, assigned the…
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananActive Directory / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have found that the Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy that’s designed to disable NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v1 can be trivially bypassed by a misconfiguration. “A…
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Ransomware Threat actors have been observed concealing malicious code in images to deliver malware such as VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer as part of separate campaigns. “In both campaigns, attackers…
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Ransomware Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an attack that involved a threat actor utilizing a Python-based backdoor to maintain persistent access to compromised endpoints and then leveraged this access to…
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security Ivanti has rolled out security updates to address several security flaws impacting Avalanche, Application Control Engine, and Endpoint Manager (EPM), including four critical bugs that could lead to…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a new malvertising campaign that’s targeting individuals and businesses advertising via Google Ads by attempting to phish for their credentials via fraudulent ads on…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Malware The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new cyber attack campaign dubbed Operation 99 that targeted software developers looking for freelance Web3 and cryptocurrency work to…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananBlockchain / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have identified infrastructure links between the North Korean threat actors behind the fraudulent IT worker schemes and a 2016 crowdfunding scam. The new evidence suggests that Pyongyang-based…
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Update As many as six security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Rsync file-synchronizing tool for Unix systems, some of which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code…