Jul 08, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cloud Security A previously undocumented advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed CloudSorcerer has been observed targeting Russian government entities by leveraging cloud services for command-and-control (C2) and data exfiltration. Cybersecurity…
Jul 08, 2024NewsroomDark Web / Cyber Crime An analysis of information-stealing malware logs published on the dark web has led to the discovery of thousands of consumers of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), indicating how…
Jul 08, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Encryption An emerging ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation called Eldorado comes with locker variants to encrypt files on Windows and Linux systems. Eldorado first appeared on March 16, 2024, when an advertisement for…
Jul 08, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Enterprise Security Events like the recent massive CDK ransomware attack – which shuttered car dealerships across the U.S. in late June 2024 – barely raise public eyebrows anymore. Yet…
Jul 08, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat Financial institutions in Latin America are being threatened by a banking trojan called Mekotio (aka Melcoz). That’s according to findings from Trend Micro, which said it recently observed a…
Jul 08, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Software Security Four unpatched security flaws, including three critical ones, have been disclosed in the Gogs open-source, self-hosted Git service that could enable an authenticated attacker to breach susceptible instances, steal…
Jul 08, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Internet Censorship Apple removed a number of virtual private network (VPN) apps in Russia from its App Store on July 4, 2024, following a request by Russia’s state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor,…
Jul 05, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Identity Protection Identity theft isn’t just about stolen credit cards anymore. Today, cybercriminals are using advanced tactics to infiltrate organizations and cause major damage with compromised credentials. The stakes…
Jul 05, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / DDoS Attack French cloud computing firm OVHcloud said it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in April 2024 that reached a packet rate of 840 million packets per second…
Jul 05, 2024The Hacker NewsCloud Security / Attack Surface The attack surface isn’t what it once was and it’s becoming a nightmare to protect. A constantly expanding and evolving attack surface means risk to the…