Sep 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Software Development Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new set of malicious Python packages that target software developers under the guise of coding assessments. “The new samples were tracked to GitHub…
Sep 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananWindows Security / Vulnerability Microsoft on Tuesday disclosed that three new security flaws impacting the Windows platform have come under active exploitation as part of its Patch Tuesday update for September 2024.…
Sep 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Vulnerability Ivanti has released software updates to address multiple security flaws impacting Endpoint Manager (EPM), including 10 critical vulnerabilities that could result in remote code execution. A brief description…
The threat actor known as CosmicBeetle has debuted a new custom ransomware strain called ScRansom in attacks targeting small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, while also likely working as…
Sep 10, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage A trio of threat activity clusters linked to China has been observed compromising more government organizations in Southeast Asia as part of a renewed state-sponsored operation codenamed Crimson…
Shadow apps, a segment of Shadow IT, are SaaS applications purchased without the knowledge of the security team. While these applications may be legitimate, they operate within the blind spots of the corporate security team…
A new side-channel attack dubbed PIXHELL could be abused to target air-gapped computers by breaching the “audio gap” and exfiltrating sensitive information by taking advantage of the noise generated by the pixels on the screen.…
Sep 10, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware The threat actor tracked as Mustang Panda has refined its malware arsenal to include new tools in order to facilitate data exfiltration and the deployment of next-stage payloads,…
Sep 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Hardware Security A novel side-channel attack has been found to leverage radio signals emanated by a device’s random access memory (RAM) as a data exfiltration mechanism, posing a threat to…
Sep 09, 2024The Hacker NewsData Protection / Threat Detection The proliferation of cybersecurity tools has created an illusion of security. Organizations often believe that by deploying a firewall, antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, identity threat…