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CISA and FBI Raise Alerts on Exploited Flaws and Expanding HiatusRAT Campaign

CISA and FBI Raise Alerts on Exploited Flaws and Expanding HiatusRAT Campaign

Dec 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / IoT Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in… 

DeceptionAds Delivers 1M+ Daily Impressions via 3,000 Sites, Fake CAPTCHA Pages

DeceptionAds Delivers 1M+ Daily Impressions via 3,000 Sites, Fake CAPTCHA Pages

Dec 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented aspect associated with ClickFix-style attacks that hinge on taking advantage of a single ad network service as part of… 

NoviSpy Spyware Installed on Journalist’s Phone After Unlocking It With Cellebrite Tool

NoviSpy Spyware Installed on Journalist’s Phone After Unlocking It With Cellebrite Tool

Dec 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananSpyware / Surveillance A Serbian journalist had his phone first unlocked by a Cellebrite tool and subsequently compromised by a previously undocumented spyware codenamed NoviSpy, according to a new report published by… 

New Investment Scam Leverages AI, Social Media Ads to Target Victims Worldwide

New Investment Scam Leverages AI, Social Media Ads to Target Victims Worldwide

Dec 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Phishing Attack Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new kind of investment scam that leverages a combination of social media malvertising, company-branded posts, and artificial intelligence (AI) powered video… 

New Glutton Malware Exploits Popular PHP Frameworks Like Laravel and ThinkPHP

New Glutton Malware Exploits Popular PHP Frameworks Like Laravel and ThinkPHP

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new PHP-based backdoor called Glutton that has been put to use in cyber attacks targeting China, the United States, Cambodia, Pakistan, and South Africa. QiAnXin XLab, which discovered the malicious… 

Ukrainian Minors Recruited for Cyber Ops and Reconnaissance in Russian Airstrikes

Ukrainian Minors Recruited for Cyber Ops and Reconnaissance in Russian Airstrikes

Dec 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Cyber Espionage The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU or SSU) has exposed a novel espionage campaign suspected to be orchestrated by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that involves recruiting… 

Germany Disrupts BADBOX Malware on 30,000 Devices Using Sinkhole Action

Germany Disrupts BADBOX Malware on 30,000 Devices Using Sinkhole Action

Dec 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Ad Fraud Germany’s Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) has announced that it has disrupted a malware operation called BADBOX that came preloaded on at least 30,000 internet-connected devices sold… 

Thai Officials Targeted in Yokai Backdoor Campaign Using DLL Side-Loading Techniques

Thai Officials Targeted in Yokai Backdoor Campaign Using DLL Side-Loading Techniques

Dec 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat Thai government officials have emerged as the target of a new campaign that leverages a technique called DLL side-loading to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed Yokai. “The…