Ransomware Defense Using the Wazuh Open Source Platform
Ransomware is malicious software designed to block access to a computer system or encrypt data until a ransom is paid. This cyberattack is one of the most prevalent and damaging threats in the digital landscape, affecting individuals, businesses, and critical...
Operation SkyCloak Deploys Tor-Enabled OpenSSH Backdoor Targeting Defense Sectors
Threat actors are leveraging weaponized attachments distributed via phishing emails to deliver malware likely targeting the defense sector in Russia and Belarus. According to multiple reports from Cyble and Seqrite Labs, the campaign is designed to deploy a persistent...
Google’s AI ‘Big Sleep’ Finds 5 New Vulnerabilities in Apple’s Safari WebKit
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cybersecurity agent called Big Sleep has been credited by Apple for discovering as many as five different security flaws in the WebKit component used in its Safari web browser that, if successfully exploited, could...
U.S. Prosecutors Indict Cybersecurity Insiders Accused of BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have accused a trio of allegedly hacking the networks of five U.S. companies with BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware between May and November 2023 and extorting them. Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and an unnamed...
Microsoft Detects “SesameOp” Backdoor Using OpenAI’s API as a Stealth Command Channel
Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel backdoor dubbed SesameOp that uses OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) for command-and-control (C2) communications. “Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the threat actor behind this...
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