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Ransomware Gangs Use LockBit’s Fame to Intimidate Victims in Latest Attacks
Threat actors have been observed abusing Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) Transfer Acceleration feature as part of ransomware attacks designed to exfiltrate victim data and upload them to S3 buckets under their control. "Attempts were made to disguise the Golang...
Gophish Framework Used in Phishing Campaigns to Deploy Remote Access Trojans
Russian-speaking users have become the target of a new phishing campaign that leverages an open-source phishing toolkit called Gophish to deliver DarkCrystal RAT (aka DCRat) and a previously undocumented remote access trojan dubbed PowerRAT. "The campaign involves...
Security Flaw in Styra’s OPA Exposes NTLM Hashes to Remote Attackers
Details have emerged about a now-patched security flaw in Styra's Open Policy Agent (OPA) that, if successfully exploited, could have led to leakage of New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) hashes. "The vulnerability could have allowed an attacker to leak the NTLM...
Cybercriminals Exploiting Docker API Servers for SRBMiner Crypto Mining Attacks
Bad actors have been observed targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy the SRBMiner crypto miner on compromised instances, according to new findings from Trend Micro. "In this attack, the threat actor used the gRPC protocol over h2c to evade security solutions...
A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Service Accounts in Active Directory
Service accounts are vital in any enterprise, running automated processes like managing applications or scripts. However, without proper monitoring, they can pose a significant security risk due to their elevated privileges. This guide will walk you through how to...
Bumblebee and Latrodectus Malware Return with Sophisticated Phishing Strategies
Two malware families that suffered setbacks in the aftermath of a coordinated law enforcement operation called Endgame have resurfaced as part of new phishing campaigns. Bumblebee and Latrodectus, which are both malware loaders, are designed to steal personal data,...
Malicious npm Packages Target Developers’ Ethereum Wallets with SSH Backdoor
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a number of suspicious packages published to the npm registry that are designed to harvest Ethereum private keys and gain remote access to the machine via the secure shell (SSH) protocol. The packages attempt to "gain SSH...
VMware Releases vCenter Server Update to Fix Critical RCE Vulnerability
VMware has released software updates to address an already patched security flaw in vCenter Server that could pave the way for remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38812 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of heap-overflow vulnerability in the...
CISA Adds ScienceLogic SL1 Vulnerability to Exploited Catalog After Active Zero-Day Attack
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical security flaw impacting ScienceLogic SL1 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation as a zero-day. The vulnerability in...
Chinese Nation-State Hackers APT41 Hit Gambling Sector for Financial Gain
The prolific Chinese nation-state actor known as APT41 (aka Brass Typhoon, Earth Baku, Wicked Panda, or Winnti) has been attributed to a sophisticated cyber attack targeting the gambling and gaming industry. "Over a period of at least six months, the attackers...