Cryptika Cybersecurity News

A new packer-as-a-service (PaaS) called HeartCrypt has emerged as a powerful tool for malware operators to evade antivirus detection. Developed in July 2023 and launched in February 2024, HeartCrypt has quickly gained traction in the cybercrime underground, being used to …

Yahoo has laid off around 25% of its cybersecurity team, known as “The Paranoids,” over the past year, according to information obtained by Cyber Security News. The cuts involved losing 40 to 50 employees from the team, which initially comprised approximately …

There is a significant surge in scanning activities targeting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services, with a particular focus on port 1098/TCP. Over the past two weeks, honeypot sensors have detected an alarming increase in these scans, with up to 740,000 …

Over 336,000 Prometheus servers and Exporters were exposed to DoS attacks, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials and API keys.    Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolset that has become an essential component of modern monitoring …

Security researchers at Elastic Security Labs have uncovered a sophisticated Linux malware dubbed PUMAKIT, which employs advanced stealth techniques and unique privilege escalation methods to maintain persistence on infected systems. PUMAKIT’s multi-stage architecture consists of a dropper, two memory-resident executables, …

Dell has recently disclosed two critical security vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of its products, potentially exposing numerous systems to serious risks. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2024-37143 and CVE-2024-37144, impact various versions of Dell PowerFlex appliances, racks, custom nodes, InsightIQ, …

A significant surge in brute-force attacks targeting Citrix NetScaler devices across multiple organizations. The attacks, primarily originating from a Hong Kong-based cloud provider, are exploiting misconfigured and outdated systems, coinciding with recent critical vulnerability disclosures affecting Citrix NetScaler. The attacks …

A federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, has indicted 14 North Korean nationals in a sophisticated scheme involving IT workers who allegedly defrauded US companies and funneled millions of dollars to North Korea’s weapons programs. The indictment, unsealed on Wednesday, …