New Octo Banking Trojan Spreading via Fake Apps on Google Play Store

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A number of rogue Android apps that have been cumulatively installed from the official Google Play Store more than 50,000 times are being used to target banks and other financial entities. The rental banking trojan, dubbed Octo, is said to be …

Microsoft Obtains Court Order to Take Down Domains Used to Target Ukraine

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Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it obtained a court order to take control of seven domains used by APT28, a state-sponsored group operated by Russia’s military intelligence service, with the goal of neutralizing its attacks on Ukraine. “We have since …

SharkBot Banking Trojan Resurfaces On Google Play Store Hidden Behind 7 New Apps

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As many as seven malicious Android apps discovered on the Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions to deploy a banking trojan called SharkBot. “SharkBot steals credentials and banking information,” Check Point researchers Alex Shamshur and Raman Ladutska said in a report …

Into the Breach: Breaking Down 3 SaaS App Cyber Attacks in 2022

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During the last week of March, three major tech companies – Microsoft, Okta, and HubSpot – reported significant data breaches. DEV-0537, also known as LAPSUS$, performed the first two. This highly sophisticated group utilizes state-of-the-art attack vectors to great success. …

VMware Releases Critical Patches for New Vulnerabilities Affecting Multiple Products

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VMware has released security updates to patch eight vulnerabilities spanning its products, some of which could be exploited to launch remote code execution attacks. Tracked from CVE-2022-22954 to CVE-2022-22961 (CVSS scores: 5.3 – 9.8), the issues impact VMware Workspace ONE Access, VMware …

Battling Cybersecurity Risk: How to Start Somewhere, Right Now

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Between a series of recent high-profile cybersecurity incidents and the heightened geopolitical tensions, there’s rarely been a more dangerous cybersecurity environment. It’s a danger that affects every organization – automated attack campaigns don’t discriminate between targets. The situation is driven …

FIN7 Hackers Leveraging Password Reuse and Software Supply Chain Attacks

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The notorious cybercrime group known as FIN7 has diversified its initial access vectors to incorporate software supply chain compromise and the use of stolen credentials, new research has revealed. “Data theft extortion or ransomware deployment following FIN7-attributed activity at multiple …

Germany Shuts Down Russian Hydra Darknet Market; Seizes $25 Million in Bitcoin

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Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), on Tuesday announced the official takedown of Hydra, the world’s largest illegal dark web marketplace that has cumulatively facilitated over $5 billion in Bitcoin transactions to date. “Bitcoins amounting to currently the …

Hackers Breach Mailchimp Email Marketing Firm to Launch Crypto Phishing Scams

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Email marketing service Mailchimp on Monday revealed a data breach that resulted in the compromise of an internal tool to gain unauthorized access to customer accounts and stage phishing attacks.  The development was first reported by Bleeping Computer. The company, which was …