New Hub for Lean IT Security Teams

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One of the harsh realities of cybersecurity today is that malicious actors and attackers don’t distinguish between organizations that have seemingly endless resources and those operating with lean IT security teams. For these lean teams, meeting the challenges in the …

Panasonic Suffers Data Breach After Hackers Hack Into Its Network

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Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic has disclosed a security breach wherein an unauthorized third-party broke into its network and potentially accessed data from one of its file servers. “As the result of an internal investigation, it was determined that some …

Unpatched Unauthorized File Read Vulnerability Affects Microsoft Windows OS

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Unofficial patches have been issued to remediate an improperly patched Windows security vulnerability that could allow information disclosure and local privilege escalation (LPE) on vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2021-24084 (CVSS score: 5.5), the flaw concerns an information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows …

WIRTE Hacker Group Targets Government, Law, Financial Entities in Middle East

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Government, diplomatic entities, military organizations, law firms, and financial institutions primarily located in the Middle East have been targeted as part of a stealthy malware campaign as early as 2019 by making use of malicious Microsoft Excel and Word documents. …

Hackers Using Compromised Google Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrency

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Threat actors are exploiting improperly-secured Google Cloud Platform (GCP) instances to download cryptocurrency mining software to the compromised systems as well as abusing its infrastructure to install ransomware, stage phishing campaigns, and even generate traffic to YouTube videos for view …

New Chinotto Spyware Targets North Korean Defectors, Human Rights Activists

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North Korean defectors, journalists who cover North Korea-related news, and entities in South Korea are being zeroed in on by a nation-state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) as part of a new wave of highly-targeted surveillance attacks. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky …

4 Android Banking Trojan Campaigns Targeted Over 300,000 Devices in 2021

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Four different Android banking trojans were spread via the official Google Play Store between August and November 2021, resulting in more than 300,000 infections through various dropper apps that posed as seemingly harmless utility apps to take full control of …

CleanMyMac X: Performance and Security Software for Macbook

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We use Internet-enabled devices in every aspect of our lives today—to find information, shop, bank, do homework, play games, and keep in touch with friends and family. As a result, our devices contain much personal information about us. Also, any …

Interpol Arrests Over 1,000 Cyber Criminals From 20 Countries; Seizes $27 Million

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A joint four-month operation coordinated by Interpol, the international criminal police organization, has culminated in the arrests of more than 1,000 cybercriminals and the recovery of $27 million in illicit proceeds. Codenamed “HAECHI-II,” the crackdown enabled law enforcement units from …

Hackers Targeting Biomanufacturing Facilities With Tardigrade Malware

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An advanced persistent threat (APT) has been linked to cyberattacks on two biomanufacturing companies that occurred this year with the help of a custom malware loader called “Tardigrade.” That’s according to an advisory published by Bioeconomy Information Sharing and Analysis …