Gootkit RAT Using SEO to Distribute Malware Through Compromised Sites

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A framework notorious for delivering a banking Trojan has received a facelift to deploy a wider range of malware, including ransomware payloads. “The Gootkit malware family has been around more than half …

Chinese Hackers Targeted India’s Power Grid Amid Geopolitical Tensions

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Amid heightened border tensions between India and China, cybersecurity researchers have revealed a concerted campaign against India’s critical infrastructure, including the nation’s power grid, from Chinese state-sponsored groups. The attacks, which coincided …

SolarWinds Blames Intern for ‘solarwinds123’ Password Lapse

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As cybersecurity researchers continue to piece together the sprawling SolarWinds supply chain attack, top executives of the Texas-based software services firm blamed an intern for a critical password lapse that went …

ALERT: Malicious Amazon Alexa Skills Can Easily Bypass Vetting Process

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Researchers have uncovered gaps in Amazon’s skill vetting process for the Alexa voice assistant ecosystem that could allow a malicious actor to publish a deceptive skill under any arbitrary developer …

North Korean Hackers Targeting Defense Firms with ThreatNeedle Malware

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A prolific North Korean state-sponsored hacking group has been tied to a new ongoing espionage campaign aimed at exfiltrating sensitive information from organizations in the defense industry. Attributing the attacks …

Chinese Hackers Using Firefox Extension to Spy On Tibetan Organizations

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Cybersecurity researchers today unwrapped a new campaign aimed at spying on vulnerable Tibetan communities globally by deploying a malicious Firefox extension on target systems. “Threat actors aligned with the Chinese …

Cisco Releases Security Patches for Critical Flaws Affecting its Products

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Cisco has addressed a maximum severity vulnerability in its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on vulnerable devices. “An …

Russian Hackers Targeted Ukraine Authorities With Supply-Chain Malware Attack

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Ukraine is formally pointing fingers at Russian hackers for hacking into one of its government systems and attempting to plant and distribute malicious documents that would install malware on target …

Experts Warns of Notable Increase in QuickBooks Data Files Theft Attacks

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New research has uncovered a significant increase in QuickBooks file data theft using social engineering tricks to deliver malware and exploit the accounting software. “A majority of the time, the …