Hackers Using Website’s Contact Forms to Deliver IcedID Malware

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Microsoft has warned organizations of a “unique” attack campaign that abuses contact forms published on websites to deliver malicious links to businesses via emails containing fake legal threats, in what’s yet another instance of adversaries abusing legitimate infrastructure to mount …

Detecting the “Next” SolarWinds-Style Cyber Attack

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The SolarWinds attack, which succeeded by utilizing the sunburst malware, shocked the cyber-security industry. This attack achieved persistence and was able to evade internal systems long enough to gain access to the source code of the victim. Because of the …

BRATA Malware Poses as Android Security Scanners on Google Play Store

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A new set of malicious Android apps have been caught posing as app security scanners on the official Play Store to distribute a backdoor capable of gathering sensitive information. “These malicious apps urge users to update Chrome, WhatsApp, or a …

RCE Exploit Released for Unpatched Chrome, Opera, and Brave Browsers

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An Indian security researcher has publicly published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a newly discovered flaw impacting Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers like Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave. Released by Rajvardhan Agarwal, the working exploit concerns a remote code execution …

Indian Brokerage Firm Upstox Suffers Data Breach Leaking 2.5 Millions Users’ Data

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Online trading and discount brokerage platform Upstox has become the latest Indian company to suffer a security breach of its systems, resulting in the exposure of sensitive information of approximately 2.5 million users on the dark web. The leaked information …

What Does It Take To Be a Cybersecurity Researcher?

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Behind the strategies and solutions needed to counter today’s cyber threats are—dedicated cybersecurity researchers. They spend their lives dissecting code and analyzing incident reports to discover how to stop the bad guys.  But what drives these specialists? To understand the …

Windows, Ubuntu, Zoom, Safari, MS Exchange Hacked at Pwn2Own 2021

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The 2021 spring edition of Pwn2Own hacking contest concluded last week on April 8 with a three-way tie between Team Devcore, OV, and Computest researchers Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade. A total of $1.2 million was awarded for 16 high-profile exploits over …

Hackers Tampered With APKPure Store to Distribute Malware Apps

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APKPure, one of the largest alternative app stores outside of the Google Play Store, was infected with malware this week, allowing threat actors to distribute Trojans to Android devices. In an incident that’s similar to that of German telecommunications equipment manufacturer …

Alert — There’s A New Malware Out There Snatching Users’ Passwords

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A previously undocumented malware downloader has been spotted in the wild in phishing attacks to deploy credential stealers and other malicious payloads. Dubbed “Saint Bot,” the malware is said to have first appeared on the scene in January 2021, with …

[WHITEPAPER] How to Achieve CMMC Security Compliance for Your Business

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For organizations that deal with the defense infrastructure – cybersecurity is more than just a buzzword. Recently the US Department of Defense (DoD) created a new certification process – the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certificate (CMMC) – to ensure that all …