Pre-Installed Malware Dropper Found On German Gigaset Android Phones

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In what appears to be a fresh twist in Android malware, users of Gigaset mobile devices are encountering unwanted apps that are being downloaded and installed through a pre-installed system update app. “The culprit installing these malware apps is the …

Experts uncover a new Banking Trojan targeting Latin American users

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Researchers on Tuesday revealed details of a new banking trojan targeting corporate users in Brazil at least since 2019 across various sectors such as engineering, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, finance, transportation, and government. Dubbed “Janeleiro” by Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, the …

Watch Out! Mission Critical SAP Applications Are Under Active Attack

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Cyber attackers are actively setting their sights on unsecured SAP applications in an attempt to steal information and sabotage critical processes, according to new research. “Observed exploitation could lead in many cases to full control of the unsecured SAP application, …

MITRE Madness: A Guide to Weathering the Upcoming Vendor Positioning Storm

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April is usually a whirlwind month for the cybersecurity industry as it coincides with the release of the highly regarded and influential MITRE ATT&CK test results. The ATT&CK test measures cybersecurity platforms’ abilities to detect and react to emulated, multistep …

Hackers From China Target Vietnamese Military and Government

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A hacking group related to a Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam. The attacks have been attributed with low confidence to the advanced persistent threat (APT) called Cycldek (or Goblin …

Hackers Targeting professionals With ‘more_eggs’ Malware via LinkedIn Job Offers

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A new spear-phishing campaign is targeting professionals on LinkedIn with weaponized job offers in an attempt to infect targets with a sophisticated backdoor trojan called “more_eggs.” To increase the odds of success, the phishing lures take advantage of malicious ZIP …

How the Work-From-Home Shift Impacts SaaS Security

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The data is in. According to IBM Security’s 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report, there is a 50% increase in cloud usage for enterprises across all industries. The number of threats targeting cloud services, predominantly collaboration services like Office 365, …

533 Million Facebook Users’ Phone Numbers and Personal Data Leaked Online

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In what’s likely to be a goldmine for bad actors, personal information associated with approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular cybercrime forum for free—which was harvested by hackers in 2019 using a Facebook vulnerability. …

How Cyrebro Can Unify Multiple Cybersecurity Defenses to Optimize Protection

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Many enterprises rely on more than one security tool to protect their technology assets, devices, and networks. This is particularly true for organizations that use hybrid systems or a combination of cloud and local applications. Likewise, companies whose networks include …

DeepDotWeb Admin Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday said that an Israeli national pleaded guilty for his role as an “administrator” of a portal called DeepDotWeb (DDW), a “news” website that “served as a gateway to numerous dark web marketplaces.” …