New Chrome 0-day Bug Under Active Attacks – Update Your Browser ASAP!

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Exactly a month after patching an actively exploited zero-day flaw in Chrome, Google today rolled out fixes for yet another zero-day vulnerability in the world’s most popular web browser that it says is being abused in the wild. Chrome 89.0.4389.72, released by …

Researchers Unearth Links Between SunCrypt and QNAPCrypt Ransomware

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SunCrypt, a ransomware strain that went on to infect several targets last year, may be an updated version of the QNAPCrypt ransomware, which targeted Linux-based file storage systems, according to new research. “While the two ransomware [families] are operated by …

New ‘unc0ver’ Tool Can Jailbreak All iPhone Models Running iOS 11.0 – 14.3

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A popular jailbreaking tool called “unc0ver” has been updated to support iOS 14.3 and earlier releases, thereby making it possible to unlock almost every single iPhone model using a vulnerability that Apple in January disclosed was actively exploited in the …

Why do companies fail to stop breaches despite soaring IT security investment?

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Let’s first take a look back at 2020! Adding to the list of difficulties that surfaced last year, 2020 was also grim for personal data protection, as it has marked a new record number of leaked credentials and PI data. …

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 a decade – a mature Trojan with functionality centered around …

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 with the standoff between the two nations in May 2020, …

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 unnoticed for several years.  The said password “solarwinds123” was originally …

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 name and even make backend code changes after approval to …

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 with high confidence to the Lazarus Group, the new findings from …

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 Communist Party’s state interests delivered a customized malicious Mozilla Firefox …