IcedID Malware Let Attackers Compromise the Active Directory Domain

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In a recent incident, within just 24 hours of initial access, the IcedID (aka BokBot) malware was used to successfully penetrate the Active Directory domain of an unnamed target.  The attack employed tactics similar to those utilized by other groups, …

What is Kerberos Authentication, How it Works, and its Advantages?

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Kerberos authentication is a cryptography-based protocol that is used to secure logins. The Kerberos is a mythological three-headed Greek creature. It guards the gates to prevent the soul from escaping. Due to this inspection, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has …

Twitter Denies Hacking Claims and Theft of 200 Million Users’ Email Address

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Twitter Inc. undertook a thorough investigation in response to recent media claims that the data of 200M Twitter users were being sold online, and the results suggest that there is no proof that the data that was recently sold was …

Britain’s Postal Service, Royal Mail Suffers Cyber Attack

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An incident involving a cyber attack has caused severe service disruptions at Royal Mail, the British postal service and courier company. In the absence of any further details, it is not known what the nature of the incident was.  The …

Beware! Gootkit Loader Malware Using VLC Player to Deliver Malicious Payloads

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Trend Micro researchers recently reported that Australian healthcare entities were infected with a Cobalt Strike beacon after a new SEO poisoning campaign has been launched by Gootkit loader malware operators who use VLC Media Player to infect them. Gaining initial …

Over 1,300 Domains Used to Deliver Notorious Information Stealer Malware

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The official AnyDesk website is being impersonated using more than 1,300 domains, all of which are linking to a Dropbox folder that delivers the malware that steals information, Vidar. AnyDesk is a remote desktop program that provides file transfer, remote …

9 Million Times Downloaded JsonWebToken Flaw Let Attackers Execute Remote Code

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During the course of investigating the popular open-source project JsonWebToken, Unit 42 researchers discovered a new vulnerability. The cybersecurity analysts tracked the flaw as CVE-2022-23529 and this flaw has been rated as high severity with a CVSS score of 7.6. …

Kinsing Malware Uses Unique Techniques to Breach Kubernetes Clusters

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By exploiting vulnerabilities in container images and misconfigured PostgreSQL containers, Kinsing malware is now actively infiltrating Kubernetes clusters. Threat actors are not unusual in using these tactics, but it appears that the past week has seen an uptick in the …

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2023 Edition

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Microsoft today released updates to fix nearly 100 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and other software. Highlights from the first Patch Tuesday of 2023 include a zero-day vulnerability in Windows, printer software flaws reported by the U.S. National …

Beware of Modified Zoom App that Delivers Banking Malware IcedID Malware

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A malicious IcedID malware campaign was identified recently by Cyble researchers through which threat actors are actively spreading malware using modified versions of the Zoom application that have been trojanized. Due to the growing awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic in …