VMware has addressed multiple critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi and vSphere Client virtual infrastructure management platform that may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands and take …
Experts Find a Way to Learn What You’re Typing During Video Calls
A new attack framework aims to infer keystrokes typed by a target user at the opposite end of a video conference call by simply leveraging the video feed to correlate …
Shadow Attacks Let Attackers Replace Content in Digitally Signed PDFs
Researchers have demonstrated a novel class of attacks that could allow a bad actor to potentially circumvent existing countermeasures and break the integrity protection of digitally signed PDF documents. Called …
5 Security Lessons for Small Security Teams for the Post COVID19 Era
A full-time mass work from home (WFH) workforce was once considered an extreme risk scenario that few risk or security professionals even bothered to think about. Unfortunately, within a single …
Hackers Exploit Accellion Zero-Days in Recent Data Theft and Extortion Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers on Monday tied a string of attacks targeting Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) servers over the past two months to data theft and extortion campaign orchestrated by a cybercrime group …
Chinese Hackers Had Access to a U.S. Hacking Tool Years Before It Was Leaked Online
On August 13, 2016, a hacking unit calling itself “The Shadow Brokers” announced that it had stolen malware tools and exploits used by the Equation Group, a sophisticated threat actor …
How to Fight Business Email Compromise (BEC) with Email Authentication?
An ever-evolving and rampant form of cybercrime that targets emails as the potential medium to conduct fraud is known as Business Email Compromise. Targeting commercial, government as well as non-profit …
New ‘Silver Sparrow’ Malware Infected Nearly 30,000 Apple Macs
Days after the first malware targeting Apple M1 chips was discovered in the wild, researchers have disclosed yet another previously undetected piece of malicious software that was found in about 30,000 Macs …
Masslogger Trojan Upgraded to Steal All Your Outlook, Chrome Credentials
A credential stealer infamous for targeting Windows systems has resurfaced in a new phishing campaign that aims to steal credentials from Microsoft Outlook, Google Chrome, and instant messenger apps. Primarily …
New Hack Lets Attackers Bypass MasterCard PIN by Using Them As Visa Card
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack that could allow criminals to trick a point of sale terminal into transacting with a victim’s Mastercard contactless card while believing it to be a …