New CapraRAT Android Malware Targets Indian Government and Military Personnel

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A politically motivated advanced persistent threat (APT) group has expanded its malware arsenal to include a new remote access trojan (RAT) in its espionage attacks aimed at Indian military and diplomatic entities. Called CapraRAT by Trend Micro, the implant is an Android …

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwanese Financial Institutions with a new Stealthy Backdoor

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A Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been targeting Taiwanese financial institutions as part of a “persistent campaign” that lasted for at least 18 months. The intrusions, whose primary intent was espionage, resulted in the deployment of a backdoor …

IoT/connected Device Discovery and Security Auditing in Corporate Networks

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Today’s enterprise networks are complex environments with different types of wired and wireless devices being connected and disconnected. The current device discovery solutions have been mainly focused on identifying and monitoring servers, workstation PCs, laptops and infrastructure devices such as …

CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Windows Vulnerability

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging federal agencies to secure their systems against an actively exploited security vulnerability in Windows that could be abused to gain elevated permissions on affected hosts. To that end, the agency …

Microsoft Uncovers New Details of Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Ukraine

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Microsoft on Friday shared more of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) adopted by the Russia-based Gamaredon hacking group to facilitate a barrage of cyber espionage attacks aimed at several entities in Ukraine over the past six months. The attacks …

New Argo CD Bug Could Let Hackers Steal Secret Info from Kubernetes Apps

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Users of the Argo continuous deployment (CD) tool for Kubernetes are being urged to push through updates after a zero-day vulnerability was found that could allow an attacker to extract sensitive information such as passwords and API keys. The flaw, …

Cynet Log4Shell Webinar: A Thorough – And Clear – Explanation

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Most security practitioners are now aware of the Log4Shell vulnerability discovered toward the end of 2021. No one knows how long the vulnerability existed before it was discovered. The past couple of months have had security teams scrambling to patch …

Russian Gamaredon Hackers Targeted ‘Western Government Entity’ in Ukraine

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The Russia-linked Gamaredon hacking group attempted to compromise an unnamed Western government entity operating in Ukraine last month amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions between the two countries. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 threat intelligence team, in a new report publicized on February 3, …

U.S. Authorities Charge 6 Indian Call Centers Scamming Thousands of Americans

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A number of India-based call centers and their directors have been indicted for their alleged role in placing tens of millions of scam calls aimed at defrauding thousands of American consumers. The indictment charged Manu Chawla, Sushil Sachdeva, Nitin Kumar …

Another Israeli Firm, QuaDream, Caught Weaponizing iPhone Bug for Spyware

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A now-patched security vulnerability in Apple iOS that was previously found to be exploited by Israeli company NSO Group was also separately weaponized by a different surveillance vendor named QuaDream to hack into the company’s devices. The development was reported …