16 Cybercriminals Behind Mekotio and Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Arrested in Spain

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Spanish law enforcement agencies on Wednesday arrested 16 individuals belonging to a criminal network in connection with operating two banking trojans as part of a social engineering campaign targeting financial institutions in Europe. The arrests were made in Ribeira (A …

Use This Definitive RFP Template to Effectively Evaluate XDR solutions

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A new class of security tools is emerging that promises to significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of threat detection and response. Emerging Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions aim to aggregate and correlate telemetry from multiple detection controls and …

Update Your Windows PCs to Patch 117 New Flaws, Including 9 Zero-Days

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Microsoft rolled out Patch Tuesday updates for the month of July with fixes for a total of 117 security vulnerabilities, including nine zero-day flaws, of which four are said to be under active attacks in the wild, potentially enabling an adversary to …

Critical Flaws Reported in Etherpad — a Popular Google Docs Alternative

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed new security vulnerabilities in the Etherpad text editor (version 1.8.13) that could potentially enable attackers to hijack administrator accounts, execute system commands, and even steal sensitive documents. The two flaws — tracked as CVE-2021-34816 and CVE-2021-34817 …

Chinese Hackers Exploit Latest SolarWinds 0-Day to Target U.S. Defense Firms

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Microsoft on Tuesday disclosed that the latest string of attacks targeting SolarWinds Serv-U managed file transfer service with a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) exploit is the handiwork of a Chinese threat actor dubbed “DEV-0322.” The revelation comes days after …

Iranian Hackers Posing as Scholars Target Professors and Writers in Middle-East

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A sophisticated social engineering attack undertaken by an Iranian-state aligned actor targeted think tanks, journalists, and professors with an aim to solicit sensitive information by masquerading as scholars with the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). …

Trickbot Malware Returns with a new VNC Module to Spy on its Victims

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Cybersecurity researchers have opened the lid on the continued resurgence of the insidious Trickbot malware, making it clear that the Russia-based transnational cybercrime group is working behind the scenes to revamp its attack infrastructure in response to recent counter efforts …

Critical RCE Flaw in ForgeRock Access Manager Under Active Attack

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Cybersecurity agencies in Australia and the U.S. are warning of an actively exploited vulnerability impacting ForgeRock’s OpenAM access management solution that could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on an affected system remotely. “The [Australian Cyber Security Centre] has observed actors exploiting …

A New Critical SolarWinds Zero-Day Vulnerability Under Active Attack

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SolarWinds, the Texas-based company that became the epicenter of a massive supply chain attack late last year, has issued patches to contain a remote code execution flaw in its Serv-U managed file transfer service. The fixes, which target Serv-U Managed File Transfer …

Crafting a Custom Dictionary for Your Password Policy

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Modern password policies are comprised of many different elements that contribute to its effectiveness. One of the components of an effective current password policy makes use of what is known as a custom dictionary that filters out certain words that are not …