New Study Links Seemingly Disparate Malware Attacks to Chinese Hackers

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Chinese cyber espionage group APT41 has been linked to seemingly disparate malware campaigns, according to fresh research that has mapped together additional parts of the group’s network infrastructure to hit …

Ransomware Hackers Who Attacked Over 100 Companies Arrested in Ukraine

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Law enforcement agencies have announced the arrest of two “prolific ransomware operators” in Ukraine who allegedly conducted a string of targeted attacks against large industrial entities in Europe and North …

Poorly Configured Apache Airflow Instances Leak Credentials for Popular Services

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Cybersecurity researchers on Monday discovered misconfigurations across older versions of Apache Airflow instances belonging to a number of high-profile companies across various sectors, resulting in the exposure of sensitive credentials …

Creating Wireless Signals with Ethernet Cable to Steal Data from Air-Gapped Systems

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A newly discovered data exfiltration mechanism employs Ethernet cables as a “transmitting antenna” to stealthily siphon highly-sensitive data from air-gapped systems, according to the latest research. “It’s interesting that the …

A New APT Hacking Group Targeting Fuel, Energy, and Aviation Industries

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A previously undocumented threat actor has been identified as behind a string of attacks targeting fuel, energy, and aviation production industries in Russia, the U.S., India, Nepal, Taiwan, and Japan …

The Shortfalls of Mean Time Metrics in Cybersecurity

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Security teams at mid-sized organizations are constantly faced with the question of “what does success look like?”. At ActZero, their continued data-driven approach to cybersecurity invites them to grapple daily …

Beware of Fake Amnesty International Antivirus for Pegasus that Hacks PCs with Malware

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In yet another indicator of how hacking groups are quick to capitalize on world events and improvise their attack campaigns for maximum impact, threat actors have been discovered impersonating Amnesty …