Hackers Attacking MSSQL Servers To Deploy Ransomware

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Recently, threat actors have been utilizing brute force attacks to compromise exposed MSSQL databases to distribute the FreeWorld ransomware. This attack campaign, dubbed DB#JAMMER, is notable, according to Securonix Threat Labs, for the way its infrastructure and toolkit are used. Enumeration …

Sophisticated Earth Estries Group Hack Government Agencies and Tech Companies

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A new sophisticated cyber espionage group named Earth Estries, which overlaps notorious threat group FamousSparrow, was unveiled. The group has been active since 2020 and targets multiple government and technology organizations utilizing hacking tools and backdoors. Trend Micro has released …

Apple Opens Application for Security Research Device Program

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Apple launched the Security Research Device (SRD) program, enabling security researchers to examine the security features of a specially-built hardware variant of the iPhone 14 Pro. Apple Security Bounty is also available for security flaws discovered using a Security Research …

Vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Let Attacker Extract Sensitive Information

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Multiple Information Disclosure vulnerabilities were discovered in the IBM Security Verify Information Queue, which can reveal several internal product details. This information can then be used to conduct further attacks.  IBM Security Verify Information Queue is a pub/sub-based product integrator …

Top 10 Best DDoS Protection Tools & Services – 2023

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A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to interrupt the regular traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by flooding the target or the area around it with Internet traffic. HTTP DDoS attacks went up by 15% …

Threat and Vulnerability Roundup for the week of August 27th to September 2nd

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We are glad to present the most recent news on cybersecurity in this week’s Threat and Vulnerability Roundup from Cyber Writes.  The latest attack techniques, significant weaknesses, and exploits have all been highlighted. We also provide the most latest software …

SapphireStealer: A .NET Malware Capable of Stealing Sensitive Data from Computers

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SapphireStealer is an open-source information stealer that may be utilized for obtaining sensitive information, such as corporate credentials, which are frequently sold to other threat actors who utilize the access for further attacks, such as espionage or ransomware/extortion schemes. On December …

North Korea’s Hacker Group Deploys Malicious Version of Python Package in PyPI Repository

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ReversingLabs spotted “VMConnect” in early August, a malicious supply chain campaign with two dozen rogue Python packages on PyPI. It’s been observed that these packages mimicked the following known open-source Python tools:- vConnector eth-tester Databases Cybersecurity researchers at ReversingLabs recently …

Why is .US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

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Domain names ending in “.US” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. This is noteworthy because .US is overseen by the U.S. government, which is frequently the …

Junos OS Flaw Allows a Network-based Attacker to Launch DoS Attack

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Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved have been found to be vulnerable to a DoS (Denial of Service) condition, which an unauthenticated, network-based attacker can exploit. Juniper Networks has addressed this vulnerability on their security advisory along with certain workarounds. …