Hackers Using Squirrelwaffle Loader to Deploy Qakbot and Cobalt Strike

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A new spam email campaign has emerged as a conduit for a previously undocumented malware loader that enables the attackers to gain an initial foothold into enterprise networks and drop malicious payloads on compromised systems. “These infections are also used …

Cyber Attack in Iran Reportedly Cripples Gas Stations Across the Country

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A cyber attack in Iran left petrol stations across the country crippled, disrupting fuel sales and defacing electronic billboards to display messages challenging the regime’s ability to distribute gasoline. Posts and videos circulated on social media showed messages that said, “Khamenei! Where is our …

[eBook] The Guide to Centralized Log Management for Lean IT Security Teams

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One of the side effects of today’s cyber security landscape is the overwhelming volume of data security teams must aggregate and parse. Lean security teams don’t have it any easier, and the problem is compounded if they must do it …

Latest Report Uncovers Supply Chain Attacks by North Korean Hackers

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Lazarus Group, the advanced persistent threat (APT) group attributed to the North Korean government, has been observed waging two separate supply chain attack campaigns as a means to gain a foothold into corporate networks and target a wide range of …

Over 10 Million Android Users Targeted With Premium SMS Scam Apps

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A global fraud campaign has been found leveraging 151 malicious Android apps with 10.5 million downloads to rope users into premium subscription services without their consent and knowledge. The premium SMS scam campaign — dubbed “UltimaSMS” — is believed to commenced in …

Malicious Firefox Add-ons Block Browser From Downloading Security Updates

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Mozilla on Monday disclosed it blocked two malicious Firefox add-ons installed by 455,000 users that were found misusing the Proxy API to impede downloading updates to the browser. The two extensions in question, named Bypass and Bypass XM, “interfered with …

Hardware-grade enterprise authentication without hardware: new SIM security solution for IAM

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The average cost of a data breach, according to the latest research by IBM, now stands at USD 4.24 million, the highest reported. The leading cause? Compromised credentials, often caused by human error. Although these findings continue to show an upward …

New Attack Lets Hackers Collect and Spoof Browser’s Digital Fingerprints

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A “potentially devastating and hard-to-detect threat” could be abused by attackers to collect users’ browser fingerprinting information with the goal of spoofing the victims without their knowledge, thus effectively compromising their privacy. Academics from Texas A&M University dubbed the attack …

Microsoft Warns of Continued Supply-Chain Attacks by the Nobelium Hacker Group

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Nobelium, the threat actor behind the SolarWinds compromise in December 2020, has been behind a new wave of attacks that compromised 14 downstream customers of multiple cloud service providers (CSP), managed service providers (MSP), and other IT services organizations, illustrating the adversary’s …

Hackers Exploited Popular BillQuick Billing Software to Deploy Ransomware

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Cybersecurity researchers on Friday disclosed a now-patched critical vulnerability in multiple versions of a time and billing system called BillQuick that’s being actively exploited by threat actors to deploy ransomware on vulnerable systems. CVE-2021-42258, as the flaw is being tracked …