Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday shed light on a new sophisticated backdoor targeting Linux endpoints and servers that’s believed to be the work of Chinese nation-state actors. Dubbed “RedXOR” by Intezer, …
FIN8 Hackers Return With More Powerful Version of BADHATCH PoS Malware
Threat actors known for keeping a low profile do so by ceasing operations for prolonged periods in between to evade attracting any attention as well as constantly refining their toolsets …
Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 82 Flaws — IE 0-Day Under Active Attacks
Microsoft plugged as many as 89 security flaws as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates released today, including fixes for an actively exploited zero-day in Internet Explorer that could permit an …
9 Android Apps On Google Play Caught Distributing AlienBot Banker and MRAT Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware dropper contained in as many as 9 Android apps distributed via Google Play Store that deploys a second stage malware capable of gaining …
SolarWinds Hack — New Evidence Suggests Potential Links to Chinese Hackers
A malicious web shell deployed on Windows systems by leveraging a previously undisclosed zero-day in SolarWinds’ Orion network monitoring software may have been the work of a possible Chinese threat …
Cybersecurity Webinar — SolarWinds Sunburst: The Big Picture
The SolarWinds Sunburst attack has been in the headlines since it was first discovered in December 2020. As the so-called layers of the onion are peeled back, additional information regarding …
Microsoft Exchange Hackers Also Breached European Banking Authority
The European Banking Authority (EBA) on Sunday said it had been a victim of a cyberattack targeting its Microsoft Exchange Servers, forcing it to temporarily take its email systems offline as …
Apple Issues Patch for Remote Hacking Bug Affecting Billions of its Devices
Apple has released out-of-band patches for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari browsers to address a security flaw that could allow attackers to run arbitrary code on devices via malicious web …
Malware Can Exploit New Flaw in Intel CPUs to Launch Side-Channel Attacks
A new research has yielded yet another means to pilfer sensitive data by exploiting what’s the first “on-chip, cross-core” side-channel in Intel Coffee Lake and Skylake processors. Published by a …
Iranian Hackers Using Remote Utilities Software to Spy On Its Targets
Hackers with suspected ties to Iran are actively targeting academia, government agencies, and tourism entities in the Middle East and neighboring regions as part of an espionage campaign aimed at …