Iranian Hackers Spotted Using a new DNS Hijacking Malware in Recent Attacks

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The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor tracked under the moniker Lyceum has turned to using a new custom .NET-based backdoor in recent campaigns directed against the Middle East. “The new malware …

New SolarMarker Malware Variant Using Updated Techniques to Stay Under the Radar

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed an advanced version of the SolarMarker malware that packs in new improvements with the goal of updating its defense evasion abilities and staying under the radar. …

New Hacking Campaign Targeting Ukrainian Government with IcedID Malware

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The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new wave of social engineering campaigns delivering IcedID malware and leveraging Zimbra exploits with the goal of stealing …

Lazarus Group Behind $540 Million Axie Infinity Crypto Hack and Attacks on Chemical Sector

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The U.S. Treasury Department has implicated the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group (aka Hidden Cobra) in the theft of $540 million from video game Axie Infinity’s Ronin Network last month. On …

GitHub Says Hackers Breached Dozens of Organizations Using Stolen OAuth Access Tokens

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Cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub on Friday revealed that it discovered evidence of an unnamed adversary capitalizing on stolen OAuth user tokens to unauthorizedly download private data from several organizations. …

Critical Auth Bypass Bug Reported in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software

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Cisco has released patches to contain a critical security vulnerability affecting the Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) that could be abused by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to take control of an …