New Blacksmith Exploit Bypasses Current Rowhammer Attack Defenses

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Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated yet another variation of the Rowhammer attack affecting all DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) chips that bypasses currently deployed mitigations, thereby effectively compromising the security of the devices. The …

Researchers Demonstrate New Way to Detect MitM Phishing Kits in the Wild

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No fewer than 1,220 Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) phishing websites have been discovered as targeting popular online services like Instagram, Google, PayPal, Apple, Twitter, and LinkedIn with the goal of hijacking users’ …

Notorious Emotet Botnet Makes a Comeback with the Help of TrickBot Malware

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The notorious Emotet malware is staging a comeback of sorts nearly 10 months after a coordinated law enforcement operation dismantled its command-and-control infrastructure in late January 2021. According to a new report from security …

New ‘Moses Staff’ Hacker Group Targets Israeli Companies With Destructive Attacks

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A new politically-motivated hacker group named “Moses Staff” has been linked to a wave of targeted attacks targeting Israeli organizations since September 2021 with the goal of plundering and leaking …

SharkBot — A New Android Trojan Stealing Banking and Cryptocurrency Accounts

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Cybersecurity researchers on Monday took the wraps off a new Android trojan that takes advantage of accessibility features on the devices to siphon credentials from banking and cryptocurrency services in …

North Korean Hackers Target Cybersecurity Researchers with Trojanized IDA Pro

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Lazarus, the North Korea-affiliated state-sponsored group, is attempting to once again target security researchers with backdoors and remote access trojans using a trojanized pirated version of the popular IDA Pro …

FBI’s Email System Hacked to Send Out Fake Cyber Security Alert to Thousands

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday confirmed unidentified threat actors have breached one of its email servers to blast hoax messages about a fake “sophisticated chain attack.” …

Hackers Increasingly Using HTML Smuggling in Malware and Phishing Attacks

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Threat actors are increasingly banking on the technique of HTML smuggling in phishing campaigns as a means to gain initial access and deploy an array of threats, including banking malware, remote administration …