Ransomware Attackers Partnering With Cybercrime Groups to Hack High-Profile Targets

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As ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure skyrocket, new research shows that threat actors behind such disruptions are increasingly shifting from using email messages as an intrusion route to purchasing access from cybercriminal enterprises that have already infiltrated major targets. “Ransomware …

Critical ThroughTek Flaw Opens Millions of Connected Cameras to Eavesdropping

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday issued an advisory regarding a critical software supply-chain flaw impacting ThroughTek’s software development kit (SDK) that could be abused by an adversary to gain improper access to audio and video …

Experts Shed Light On Distinctive Tactics Used by Hades Ransomware

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Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed “distinctive” tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) adopted by operators of Hades ransomware that set it apart from the rest of the pack, attributing it to a financially motivated threat group called GOLD WINTER. “In many ways, …

Instagram‌ ‌Bug Allowed Anyone to View Private Accounts Without Following Them

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Instagram has patched a new flaw that allowed anyone to view archived posts and stories posted by private accounts without having to follow them. “This bug could have allowed a malicious user to view targeted media on Instagram,” Mayur Fartade said in …

Apple Issues Urgent Patches for 2 Zero-Day Flaws Exploited in the Wild

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Apple on Monday shipped out-of-band security patches to address two zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS 12.5.3 that it says are being actively exploited in the wild. The latest update, iOS 12.5.4, comes with three security fixes, including a memory corruption issue in …

Google Workspace Now Offers Client-side Encryption For Drive and Docs

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Google on Monday announced that it’s rolling out client-side encryption to Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), thereby giving its enterprise customers direct control of encryption keys and the identity service they choose to access those keys. “With client-side encryption, customer …

NoxPlayer Supply-Chain Attack is Likely the Work of Gelsemium Hackers

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A new cyber espionage group named Gelsemium has been linked to a supply chain attack targeting the NoxPlayer Android emulator that was disclosed earlier this year. The findings come from a systematic analysis of multiple campaigns undertaken by the APT crew, with …

Cybersecurity Executive Order 2021: What It Means for Cloud and SaaS Security

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In response to malicious actors targeting US federal IT systems and their supply chain, the President released the “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Executive Order).” Although directed at Federal departments and agencies, the Executive Order will likely have a …

Chinese Hackers Believed to be Behind SITA, Air India Data Breach

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The cyber assault on Air India that came to light last month lasted for a period of at least two months and 26 days, new research has revealed, which attributed the incident with moderate confidence to a Chinese nation-state threat …

Mozilla Says Google’s New Ad Tech—FLoC—Doesn’t Protect User Privacy

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Google’s upcoming plans to replace third-party cookies with a less invasive ad targeted mechanism have a number of issues that could defeat its privacy objectives and allow for significant linkability of user behavior, possibly even identifying individual users. “FLoC is …