Meet Borat RAT, a New Unique Triple Threat
By: The Hacker News
Atlanta-based cyber risk intelligence company, Cyble discovered a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware. What makes this particular RAT malware distinct enough to be named after...
Ukrainian CERT Warns Citizens of a New Wave of Attacks Distributing Jester Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of phishing attacks that deploy an information-stealing malware called Jester Stealer on compromised systems.
The mass email campaign...
Hydrochasma: New Threat Actor Targets Shipping Companies and Medical Labs in Asia
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Feb 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Cyber Attack
Shipping companies and medical laboratories in Asia have been the subject of a suspected espionage campaign carried out by a never-before-seen...
Microsoft, OpenAI Warn of Nation-State Hackers Weaponizing AI for Cyber Attacks
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Feb 14, 2024NewsroomArtificial Intelligence / Cyber Attack
Nation-state actors associated with Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to...
New Report on Okta Hack Reveals the Entire Episode LAPSUS$ Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An independent security researcher has shared what's a detailed timeline of events that transpired as the notorious LAPSUS$ extortion gang broke into a third-party provider linked to...
A Growing Number of Malware Attacks Leveraging Dark Utilities ‘C2-as-a-Service’
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A nascent service called Dark Utilities has already attracted 3,000 users for its ability to provide command-and-control (C2) services with the goal of commandeering compromised systems.
"It is...
Some Members of Conti Group Targeting Ukraine in Financially Motivated Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Former members of the Conti cybercrime cartel have been implicated in five different campaigns targeting Ukraine from April to August 2022.
The findings, which come from Google's Threat...
Emergency Alert System Flaws Could Let Attackers Transmit Fake Messages
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned of critical security vulnerabilities in Emergency Alert System (EAS) encoder/decoder devices.
If left unpatched, the issues could allow an...
New Incident Report Reveals How Hive Ransomware Targets Organizations
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A recent Hive ransomware attack carried out by an affiliate involved the exploitation of "ProxyShell" vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange Server that were disclosed last year to...
Meta Cracks Down on Cyber Espionage Operations in South Asia Abusing Facebook
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Facebook parent company Meta disclosed that it took action against two espionage operations in South Asia that leveraged its social media platforms to distribute malware to potential...
