Iran’s MuddyWater Hacker Group Using New Malware in Worldwide Cyber Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K. and the U.S. have laid bare a new malware used by the Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) group in attacks targeting...
New “SockDetour” Fileless, Socketless Backdoor Targets U.S. Defense Contractors
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented and stealthy custom malware called SockDetour that targeted U.S.-based defense contractors with the goal of being used...
New Wiper Malware Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia’s Military Operation
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom's Symantec said they discovered a new data wiper malware used in fresh attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine, as Russian forces...
Warning — Deadbolt Ransomware Targeting ASUSTOR NAS Devices
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
ASUSTOR network-attached storage (NAS) devices have become the latest victim of Deadbolt ransomware, less than a month after similar attacks singled out QNAP NAS appliances.
In response to...
Hackers Backdoor Unpatched Microsoft SQL Database Servers with Cobalt Strike
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Vulnerable internet-facing Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) Servers are being targeted by threat actors as part of a new campaign to deploy the Cobalt Strike adversary simulation tool...
Iranian State Broadcaster IRIB Hit by Destructive Wiper Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An investigation into the cyberattack targeting Iranian national media corporation, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), in late January 2022 resulted in the deployment of a wiper...
PseudoManuscrypt Malware Spreading the Same Way as CryptBot Targets Koreans
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Numerous Windows machines located in South Korea have been targeted by a botnet tracked as PseudoManuscrypt since at least May 2021 by employing the same delivery tactics...
France Rules That Using Google Analytics Violates GDPR Data Protection Law
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
French data protection regulators on Thursday found the use of Google Analytics a breach of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws in the country,...
Hackers Planted Fake Digital Evidence on Devices of Indian Activists and Lawyers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A previously unknown hacking group has been linked to targeted attacks against human rights activists, human rights defenders, academics, and lawyers across India in an attempt to...
Russian APT Hackers Used COVID-19 Lures to Target European Diplomats
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT29 targeted European diplomatic missions and Ministries of Foreign Affairs as part of a series of spear-phishing campaigns mounted in October...