China Accuses NSA’s TAO Unit of Hacking its Military Research University
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
China has accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of conducting a string of cyberattacks aimed at aeronautical and military research-oriented Northwestern Polytechnical University in the city...
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...
New Stealthy Shikitega Malware Targeting Linux Systems and IoT Devices
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A new piece of stealthy Linux malware called Shikitega has been uncovered adopting a multi-stage infection chain to compromise endpoints and IoT devices and deposit additional payloads.
"An...
TikTok Denies Data Breach Reportedly Exposing Over 2 Billion Users’ Information
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Popular short-form social video service TikTok denied reports that it was breached by a hacking group, after it claimed to have gained access to an insecure cloud...
Apple Releases iOS Update for Older iPhones to Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Apple on Wednesday backported security updates to older iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices to address a critical security flaw that has been actively exploited in the...
Infra Used in Cisco Hack Also Targeted Workforce Management Solution
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The attack infrastructure used to target Cisco in the May 2022 incident was also employed against an attempted compromise of an unnamed workforce management solutions holding company...
India’s Newest Airline Akasa Air Found Leaking Passengers’ Personal Information
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Akasa Air, India's newest commercial airline, exposed the personal data belonging to its customers that the company blamed on a technical configuration error.
According to security researcher Ashutosh...
Researchers Uncover Kimusky Infra Targeting South Korean Politicians and Diplomats
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The North Korean nation-state group Kimusky has been linked to a new set of malicious activities directed against political and diplomatic entities located in its southern counterpart...
The Rise of Data Exfiltration and Why It Is a Greater Risk Than Ransomware
By: The Hacker News
Ransomware is the de facto threat organizations have faced over the past few years. Threat actors were making easy money by exploiting the high valuation of...
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...
