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...
Iranian Hackers Using New Marlin Backdoor in ‘Out to Sea’ Espionage Campaign
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to Iran has refreshed its malware toolset to include a new backdoor dubbed Marlin as part of a long-running...
How Attack Surface Management Preempts Cyberattacks
By: The Hacker News
The wide-ranging adoption of cloud facilities and the subsequent mushrooming of organizations' networks, combined with the recent migration to remote work, had the direct consequence of...
Chinese Hackers Target Taiwanese Financial Institutions with a new Stealthy Backdoor
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been targeting Taiwanese financial institutions as part of a "persistent campaign" that lasted for at least 18 months.
The intrusions,...
Hackers Backdoored Systems at China’s National Games Just Before Competition
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Systems hosting content pertaining to the National Games of China were successfully breached last year by an unnamed Chinese-language-speaking hacking group.
Cybersecurity firm Avast, which dissected the intrusion,...
Hackers Exploited 0-Day Vulnerability in Zimbra Email Platform to Spy on Users
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A threat actor, likely Chinese in origin, is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform as part of spear-phishing campaigns that...
Cynet’s Keys to Extend Threat Visibility
By: The Hacker News
We hear about the need for better visibility in the cybersecurity space – detecting threats earlier and more accurately. We often hear about the dwell time...
