Ukrainian soldiers’ apps increasingly targeted for spying, cyber agency warns
Hackers are increasingly trying to plant data-stealing malware on messaging apps used by the Ukrainian armed forces, according to the latest report from the country’s computer emergency response...
Telecom giant Frontier shuts down some systems after cyberattack
Texas-based telecommunications company Frontier Communications reported a cyberattack to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The company provides internet services in more than 25 states and...
UK cyber agency NCSC announces Richard Horne as its next chief executive
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced that Richard Horne will become its next CEO later this year. Horne, who has a PhD from Royal Holloway,...
FIN7 Cybercrime Group Targeting U.S. Auto Industry with Carbanak Backdoor
Apr 18, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware
The infamous cybercrime syndicate known as FIN7 has been linked to a spear-phishing campaign targeting the U.S. automotive industry to deliver a known backdoor...
Ex-FSB officer sentenced to 9 years in prison for helping Russian hackers
A Russian court has sentenced a former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer to nine years in prison for taking a $1.7 million bribe from hackers and promising to...
Phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost shut down in global operation
One of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platforms has been “severely disrupted” by a global year-long operation, Europol announced on Thursday. Law enforcement from 19 countries searched 70...
NATO to launch new cyber center to contest cyberspace ‘at all times’
NATO will establish a new cyber center at its military headquarters in Mons, Belgium, a senior official confirmed to Recorded Future News on Wednesday. The new facility, details...
Critical Atlassian Flaw Exploited to Deploy Linux Variant of Cerber Ransomware
Apr 17, 2024NewsroomEncryption / Vulnerability
Threat actors are exploiting unpatched Atlassian servers to deploy a Linux variant of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware.
The attacks leverage CVE-2023-22518 (CVSS score: 9.1), a critical...
Russian APT Deploys New ‘Kapeka’ Backdoor in Eastern European Attacks
Apr 17, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Cyber Espionage
A previously undocumented "flexible" backdoor called Kapeka has been "sporadically" observed in cyber attacks targeting Eastern Europe, including Estonia and Ukraine, since at least...
