⚡Top Cybersecurity News Stories This Week — Cybersecurity Newsletter
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Welcome to this week's cybersecurity newsletter, where we aim to keep you informed and empowered in the ever-changing world of cyber threats.
In today's edition,...
Experts Warn of RambleOn Android Malware Targeting South Korean Journalists
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Feb 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Threat
Suspected North Korean nation-state actors targeted a journalist in South Korea with a malware-laced Android app as part of a social...
Google Reveals Alarming Surge in Russian Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine
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Feb 20, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Analysis / Cyber Attack
Russia's cyber attacks against Ukraine surged by 250% in 2022 when compared to two years ago, Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG)...
Researchers Warn of ReverseRAT Backdoor Targeting Indian Government Agencies
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Feb 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Cyber Attack
A spear-phishing campaign targeting Indian government entities aims to deploy an updated version of a backdoor called ReverseRAT.
Cybersecurity firm ThreatMon attributed...
Gcore Thwarts Massive 650 Gbps DDoS Attack on Free Plan Client
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Feb 22, 2023The Hacker NewsServer Security / DDoS Attack
At the beginning of January, Gcore faced an incident involving several L3/L4 DDoS attacks with a peak volume of 650...
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...
Attackers Flood NPM Repository with Over 15,000 Spam Packages Containing Phishing Links
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Feb 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Supply Chain Attack
In what's a continuing assault on the open source ecosystem, over 15,000 spam packages have flooded the npm repository in...
Lazarus Group Likely Using New WinorDLL64 Backdoor to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data
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Feb 23, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Data Security
A new backdoor associated with a malware downloader named Wslink has been discovered, with the tool likely used by the notorious...
New Hacking Cluster ‘Clasiopa’ Targeting Materials Research Organizations in Asia
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Feb 23, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intel
Materials research organizations in Asia have been targeted by a previously unknown threat actor using a distinct set of tools.
Symantec, by Broadcom...
PlugX Trojan Disguised as Legitimate Windows Debugger Tool in Latest Attacks
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Feb 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack
The PlugX remote access trojan has been observed masquerading as an open source Windows debugger tool called x64dbg in an attempt to...
