Cryptojacking, Freejacking Compromise Cloud Infrastructure
Cryptojacking is creeping back, with attackers using a variety of schemes to leech free processing power from cloud infrastructure to focus on mining cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Monero.Cryptominers...
Cyberattackers Target Instagram Users With Threats of Copyright Infringement
Threat actors are targeting Instagram users in a new phishing campaign that uses URL redirection to take over accounts, or steal sensitive information that can be used in future...
Prepare Now for Critical Flaw in OpenSSL, Security Experts Warn
Organizations have five days to prepare for what the OpenSSL Project on Oct. 26 described as a "critical" vulnerability in versions 3.0 and above of the nearly ubiquitously used cryptographic...
Raspberry Robin’s Cyber Worm Infects Thousands of Endpoints
The Raspberry Robin cyber-worm operation has infected nearly 3,000 devices in almost 1,000 organizations in the last 30 days, according to Microsoft telemetry — and the threat seems to be...
Google Chrome Pays $57K (and Counting) in Bug Bounties for Latest Update
Google Chrome's rollout of its latest browser update includes 14 individual security fixes — three high-severity — found by independent researchers who earned bug bounty payouts totaling more than $57,000. There is...
U.S. Charges Ukrainian Hacker Over Role in Raccoon Stealer Malware Service
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A 26-year-old Ukrainian national has been charged in the U.S. for his alleged role in the Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation.
Mark Sokolovsky, who was arrested by Dutch...
BlackBerry Launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Service to Strengthen Cyber Defenses
NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, at the BlackBerry Security Summit, BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) announced the release of its new Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)...
Cisco Warns AnyConnect VPNs Under Active Cyberattack
A pair of known security vulnerabilities in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows is being actively exploited in the wild, despite being patched for two-plus years.
The...
Ransomware Gangs Ramp Up Industrial Attacks in US
Ransomware gangs are hitting the industrial sector hard — and especially manufacturing companies, with significant spikes in cyberattack activity against US organizations spotted in the third quarter. Meanwhile, emerging...
After Mango Markets exploit, Compound pauses 4 tokens to protect against price manipulation
Decentralized lending protocol Compound has paused the supply of four tokens as lending collateral on its platform, aiming to protect users against potential attacks involving price manipulation, similar to...
