Netwrix Auditor Bug Could Lead to Active Directory Domain Compromise
Netwrix IT asset tracker and compliance auditor, used across more than 11,500 organizations, contains a critical Insecure Object Deserialization vulnerability that could lead to Active Directory domain compromise, a new...
DHS Review Board Deems Log4j an ‘Endemic’ Cyber Threat
The US Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has concluded that the Apache Log4j vulnerability disclosed in December 2021 will remain a significant risk to organizations...
Cryptocurrency ‘mixers’ see record transactions from sanctioned actors
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‘Callback’ Phishing Campaign Impersonates Security Firms
Victims instructed to make a phone call that will direct them to a link for downloading malware.
A new callback phishing campaign is impersonating prominent security companies to try to...
State-Backed Hackers Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Nation-state hacking groups aligned with China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey have been targeting journalists to conduct espionage and spread malware as part of a series of...
Data Breaches Linked to Ransomware Declined in Q2 2022
Ransomware attacks leading to data breaches fell 20% in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the first quarter and dropped quarter over quarter, according to new data from the Identity Theft Resource Center.
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Is Cryptocurrency’s Crash Causing Headaches for Ransomware Gangs?
As the value of Bitcoin plunged in the last eight months, some security firms have observed an impact on ransomware activity.
Since the beginning of the year, for example,...
Elden Ring maker Bandai Namco hit by ransomware and data leaks
We take a look at a major ransomware attack impacting video game giant Bandai Namco, laced with the potential threat of data leakage.
It’s not been a great couple...
Researchers Devise New Speculative Execution Attacks Against Some Intel, AMD CPUs
Researchers at ETH Zurich have found a way to overcome a commonly used defense mechanism against so-called speculative execution attacks targeting modern microprocessors.
In a technical paper published this week,...
Sneaky Orbit Malware Backdoors Linux Devices
The novel threat steals data and can affect all processes running on the OS, stealing information from different commands and utilities and then storing it on the affected machine.
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