Cheating at Conkers
The men’s world conkers champion is accused of cheating with a steel chestnut.
Cyber News
- October 16, 2024
- October 16, 2024
North Korean ScarCruft Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Spread RokRAT Malware
The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Windows to infect devices with malware known as RokRAT. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-38178 (CVSS score: 7.5), a memory corruption bug in the Scripting Engine that could result in remote code execution when […]
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- October 16, 2024
5 Techniques for Collecting Cyber Threat Intelligence
To defend your organization against cyber threats, you need a clear picture of the current threat landscape. This means constantly expanding your knowledge about new and ongoing threats. There are many techniques analysts can use to collect crucial cyber threat intelligence. Let’s consider five that can greatly improve your threat investigations. Pivoting on С2 IP […]
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- October 16, 2024
Astaroth Banking Malware Resurfaces in Brazil via Spear-Phishing Attack
A new spear-phishing campaign targeting Brazil has been found delivering a banking malware called Astaroth (aka Guildma) by making use of obfuscated JavaScript to slip past security guardrails. “The spear-phishing campaign’s impact has targeted various industries, with manufacturing companies, retail firms, and government agencies being the most affected,” Trend Micro said in a new analysis. […]
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- October 16, 2024
Hackers breach Pokémon game developer, source code and personal information leaks online
Graham CLULEY October 16, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial In what appears to be one of the biggest leaks in Pokémon history, troves of information related to multiple incarnations of the video game has leaked online – creating ripples of excitement and concern throughout the fanbase. Multiple […]
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- October 16, 2024
GitHub Patches Critical Flaw in Enterprise Server Allowing Unauthorized Instance Access
GitHub has released security updates for Enterprise Server (GHES) to address multiple issues, including a critical bug that could allow unauthorized access to an instance. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9487, carries a CVS score of 9.5 out of a maximum of 10.0 “An attacker could bypass SAML single sign-on (SSO) authentication with the optional encrypted […]
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- October 16, 2024
CISA Warns of Active Exploitation in SolarWinds Help Desk Software Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2024-28987 (CVSS score: 9.1), the vulnerability relates to a case of hard-coded credentials that could be abused to gain […]
Cyber News
- October 15, 2024
TrickMo Banking Trojan Can Now Capture Android PINs and Unlock Patterns
New variants of an Android banking trojan called TrickMo have been found to harbor previously undocumented features to steal a device’s unlock pattern or PIN. “This new addition enables the threat actor to operate on the device even while it is locked,” Zimperium security researcher Aazim Yaswant said in an analysis published last week. First […]
Cyber News
- October 15, 2024
New Malware Campaign Uses PureCrypter Loader to Deliver DarkVision RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malware campaign that leverages a malware loader named PureCrypter to deliver a commodity remote access trojan (RAT) called DarkVision RAT. The activity, observed by Zscaler ThreatLabz in July 2024, involves a multi-stage process to deliver the RAT payload. “DarkVision RAT communicates with its command-and-control (C2) server using a custom […]
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