Muhstik botnet exploits a critical Apache RocketMQ flaw (CVE-2023-33246) for remote code execution, targeting Linux servers and IoT devices for DDoS attacks and cryptocurrency mining. Infection involves executing a shell script from a remote IP, downloading the Muhstik malware binary (“pty3”), and ensuring persistence by copying to multiple directories and editing system files. With over […]
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Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill’s threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you can do to mitigate risk. In an increasingly interconnected world, supply chain attacks have emerged […]
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Drones, some coloured cardboard, and a piece of tinfoil may be all the kit you need to crash a robot-driven taxi, and a rapper is accused of using Justin Bieber’s name to defraud a TV company. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham […]
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Tom works for a reputable financial institution. He has a long, complex password that would be near-impossible to guess. He’s memorized it by heart, so he started using it for his social media accounts and on his personal devices too. Unbeknownst to Tom, one of these sites has had its password database compromised by hackers […]
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Threat actors are increasingly abusing legitimate and commercially available packer software such as BoxedApp to evade detection and distribute malware such as remote access trojans and information stealers. “The majority of the attributed malicious samples targeted financial institutions and government industries,” Check Point security researcher Jiri Vinopal said in an analysis. The volume of samples […]
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Google has announced plans to store Maps Timeline data locally on users’ devices instead of their Google account effective December 1, 2024. The changes were originally announced by the tech giant in December 2023, alongside updates to the auto-delete control when enabling Location History by setting it to three months by default, down from the […]
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Python package uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that’s designed to deliver an information stealer called Lumma (aka LummaC2). The package in question is crytic-compilers, a typosquatted version of a legitimate library named crytic-compile. The rogue package was downloaded 441 times before it was taken down by […]
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An unnamed high-profile government organization in Southeast Asia emerged as the target of a “complex, long-running” Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage operation codenamed Crimson Palace. “The overall goal behind the campaign was to maintain access to the target network for cyberespionage in support of Chinese state interests,” Sophos researchers Paul Jaramillo, Morgan Demboski, Sean Gallagher, and […]
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Microsoft recently caught state-backed hackers using its generative AI tools to help with their attacks. In the security community, the immediate questions weren’t about how hackers were using the tools (that was utterly predictable), but about how Microsoft figured it out. The natural conclusion was that Microsoft was spying on its AI users, looking for […]
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