An Android malware campaign targeting Iranian banks has expanded its capabilities and incorporated additional evasion tactics to fly under the radar. That’s according to a new report from Zimperium, which discovered more than 200 malicious apps associated with the malicious operation, with the threat actor also observed carrying out phishing attacks against the targeted financial […]
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In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s crucial to reevaluate how we secure web environments. Traditional antivirus-approach solutions have their merits, but they’re reactive. A new report delves into the reasons for embracing proactive web security solutions, ensuring you stay ahead of emerging threats. To learn more, download the full report here. The New Paradigm […]
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Identity services provider Okta has disclosed that it detected “additional threat actor activity” in connection with the October 2023 breach of its support case management system. “The threat actor downloaded the names and email addresses of all Okta customer support system users,” the company said in a statement shared with The Hacker News. “All Okta […]
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A variant of a ransomware strain known as DJVU has been observed to be distributed in the form of cracked software. “While this attack pattern is not new, incidents involving a DJVU variant that appends the .xaro extension to affected files and demanding ransom for a decryptor have been observed infecting systems alongside a host […]
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The recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Apache ActiveMQ is being actively exploited by threat actors to distribute a new Go-based botnet called GoTitan as well as a .NET program known as PrCtrl Rat that’s capable of remotely commandeering the infected hosts. The attacks involve the exploitation of a remote code execution bug (CVE-2023-46604, CVSS […]
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Google has rolled out security updates to fix seven security issues in its Chrome browser, including a zero-day that has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-6345, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as an integer overflow bug in Skia, an open source 2D graphics library. Benoît Sevens and Clément Lecigne of […]
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Soon we will be able to unlock and start our cars from our phones. Let’s hope people are thinking about security. Tags: cars, keys, smartphones, transportation Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.
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Hacker Gang Files SEC Report Against Their Own Victim Cite Company’s Failure to Report Ransomware Attack it Perpetrated Turns out, crossing paths with a BlackCat really does bring misfortune! In a recent, bizarre turn of events, the notorious BlackCat ransomware gang has played a twisted game with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Just […]
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One of the cybercrime underground’s more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the U.S. consumer data broker USinfoSearch, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Since at least February 2023, a service advertised on Telegram called USiSLookups has operated an automated bot that allows anyone to look […]
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