Tag: group
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Qilin Ransomware Attack Impacts 104 Organizations in August
In August, Qilin once again reigned supreme in the global ransomware arena, claiming 104 victims and nearly doubling the total of second-place Akira, which reported 56 attacks. This marks the fourth time in five months that Qilin topped the list, underscoring the group’s relentless expansion and sophisticated affiliate recruitment strategy. Yet security teams cannot afford…
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BMW Reportedly Hit by Everest Ransomware, Internal Files Stolen
The Everest ransomware group has claimed a major breach at Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), alleging the theft of 600,000 lines of sensitive internal documents. The group has posted BMW on its leak site, complete with a countdown timer and instructions that threaten to make the stolen audit reports, financial records, and engineering files public…
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Google fixes actively exploited Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-10585)
Google has released a security update for the Chrome stable channel to fix a zero”‘day vulnerability (CVE-2025-10585) reported by its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Tuesday. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/18/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2025-10585/
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Who Owns Threat and Exposure Management in Your Organization?
A study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, in partnership with Tenable shows responsibility for exposure management scattered across multiple teams with conflicting priorities. It’s time to build the team of the future, discover what ‘good’ looks like and how to get there. Key takeaways Teams are fragmented, with most organizations lacking…
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Who Owns Threat and Exposure Management in Your Organization?
A study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, in partnership with Tenable shows responsibility for exposure management scattered across multiple teams with conflicting priorities. It’s time to build the team of the future, discover what ‘good’ looks like and how to get there. Key takeaways Teams are fragmented, with most organizations lacking…
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Who Owns Threat and Exposure Management in Your Organization?
A study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, in partnership with Tenable shows responsibility for exposure management scattered across multiple teams with conflicting priorities. It’s time to build the team of the future, discover what ‘good’ looks like and how to get there. Key takeaways Teams are fragmented, with most organizations lacking…
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Tracking New Entrants in Global Spyware Markets
Lurking in the murky depths of the global marketplace for offensive cyber capabilities sits a particularly dangerous instrument”, spyware. Spyware’s danger stems from its acute contribution to human rights abuses and national security risks. Most recently, NSO Group, a notorious spyware vendor known to have contributed to the surveillance of journalists, diplomats, and civil society…
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Warlock Ransomware Deployed via Compromised GOLD SALEM Networks and Bypassed Security Solutions
Counter Threat Unit (CTU) researchers are tracking a sophisticated threat actor known as Warlock Group, which CTU designates as GOLD SALEM. Since March 2025, the group has compromised enterprise networks and bypassed security solutions to deploy its custom Warlock ransomware. While Microsoft refers to this collective as Storm-2603 and associates it “with moderate confidence to…
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NCA Singles Out “The Com” as It Chairs Five Eyes Group
The UK’s National Crime Agency is the new chair of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nca-singles-out-com-chairs-five/
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AI is altering entry-level cyber hiring, and the nature of the skills gap
The certification trap and broken pipelines: Other experts argued that an over reliance on CVs and certifications is one of the biggest barriers to hiring success in cybersecurity because it acts to shut out otherwise qualified candidates.”Despite bringing valuable experience and perspectives, people with 10 years of work experience are put off because there is…
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Researchers Expose Hidden Alliances Between Ransomware Groups
In the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, understanding the true nature of ransomware operations has become increasingly complex. Gone are the days when security teams could treat each ransomware family as a discrete, unified entity. The “post-Conti era” has ushered in a fractured marketplace of mutations, in which allegiances shift, identities blur, and hidden connections…
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Researchers Expose Hidden Alliances Between Ransomware Groups
In the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, understanding the true nature of ransomware operations has become increasingly complex. Gone are the days when security teams could treat each ransomware family as a discrete, unified entity. The “post-Conti era” has ushered in a fractured marketplace of mutations, in which allegiances shift, identities blur, and hidden connections…
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ShinyHunters claims 1.5 billion Salesforce records stolen in Drift hacks
The ShinyHunters extortion group claims to have stolen over 1.5 billion Salesforce records from 760 companies using compromised Salesloft Drift OAuth tokens. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-claims-15-billion-salesforce-records-stolen-in-drift-hacks/
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China-linked APT41 targets government, think tanks, and academics tied to US-China trade and policy
China-linked group APT41 impersonated a U.S. lawmaker in phishing attacks on government, think tanks, and academics tied to US-China trade and policy. Proofpoint observed China-linked cyber espionage group APT41 impersonating a U.S. lawmaker in a phishing campaign targeting government, think tanks, and academics tied to U.S.-China trade and policy. APT41, known also as Amoeba, BARIUM,…
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‘Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters,’ Others Announce End of Hacking Spree
Though the groups have shared their decision to go dark, threat researchers say there are signs that it’s business as usual. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/scattered-lapsus-hunters-hacking-end
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What’s Old Is New Again as Iranian Hackers Exploit Macros
MuddyWater Also Embraces Bulletproof Hosts and Custom Malware. The Iranian nation-state cyberespionage group MuddyWater is going back to the future with attacks featuring Microsoft Office documents with malicious macros. It is also shifting to homegrown malware in place of commercial remote monitoring and management tools, said researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/whats-old-new-again-as-iranian-hackers-exploit-macros-a-29465
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Hackers steal hotel guests’ payment data in new AI-driven campaign
A hacker group known as RevengeHotels is using artificial intelligence to boost its attacks on hotels in Brazil and elsewhere, researchers found. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hackers-payment-data-guests-steal
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MuddyWater Deploys Custom Multi-Stage Malware Hidden Behind Cloudflare
Since early 2025, cybersecurity analysts have witnessed a marked evolution in the tactics and tooling of MuddyWater, the Iranian state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group. Historically known for broad Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) campaigns, MuddyWater has pivoted to highly targeted spearphishing operations and bespoke backdoors. This shift underscores the group’s growing sophistication and its…
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Chinese TA415 Uses VS Code Remote Tunnels to Spy on U.S. Economic Policy Experts
A China-aligned threat actor known as TA415 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting the U.S. government, think tanks, and academic organizations utilizing U.S.-China economic-themed lures.”In this activity, the group masqueraded as the current Chair of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well as…
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Threat-Hunter-Analyse: Neue Ransomware-Gruppe mischt die Szene auf
Forscher der Sophos Counter Threat Unit (CTU) haben eine Bedrohungsgruppe, die sich selbst als Warlock Group bezeichnet, näher unter die Lupe genommen. Die Cyberkriminellen, die von den Forschern als GOLD SALEM verfolgt werden, kompromittieren seit März 2025 Netzwerke und setzen dabei ihre ‘Warlock-Ransomware” ein. Opfer reichen von kleinen kommerziellen Organisationen bis zu multinationalen Konzernen Die…
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North Korean operation uses ChatGPT to forge military IDs as part of cyberattack
The hacking group known as Kimsuky used generative AI to create South Korean military IDs used in a phishing campaign against defense-related institutions, researchers said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/north-korea-kimsuky-hackers-phishing-fake-military-ids-chatgpt
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North Korean operation uses ChatGPT to forge military IDs as part of cyberattack
The hacking group known as Kimsuky used generative AI to create South Korean military IDs used in a phishing campaign against defense-related institutions, researchers said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/north-korea-kimsuky-hackers-phishing-fake-military-ids-chatgpt
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Scattered Spider Resurfaces With Financial Sector Attacks Despite Retirement Claims
Cybersecurity researchers have tied a fresh round of cyber attacks targeting financial services to the notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, casting doubt on their claims of going “dark.”Threat intelligence firm ReliaQuest said it has observed indications that the threat actor has shifted their focus to the financial sector. This is supported by an…
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NCC: How RaaS team-ups help Scattered Spider enhance its attacks
Scattered Spider’s alliances with ransomware-as-a-service gangs act as a force multiplier for the scope, and number, of its cyber attacks, according to NCC Group analysts First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631376/NCC-How-RaaS-team-ups-help-Scattered-Spider-enhance-its-attacks
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Creating a compliance strategy that works across borders
In this Help Net Security interview, Marco Goldberg, Managing Director at EQS Group, discusses how compliance and regulation are evolving worldwide. He talks about how … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/17/marco-goldberg-eqs-group-world-compliance-regulation/
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RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Dismantled as Microsoft, Cloudflare Take Down 338 Domains
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024.”Using a court order granted by the Southern District…
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Creating a compliance strategy that works across borders
In this Help Net Security interview, Marco Goldberg, Managing Director at EQS Group, discusses how compliance and regulation are evolving worldwide. He talks about how … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/17/marco-goldberg-eqs-group-world-compliance-regulation/
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RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Shut Down After Microsoft and Cloudflare Disrupt 338 Domains
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024.”Using a court order granted by the Southern District…
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North Korean Group Targets South With Military ID Deepfakes
The North Korea-linked group Kimsuky used ChatGPT to create deepfakes of military ID documents in an attempt to compromise South Korean targets. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/north-korean-group-south-military-id-deepfakes
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Microsoft, Cloudflare disrupt RaccoonO365 credential stealing tool run by Nigerian national
Microsoft found that the group behind RaccoonO365 has been paid at least $100,000 in cryptocurrency from about 100 subscriptions. This is likely only a portion of the money earned from the tool, according to Microsoft. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/microsoft-cloudflare-disrupt-raccoono365-credential-stealing-tool