Tag: infection
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APT28’s New Espionage Campaign Uses Double-Tap Infection Chain
In a recent revelation, security researchers Amaury G., Maxime A., Erwan Chevalier, Felix Aimé, and Sekoia TDR have First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/apt28s-new-espionage-campaign-uses-double-tap-infection-chain/
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Infostealer Infections Lead to Telefonica Ticketing System Breach
Infostealer malware allowed threat actors to compromise Telefonica employees’ credentials and access the company’s internal ticketing system. The post Infostealer Infections Lead to Telefonica Ticketing System Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/infostealer-infections-lead-to-telefonica-internal-ticketing-system-breach/
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Ongoing attacks on Ivanti VPNs install a ton of sneaky, well-written malware
In-the-wild attacks tamper with built-in security tool to suppress infection warnings. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/ivanti-vpn-users-are-getting-hacked-by-actors-exploiting-a-critical-vulnerability/
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Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Four-Faith Router Vulnerability for DDoS Attacks
A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.The botnet maintains approximately 15,000 daily active IP addresses, with the infections primarily scattered across China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. First seen on…
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EagerBee Backdoor Takes Flight Against Mideast ISPs, Government Targets
The malware, operated by China-backed cyberattackers, has been significantly fortified with new evasive and post-infection capabilities. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/eagerbee-backdoor-middle-east-isps-government-targets
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Best of 2024: An Accidental Discovery of a Backdoor Likely Prevented Thousands of Infections
… Read more » First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2024/12/an-accidental-discovery-of-a-backdoor-likely-prevented-thousands-of-infections-2/
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7 biggest cybersecurity stories of 2024
Tags: access, ai, alphv, at&t, attack, authentication, breach, business, china, cio, ciso, citrix, cloud, credentials, crowdstrike, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, detection, email, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, google, government, group, hacking, healthcare, incident response, infection, insurance, intelligence, international, jobs, lockbit, malicious, malware, mandiant, mfa, microsoft, network, nis-2, north-korea, office, phishing, phone, privacy, ransomware, regulation, risk, risk-management, scam, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, ukraine, update, vulnerability, windowsCybersecurity headlines were plenty this year, with several breaches, attacks, and mishaps drawing worldwide attention.But a few incidents in particular had far-reaching consequences, with the potential to reshape industry protections, shake up how vendors secure customers’ systems, or drive security leaders to reassess their strategies.Longer-term trends such as increased cybersecurity regulations and the impact of…
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North Korean hackers spotted using new tools on employees of ‘nuclear-related’ org
Researchers at Kaspersky said they found the Lazarus Group using “a complex infection chain that included multiple types of malware, such as a downloader, loader, and backdoor, demonstrating the group’s evolved delivery and improved persistence methods.”]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/lazarus-group-new-tools-kaspersky
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Lazarus Group’s Evolving Arsenal: New Malware and Infection Chains Unveiled
In a recent analysis by Kaspersky Labs, the infamous Lazarus Group continues to refine its strategies, blending old tactics with new malware to create advanced and stealthy attack chains. Dubbed... First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/lazarus-groups-evolving-arsenal-new-malware-and-infection-chains-unveiled/
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Lazarus Group Spotted Targeting Nuclear Engineers with CookiePlus Malware
The Lazarus Group, an infamous threat actor linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been observed leveraging a “complex infection chain” targeting at least two employees belonging to an unnamed nuclear-related organization within the span of one month in January 2024.The attacks, which culminated in the deployment of a new modular backdoor…
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Routers with default passwords are attracting Mirai infections, Juniper says
Beginning December 11, customers started reporting “suspicious behavior” on their Session Smart Routers, Juniper says, and they had one thing in common: They were still using the factory-set passwords on the devices.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/routers-with-default-passwords-mirai-malware-juniper
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New I2PRAT Malware Using encrypted peerpeer communication to Evade Detections
Cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm over a new strain of malware dubbed >>I2PRAT,
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Technical Analysis of RiseLoader
IntroductionIn October 2024, Zscaler ThreatLabz came across malware samples that use a network communication protocol that is similar to RisePro. However, unlike RisePro which has primarily been used for information stealing, this new malware specializes in downloading and executing second-stage payloads. Due its distinctive focus and similarities with RisePro’s communication protocol, we named this new…
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NoviSpy Spyware Installed on Journalist’s Phone After Unlocking It With Cellebrite Tool
A Serbian journalist had his phone first unlocked by a Cellebrite tool and subsequently compromised by a previously undocumented spyware codenamed NoviSpy, according to a new report published by Amnesty International.”NoviSpy allows for capturing sensitive personal data from a target’s phone after infection and provides the ability to turn on the phone’s microphone or camera…
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PUMA creeps through Linux with a stealthy rootkit attack
A new loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit has been spotted in the wild compromising Linux systems with advanced stealth and privilege escalation features.PUMAKIT, as called by the Elastic Security researchers who discovered it during routine threat hunting on VirusTotal, was deployed as part of a multi-stage malware architecture that consists of a dropper, two memory-resident…
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US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm over global malware campaign
Tags: attack, breach, china, computer, control, corporate, credentials, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, email, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, fraud, government, group, healthcare, identity, infection, infrastructure, intelligence, international, malicious, malware, monitoring, network, office, password, ransomware, risk, service, software, sophos, technology, terrorism, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-dayThe US government has imposed sanctions on Chinese cybersecurity firm Sichuan Silence Information Technology and one of its employees, Guan Tianfeng, for their alleged involvement in a 2020 global cyberattack that exploited zero day vulnerabilities in firewalls.The actions were announced by the US Department of the Treasury and the Department of Justice (DOJ), which also…
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$1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infections
iVerify’s detection tool was launched in May and is turning up victims. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2024/12/1-phone-scanner-finds-seven-pegasus-spyware-infections/
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Pegasus Spyware Infections Proliferate Across iOS, Android Devices
The notorious spyware from Israel’s NSO Group has been found targeting journalists, government officials, and corporate executives in multiple variants discovered in a threat scan of 3,500 mobile phones. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/pegasus-spyware-infections-ios-android-devices
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Study shows potentially higher prevalence of spyware infections than previously thought
An investigation into the numbers has some caveats, but those behind it say even a drastic reduction from what they found would be big. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/study-shows-potentially-higher-prevalence-of-spyware-infections-than-previously-thought/
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A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
The mobile device security firm iVerify has been offering a tool since May that makes spyware scanning accessible to anyone”, and it’s already turning up victims. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/iverify-spyware-detection-tool-nso-group-pegasus/
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The New Face of Cyber Espionage: Inside the Two-Stage Infection Strategy of China-Linked Threat Actors
First seen on thefinalhop.com Jump to article: www.thefinalhop.com/china-linked-hackers-adopt-sophisticated-two-stage-infection-tactic-to-deploy-deuterbear-rat/
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Act fast to snuff out employee curiosity over ‘free’ AI apps
The word “free” has always tempted employees who are looking for an app or template to make their work easier. These days, combine “free” with “AI” and the lure is almost irresistible.Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, free AI-themed apps have exploded. Unfortunately, some are created by threat actors. One of the latest…
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Warning: Over 2,000 Palo Alto Networks Devices Hacked in Ongoing Attack Campaign
As many as 2,000 Palo Alto Networks devices are estimated to have been compromised as part of a campaign abusing the newly disclosed security flaws that have come under active exploitation in the wild.According to statistics shared by the Shadowserver Foundation, a majority of the infections have been reported in the U.S. (554) and India…
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1,400 Pegasus spyware infections detailed in WhatsApp’s lawsuit filings
First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/pegasus-spyware-infections-detailed-whatsapp-lawsuit