The group behind a sophisticated remote access Trojan, SilverRAT, has links to both Turkey and Syria and plans to release an updated version of the tool to allow control over compromised Windows systems and Android devices. According to a threat analysis published on Jan. 3, SilverRAT v1 — which currently works only on Windows systems […]
Jan 06, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Supply Chain Attack Telecommunication, media, internet service providers (ISPs), information technology (IT)-service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands have been targeted as part of a new cyber espionage campaign undertaken by a Türkiye-nexus threat actor known as Sea Turtle. “The infrastructure of the targets was susceptible to supply chain […]
Extortionists are resorting to swatting as a new tactic to pressure hospitals into paying ransom demands. Swatting involves making false reports to the police, resulting in heavily armed officers showing up at victims’ homes.
The city of Beckley, West Virginia is dealing with a cyberattack, it announced Thursday in a notice posted on social media. City officials said they recently discovered issues with their computer network and apologized for any inconveniences. “We are working diligently to investigate the source of the incident, confirm the incident’s full scope and impact, […]
Jan 06, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Attack The recent wave of cyber attacks targeting Albanian organizations involved the use of a wiper called No-Justice. The findings come from cybersecurity company ClearSky, which said the Windows-based malware “crashes the operating system in a way that it cannot be rebooted.” The intrusions have been attributed to an Iranian […]
Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute commands on vulnerable NameServer components of RocketMQ, highlighting the importance of upgrading to version 5.1.2/4.9.7 or above to mitigate the risk.