Shed heaven Situated in what was once an Ikea warehouse in one of the quiter corners of North West London, Drumsheds plonked itself firmly on the mainstream map during its first season when, just before Christmas, it staged the debut live performance by Sault. This was no ordinary concert – tickets were £100 for starters, […]
Jan 05, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Apple macOS backdoor called SpectralBlur that overlaps with a known malware family that has been attributed to North Korean threat actors. “SpectralBlur is a moderately capable backdoor that can upload/download files, run a shell, update its configuration, delete files, hibernate, or sleep, based […]
Bill Lou, co-founder of Nest Wallet, a cryptocurrency wallet startup, lost $125,000 to a crypto scam. He fell victim to a phishing attack after visiting a fraudulent website that appeared to be a legitimate crypto airdrop platform.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $70 million in funding to support research into technologies designed to increase resilience and reduce risks to energy delivery infrastructure from a variety of hazards, including cyber and physical threats, natural disasters, and climate-change fueled extreme weather events. This new competitive funding […]
Executive summary AT&T Alien Labs has identified a campaign to deliver AsyncRAT onto unsuspecting victim systems. During at least 11 months, this threat actor has been working on delivering the RAT through an initial JavaScript file, embedded in a phishing page. After more than 300 samples and over 100 domains later, the threat actor is […]
DNA testing firm 23andMe has argued the victims are responsible for the breach of highly sensitive genomics data on its systems last year. In a written reply to Tycko & Zavareei LLP, a law firm representing victims of the breach in a class action lawsuit filed in the courts in November 2023, 23andMe accused users […]
The leadership of U.S. Cyber Command’s key digital warfighting force will officially change hands on Friday, Recorded Future News has learned. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock will assume command of the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) during a change of command ceremony at Fort Meade, Maryland. She will succeed Army Maj. Gen. William Hartman, […]
MyEstatePoint Property Search Android app leaks user passwords Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2024 The MyEstatePoint Property Search app leaked data on nearly half a million of its users, exposing their names and plain-text passwords, the Cybernews research team has found. The all-in-one real estate app MyEstatePoint Property Search left a publicly accessible MongoDB server containing […]
The housing authority in California’s San Bernardino County notified nearly 19,000 people this week that their information was compromised in a June cyberattack. The organization said names and Social Security numbers were leaked after hackers accessed an employee email account on June 19. “Upon discovery, we immediately performed a password reset for the affected account […]