Mar 06, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Spyware The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Alliance for their role in “developing, operating, and distributing” commercial spyware designed to target government officials, journalists, and policy experts in the country. “The proliferation of commercial spyware poses […]
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Vulnerability VMware has released patches to address four security flaws impacting ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, including two critical flaws that could lead to code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-22252 and CVE-2024-22253, the vulnerabilities have been described as use-after-free bugs in the XHCI USB controller. They carry a CVSS score of 9.3 […]
The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker. “TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double extortion ransomware attacks on various business verticals in multiple countries,” Cisco Talos researcher Chetan Raghuprasad said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “GhostLocker and Stormous ransomware […]
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware A financial entity in Vietnam was the target of a previously undocumented threat actor called Lotus Bane that was first detected in March 2023. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB described the hacking outfit as an advanced persistent threat group that’s believed to have been active since at least 2022. The exact specifics […]
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Zero Day Apple has released security updates to address several security flaws, including two vulnerabilities that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. The shortcomings are listed below – CVE-2024-23225 – A memory corruption issue in Kernel that an attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability can exploit […]
Last updated 5 March, 2024 Ableton has announced the release of Ableton Live 12, the latest version of its popular music production software. The update offers producers new tools for creativity, and workflow improvements. A few (of many) items that stand out for us are: Keys and Scales, which allow users to transform or generate […]
Mr. Green Gaming, a longstanding online games community established in 2006, has disclosed that they have fallen victim to a data breach. With a reputation for hosting game servers for popular titles such as Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas and Garry’s Mod, Mr. Green Gaming has served as a hub for gamers to connect, compete, […]
Canada’s financial intelligence agency FINTRAC has announced pulling its corporate systems offline due to a cyber incident that struck over the weekend. In a statement on its website, the agency said: “Over the last 24 hours, FINTRAC has and continues to manage a cyber incident. The incident does not involve the Centre’s intelligence or classified […]
Watch out for the new CHAVECLOAK banking Trojan as it spreads its infection through SMS phishing (SMishing), phishing emails, and compromised websites. Cybersecurity researchers at FortiGuard Labs have discovered a high-severity Trojan, dubbed CHAVECLOAK, targeting Brazilian banking users. The malware targets Windows devices and accesses online banking platforms, stealing their banking credentials and financial information. […]