Cybersecurity

South Korea says semiconductor industry targeted by cyber-spies from North

North Korean hackers breached at least two South Korean microchip equipment companies in recent months, stealing product design drawings and facility site photos, according to South Korea’s spy agency. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) did not disclose the names of the victims but said that hackers used living-off-the-land techniques to attack them. This approach involves […]

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Self-Propagating Worm Created to Target Generative AI Systems

Researchers have developed a computer worm that targets generative AI (GenAI) applications to potentially spread malware and steal personal data. The new paper details the worm dubbed “Morris II,” which targets GenAI ecosystems through the use of adversarial self-replicating prompts, leading to GenAI systems delivering payloads to other agents. Once unleashed, the worm is stored […]

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What is Exposure Management and How Does it Differ from ASM?

Mar 05, 2024NewsroomAttack Surface / Exposure Management Startups and scales-ups are often cloud-first organizations and rarely have sprawling legacy on-prem environments. Likewise, knowing the agility and flexibility that cloud environments provide, the mid-market is predominantly running in a hybrid state, partly in the cloud but with some on-prem assets. While there has been a bit […]

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Cybercriminals Using Novel DNS Hijacking Technique for Investment Scams

Mar 05, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Malware A new DNS threat actor dubbed Savvy Seahorse is leveraging sophisticated techniques to entice targets into fake investment platforms and steal funds. “Savvy Seahorse is a DNS threat actor who convinces victims to create accounts on fake investment platforms, make deposits to a personal account, and then transfers those deposits […]

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Over 225,000 Compromised ChatGPT Credentials Up for Sale on Dark Web Markets

Mar 05, 2024NewsroomMalware / Artificial Intelligence More than 225,000 logs containing compromised OpenAI ChatGPT credentials were made available for sale on underground markets between January and October 2023, new findings from Group-IB show. These credentials were found within information stealer logs associated with LummaC2, Raccoon, and RedLine stealer malware. “The number of infected devices decreased […]

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Optum Offering Financial Aid to Some Providers Hit by Outage

3rd Party Risk Management , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime But Hospital Lobby Group Contends Funding Is ‘Onerous’ and ‘Exceedingly’ Limited Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • March 4, 2024     UnitedHealth Group is offering short-term financial assistance to some providers whose payments have been affected by the Change Healthcare IT outage. (Image: Getty) […]

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Warning: Thread Hijacking Attack Targets IT Networks, Stealing NTLM Hashes

Mar 05, 2024NewsroomEmail Security / Network Security The threat actor known as TA577 has been observed using ZIP archive attachments in phishing emails with an aim to steal NT LAN Manager (NTLM) hashes. The new attack chain “can be used for sensitive information gathering purposes and to enable follow-on activity,” enterprise security firm Proofpoint said […]