The notorious Trik botnet, aka Phorpiex, is being sold in antivirus circles, offering advanced capabilities to evade detection. This C++ botnet includes modules such as a crypto clipper, a USB emitter, and a PE infector targeting crypto wallets.
Multiple SMTP servers are vulnerable to spoofing attacks that allow hackers to bypass authentication. Two vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-7208 and CVE-2024-7209, exploit weaknesses in authentication and verification mechanisms provided by SPF and DKIM.
Ubuntu has fixed two vulnerabilities in OpenVPN, a virtual private network software. These vulnerabilities could keep the closing session active or lead to denial of service. Canonical released security updates for affected Ubuntu releases.
Certificate authority (CA) DigiCert has warned that it will be revoking a subset of SSL/TLS certificates within 24 hours due to an oversight with how it verified if a digital certificate is issued to the rightful owner of a domain. The company said it will be taking the step of revoking certificates that do not […]
The threat actors behind an ongoing malware campaign targeting software developers have demonstrated new malware and tactics, expanding their focus to include Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. The activity cluster, dubbed DEV#POPPER and linked to North Korea, has been found to have singled out victims across South Korea, North America, Europe, and the Middle East. […]
Japanese organizations are the target of a Chinese nation-state threat actor that leverages malware families like LODEINFO and NOOPDOOR to harvest sensitive information from compromised hosts while stealthily remaining under the radar in some cases for a time period ranging from two to three years. Israeli cybersecurity company Cybereason is tracking the campaign under the […]
Cybercriminals targeted Polish businesses with Agent Tesla and Formbook malware through widespread phishing campaigns in May 2024. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Poland, Italy, and Romania have been affected.
We’ll TL;DR the FUDdy introduction: we all know that phishing attacks are on the rise in scale and complexity, that AI is enabling more sophisticated attacks that evade traditional defenses, and the never-ending cybersecurity talent gap means we’re all struggling to keep security teams fully staffed. Given that reality, security teams need to be able […]
The Blue Report 2024 highlights alarming findings, with 40% of environments vulnerable to total takeover, emphasizing the importance of cybersecurity. Prevention effectiveness has improved to 69%, but detection effectiveness has dropped to 12%.