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Cybersecurity

How Cybercriminals are Exploiting India’s UPI for Money Laundering Operations

Cybercriminals are using a network of hired money mules in India using an Android-based application to orchestrate a massive money laundering scheme. The malicious application, called XHelper, is a “key tool for onboarding and managing these money mules,” CloudSEK researchers Sparsh Kulshrestha, Abhishek Mathew, and Santripti Bhujel said in a report. Details about the scam […]

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From 500 to 5000 Employees – Securing 3rd Party App-Usage in Mid-Market Companies

Mar 04, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Vulnerability Assessment A company’s lifecycle stage, size, and state have a significant impact on its security needs, policies, and priorities. This is particularly true for modern mid-market companies that are either experiencing or have experienced rapid growth. As requirements and tasks continue to accumulate and malicious actors remain […]

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Multistage RA World Ransomware Uses Anti-AV Tactics, Exploits GPO

Multistage RA World Ransomware Uses Anti-AV Tactics, Exploits GPO Ransomware The Trend Micro threat hunting team came across an RA World attack involving multistage components designed to ensure maximum impact. By: Nathaniel Morales, Katherine Casona, Ieriz Nicolle Gonzalez, Ivan Nicole Chavez, Maristel Policarpio, Jacob Santos March 04, 2024 Read time:  ( words) The RA World […]

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Cybercriminals harness AI for new era of malware development – Help Net Security

The alliance between ransomware groups and initial access brokers (IABs) is still the powerful engine for cybercriminal industry, as evidenced by the 74% year-on-year increase in the number of companies that had their data uploaded on dedicated leak sites (DLS), according to Group-IB’s Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2023/2024 report. Global threat actors also demonstrated increased interest […]

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U.S. authorities charged an Iranian national for long-running hacking campaign

U.S. authorities charged an Iranian national for long-running hacking campaign Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2024 The U.S. DoJ charged Iranian national Alireza Shafie Nasab for his role in attacks targeting U.S. government and defense entities. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) charged Iranian national Alireza Shafie Nasab (39) for multi-year hacking campaign targeting U.S. defense […]