Cybersecurity
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Though it shares strong similarities, Hunters International denies being the same group as Hive, claiming to have purchased the source code from them, and focuses on stealing data rather than encryption.
Oct 30, 2023NewsroomMalware / Endpoint Security A new cyber attack campaign has been observed using spurious MSIX Windows app package files for popular software such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Grammarly, and Cisco Webex to distribute a novel malware loader dubbed GHOSTPULSE. “MSIX is a Windows app package format that developers can leverage to […]
Oct 28, 2023NewsroomPrivacy / Data Security New findings have shed light on what’s said to be a lawful attempt to covertly intercept traffic originating from jabber[.]ru (aka xmpp[.]ru), an XMPP-based instant messaging service, via servers hosted on Hetzner and Linode (a subsidiary of Akamai) in Germany. “The attacker has issued several new TLS certificates using […]
The maker of the popular optimization app CCleaner has confirmed hackers stole a trove of personal information about its paid customers following a data breach in May. In an email sent to customers, Gen Digital, the multinational software company that owns CCleaner, Avast, NortonLifeLock and Avira brands, said that the hackers exploited a vulnerability in […]
Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline for two weeks a “security incident” and, while they had not provided an explanation as of Wednesday, experts say it has all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack. The disruption has left attorneys unable to search online records and […]
Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from Boeing Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2023 The Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor Boeing and threatened to leak the stolen data. The Boeing Company, commonly known as Boeing, is one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors. […]
Stanford University is investigating a cybersecurity incident within its Department of Public Safety after a ransomware gang claimed it attacked the school on Friday. A spokesperson for the university directed Recorded Future News to a statement published late on Friday afternoon explaining that it is in the process of figuring out the details of the […]
A catalog of exploited vulnerabilities run by the top cybersecurity agency in the U.S. is having a significant effect on the security of federal civilian agencies, according to Congressional testimony from a senior official. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has run its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog for more than two years and […]
Oct 27, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware The North Korea-aligned Lazarus Group has been attributed as behind a new campaign in which an unnamed software vendor was compromised through the exploitation of known security flaws in another high-profile software. The attack sequences, according to Kaspersky, culminated in the deployment of malware families such as SIGNBT and […]