Cybersecurity
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Island, a Texas startup selling an enterprise web browser based on Chromium, has attracted $100 million in new financing and investors continue to bet big on the secure browser category. The company said the investment was led by Prysm Capital at a valuation of $1.5 billion. Existing backers Canapi Ventures, Insight Partners, Stripes, Sequoia, Cyberstarts […]
Troves of sensitive personal information from students, applicants, employees and others were leaked during an August cyberattack, University of Michigan said Monday. In an update on the incident, school officials explained that even though they were able to contain the cyberattack by disconnecting the campus network from the internet, the hackers were still able to […]
When surveyed by Cyber Security Hub, 60 percent of cyber security professionals in the healthcare field reported that they had experienced at least one cyber attack in the past 12 months. Additionally, 50 percent said the rate and volume of cyber attacks experienced had increased. As those in the healthcare field have access to both personal […]
Oct 23, 2023NewsroomCyber Espionage / Malware The threat actor known as DoNot Team has been linked to the use of a novel .NET-based backdoor called Firebird targeting a handful of victims in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which disclosed the findings in its APT trends report Q3 2023, said the attack chains are also […]
A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2023 A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal used by law enforcement agencies to request data relating to users under investigation. Cyber security researcher Alon Gal, co-founder & CTO of Hudson Rock, first reported […]
QNAP urges customers to implement security measures such as changing default access port numbers, using strong passwords, and updating firmware to protect against future attacks.
Key Takeaways A new version of Grandoreiro malware from TA2725 targets both Mexico and Spain. Previously this malware has only targeted victims in Brazil and Mexico. Overview Proofpoint researchers have long tracked clusters of malicious activity using banking malware to target users and organizations in Brazil and surrounding countries. Recently, researchers observed multiple threat clusters […]
A potential data breach in Philadelphia’s email system may have exposed protected health information, including names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, medical information, and some financial information.
Quasar RAT, an open-source remote access trojan also known as CinaRAT or Yggdrasil, has been spotted leveraging a new Microsoft file as part of its DLL sideloading process to stealthily drop malicious payloads on compromised Windows systems. In 2022, Uptycs researchers observed QBot malware employing the tactic via the Microsoft file ‘calc.exe’. Now, in 2023, […]