Cybersecurity
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The breach occurred due to a social engineering attack targeting an employee, resulting in the theft of customer data including names, email addresses, billing addresses, and credit card expiration dates.
Research by: Jiri Vinopal Highlights Check Point Research (CPR) introduces a new method for running hidden implanted code in ReadyToRun (R2R) compiled .NET binaries, R2R stomping. We explain the implementation of R2R stomping with a focus on its internals. The resulting problems of the R2R stomping technique will affect the work of the reverse engineers […]
A malicious package hosted on the NuGet package manager for the .NET Framework has been found to deliver a remote access trojan called SeroXen RAT. The package, named Pathoschild.Stardew.Mod.Build.Config and published by a user named Disti, is a typosquat of a legitimate package called Pathoschild.Stardew.ModBuildConfig, software supply chain security firm Phylum said in a report […]
The malware has various functions, including user creation, content replacement, and plugin control, allowing attackers to remotely control and monetize compromised sites.
The odds of a CISO encountering a major cyberattack are about as high as it can get with 9 in 10 CISOs reporting at least one disruptive attack during the last year, according to Splunk research released Tuesday. Almost half of the 350 security executives surveyed said their organizations were hit by multiple disruptive cyberattacks […]
The maintainers of the cURL data transfer project on Wednesday rolled out patches for a severe memory corruption vulnerability that exposes millions of enterprise OSes, applications and devices to malicious hacker attacks. According to an high-risk bulletin, the flaw poses a direct threat to the SOCKS5 proxy handshake process in cURL and can be exploited […]
Several threat actors, including known ones, have joined in on the Israel-Hamas conflict escalation. These groups have targeted various organizations and infrastructure in Israel and Gaza, using DDoS attacks, with the latest attacks aimed at SCADA systems and ICS. Diving into details An analysis found that numerous ICSs are vulnerable, and threat actors can readily […]
In Q2 2023, 95% of malware now arrives over encrypted connections, endpoint malware volumes are decreasing despite campaigns growing more widespread, ransomware detections are declining amid a rise in double-extortion attacks, and older software vulnerabilities persist as popular targets for exploitation among modern threat actors, among other trends, according to WatchGuard. “The data analyzed by […]
Introduction In the last few months, Check Point Research has been tracking “Stayin’ Alive”, an ongoing campaign that has been active since at least 2021. The campaign operates in Asia, primarily targeting the Telecom industry, as well as government organizations. The “Stayin’ Alive” campaign consists of mostly downloaders and loaders, some of which are used […]