Cybersecurity

New Wave of JSOutProx Malware Targeting Financial Firms in APAC and MENA

Apr 05, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cybersecurity Financial organizations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are being targeted by a new version of an “evolving threat” called JSOutProx. “JSOutProx is a sophisticated attack framework utilizing both JavaScript and .NET,” Resecurity said in a technical report published this week. “It employs the […]

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Researchers Identify Multiple China Hacker Groups Exploiting Ivanti Security Flaws

Apr 05, 2024NewsroomAdvanced Persistent Threat Multiple China-nexus threat actors have been linked to the zero-day exploitation of three security flaws impacting Ivanti appliances (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887, and CVE-2024-21893). The clusters are being tracked by Mandiant under the monikers UNC5221, UNC5266, UNC5291, UNC5325, UNC5330, and UNC5337. Another group linked to the exploitation spree is UNC3886. The Google […]

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New Phishing Campaign Targets Oil & Gas with Evolved Data-Stealing Malware

Apr 04, 2024NewsroomPhishing Attack / Malware An updated version of an information-stealing malware called Rhadamanthys is being used in phishing campaigns targeting the oil and gas sector. “The phishing emails use a unique vehicle incident lure and, in later stages of the infection chain, spoof the Federal Bureau of Transportation in a PDF that mentions […]

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New HTTP/2 Vulnerability Exposes Web Servers to DoS Attacks

Apr 04, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Internet Protocol New research has found that the CONTINUATION frame in the HTTP/2 protocol can be exploited to conduct denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The technique has been codenamed HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood by security researcher Bartek Nowotarski, who reported the issue to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) on January 25, 2024. “Many HTTP/2 […]

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Ivanti Rushes Patches for 4 New Flaws in Connect Secure and Policy Secure

Apr 04, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Vulnerability Ivanti has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could result in code execution and denial-of-service (DoS). The list of flaws is as follows – CVE-2024-21894 (CVSS score: 8.2) – A heap overflow vulnerability in the IPSec component of Ivanti […]

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Google Warns: Android Zero-Day Flaws in Pixel Phones Exploited by Forensic Companies

Apr 03, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Zero Day Google has disclosed that two Android security flaws impacting its Pixel smartphones have been exploited in the wild by forensic companies. The high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities are as follows – CVE-2024-29745 – An information disclosure flaw in the bootloader component CVE-2024-29748 – A privilege escalation flaw in the firmware […]

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Google Chrome Beta Tests New DBSC Protection Against Cookie-Stealing Attacks

Apr 03, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Session Hijacking Google on Tuesday said it’s piloting a new feature in Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to help protect users against session cookie theft by malware. The prototype – currently tested against “some” Google Account users running Chrome Beta – is built with an aim to make […]

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Attack Surface Management vs. Vulnerability Management

Apr 03, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Penetration Testing Attack surface management (ASM) and vulnerability management (VM) are often confused, and while they overlap, they’re not the same. The main difference between attack surface management and vulnerability management is in their scope: vulnerability management checks a list of known assets, while attack surface management assumes you […]