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Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware

Apr 27, 2024NewsroomMalware / Software Security An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor. Cybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under the name DEV#POPPER, linking it to North Korean threat actors. “During these fraudulent […]

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Targeted Phishing Linked to ‘The Com’ Surges

A persistent social engineering threat faced by enterprises involves attackers trying to obtain login credentials for identity and access management (IAM), cloud resources or single sign-on (SSO)-enabled systems. If successful, these entry points can allow broader access to an organization, leaving the potential for data theft and ransomware. We’ve observed a significant surge in 2024 […]

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Dormakaba Locks Used in Millions of Hotel Rooms Could Be Cracked in Seconds

Mar 29, 2024NewsroomReverse Engineering / RFID Security Security vulnerabilities discovered in Dormakaba’s Saflok electronic RFID locks used in hotels could be weaponized by threat actors to forge keycards and stealthily slip into locked rooms. The shortcomings have been collectively named Unsaflok by researchers Lennert Wouters, Ian Carroll, rqu, BusesCanFly, Sam Curry, sshell, and Will Caruana. […]

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Steadybit’s chaos engineering platform attracts $6M in Series A funding

Steadybit, a leader in chaos engineering, today announces that it has successfully raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Paladin Capital Group. Steadybit’s mission is to improve software reliability through chaos engineering, a practice that ensures systems are robust and resilient against unpredictable online environments.  By simulating disturbances and potential failures, Steadybit aids […]

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95% believe LLMs making phishing detection more challenging – Help Net Security

More than 95% of responding IT and security professionals believe social engineering attacks have become more sophisticated in the last year, according to LastPass. Recent AI advancements, particularly generative AI, have empowered cybercriminals to coordinate social engineering assaults with unprecedented precision and customization. Phishing and other social engineering attacks manipulate people into sharing information they […]

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Beware: Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading ‘Ov3r_Stealer’ to Steal Crypto and Credentials

Feb 06, 2024NewsroomSocial Engineering / Malvertising Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new Windows-based stealer malware codenamed Ov3r_Stealer. “This malware is designed to steal credentials and crypto wallets and send those to a Telegram channel that the threat actor monitors,” Trustwave SpiderLabs said […]

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Decoy Microsoft Word Documents Used to Deliver Nim-Based Malware

Dec 22, 2023NewsroomSocial Engineering / Malware Analysis A new phishing campaign is leveraging decoy Microsoft Word documents as bait to deliver a backdoor written in the Nim programming language. “Malware written in uncommon programming languages puts the security community at a disadvantage as researchers and reverse engineers’ unfamiliarity can hamper their investigation,” Netskope researchers Ghanashyam […]