Iranian nation-state threat actors are targeting entities based in the U.S. and Israel, according to research that Google published Tuesday. According to a report about cyberwarfare surrounding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war that began in October, “Iran aggressively targeted Israel and the United States in the years leading up to Hamas’ attack on October 7” and […]
A new strain of malware dubbed XPhase Clipper has been stealthily targeting cryptocurrency users. This Clipper malware infiltrates unsuspecting victims’ systems through deceptive websites masquerading as authentic cryptocurrency platforms. Source: Cyble Cybersecurity experts at Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) have found this concerning trend where a large-scale operation is using cloned YouTube videos to […]
Threat actors are targeting operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments with increasing sophistication and have a growing attack surface of vulnerabilities to help them do so, Nozomi Networks has warned in a new report. Its Assessing the Threat Landscape report covers the second half of 2023 using internally sourced data from honeypots and customer […]
Security researchers have uncovered a major data theft campaign targeting users of employment agency and retail websites mainly in APAC. Dubbed “ResumeLooters” by Group-IB, the gang was first detected in November 2023. It compromised 65 websites in November and December last year using SQL injection attacks (SQLi), as well as injecting cross-site scripting (XSS) scripts […]
An Iran-linked hacking group with a history of targeting Albanian state agencies and businesses said on Thursday that it was behind an attack on the country’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), which is responsible for census information and other official statistics. Due to the “sophisticated” cyber incident that affected INSTAT’s official website and email service, the […]
Feb 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Crime / Malware An INTERPOL-led collaborative operation targeting phishing, banking malware, and ransomware attacks has led to the identification of 1,300 suspicious IP addresses and URLs. The law enforcement effort, codenamed Synergia, took place between September and November 2023 in an attempt to blunt the “growth, escalation and professionalization of transnational cybercrime.” […]
An ongoing campaign of malicious ads has been targeting Chinese-speaking users with lures for popular messaging applications such as Telegram or LINE with the intent of dropping malware. Interestingly, software like Telegram is heavily restricted and was previously banned in China. Many Google services, including Google search, are also either restricted or heavily censored in […]
Critical Infrastructure Security CISA, EPA and FBI Warn of Increased Cyberthreats Targeting US Water Systems Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • January 19, 2024 CISA, the EPA and the FBI urged water sector officials to bolster cyber defenses in guidance published on Thursday. (Image: Shutterstock) The water and wastewater sector is grappling with cybersecurity challenges […]
Jan 19, 2024NewsroomMalware / Endpoint Security Pirated applications targeting Apple macOS users have been observed containing a backdoor capable of granting attackers remote control to infected machines. “These applications are being hosted on Chinese pirating websites in order to gain victims,” Jamf Threat Labs researchers Ferdous Saljooki and Jaron Bradley said. “Once detonated, the malware […]