The DDosia project is a successor of the Bobik botnet linked to the pro-Russian hacker group called NoName(057)16, as revealed in a recent analysis by Avast researcher Martin Chlumecky. The group targets DDoS attacks on private and public organizations in…
Teaching an Old State Analyzer Some New Tricks
Tripwire’s Energy and NERC Compliance Working Group virtual event offered some enlightening information, not only from industry experts but also some candid thoughts from current Tripwire customers. Even the most cogent summary of the keynote, as well as two of…
Cybersecurity Experts Cast Doubt on Hackers’ ICS Ransomware Claims
A hacktivist group has made bold claims regarding an attack on an industrial control system (ICS) device, but industry professionals have questioned their claims. read more This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Read the original article: Cybersecurity…
CircleCI Hacked via Malware on Employee Laptop
Software development service CircleCI has revealed that a recently disclosed data breach was the result of information stealer malware being deployed on an engineer’s laptop. The incident was initially disclosed on January 4, when CircleCI urged customers to rotate their…
All the Data Apple Collects About You—and How to Limit It
Cupertino puts privacy first in a lot of its products. But the company still gathers a bunch of your information. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: All the Data Apple Collects About You—and How…
CISA Warns for Flaws Affecting Industrial Control Systems from Major Manufacturers
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released several Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories warning of critical security flaws affecting products from Sewio, InHand Networks, Sauter Controls, and Siemens. The most severe of the flaws relate to Sewio’s RTLS Studio,…
A Secure User Authentication Method – Planning is More Important than Ever
When considering authentication providers, many organizations consider the ease of configuration, ubiquity of usage, and technical stability. Organizations cannot always be judged on those metrics alone. There is an increasing need to evaluate company ownership, policies and the stability, or…
Hacked Cellebrite and MSAB Software Released
Cellebrite is an cyberweapons arms manufacturer that sells smartphone forensic software to governments around the world. MSAB is a Swedish company that does the same thing. Someone has released software and documentation from both companies. This article has been indexed…
Malicious Office Macros: Detecting Similarity in the Wild
Many security solutions employ signature-based detection. To bypass this, attackers often rely on existing malicious samples to create new samples that preserve the original malicious behavior but have distinct signatures. This is usually done with the help of malware toolkits…
Pro-Russia Hacktivist Group NoName057(16) Strikes Again
Global security & privacy leader Avast has uncovered that Pro-Russia hacktivist group NoName057(16) is conducting a campaign of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Ukraine and NATO organisations, which began in the early days of the war in Ukraine. Targets have…
Cacti servers under attack by attackers exploiting CVE-2022-46169
If you’re running the Cacti network monitoring solution and you haven’t updated it since early December, now is the time to do it to foil attackers exploiting a critical command injection flaw (CVE-2022-46169). About Cacti and CVE-2022-46169 Cacti is an…
Tesla Cuts EV Prices In US, UK, Europe
Elon Musk’s Tesla continues to cut prices of its electric vehicles, amid slowing demand and huge share price decline This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Tesla Cuts EV Prices In US, UK, Europe
For password protection, dump LastPass for open source Bitwarden
After the security breach last summer, staying put is playing with fire Opinion For better or worse, we still need passwords, and to protect and organize them, I recommend the open source Bitwarden password manager.… This article has been indexed…
New Backdoor Created Using Leaked CIA’s Hive Malware Discovered in the Wild
Unidentified threat actors have deployed a new backdoor that borrows its features from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s Hive multi-platform malware suite, the source code of which was released by WikiLeaks in November 2017. “This is the first time we caught a variant of…
T95 Android TV Box sold on Amazon hides sophisticated malware
Expert discovered that the T95 Android TV box, available for sale on Amazon and AliExpress, came with sophisticated pre-installed malware. Security researcher, Daniel Milisic, discovered that the T95 Android TV box he purchased on Amazon was infected with sophisticated pre-installed…
Malicious VPN Installers Used to Infect Devices with Spyware
The VPN market has grown considerably in the last few years due to the increasing popularity of VPN technologies. However, corrupted VPN installers have been used by threat actors to deliver a piece of spyware called EyeSpy, as part of a malware…
Static Vs Dynamic IPs: Differences, Similarities and Cybersecurity Considerations
Static and dynamic IP addresses are two ways of assigning an address to all IT equipment, usually by an Internet access provider (ISP), depending on the needs of its customers – regular users or businesses. In this article, we will…
CircleCI Security Incident: How a Malware Attack on An Engineer’s Laptop Led to Chaos
On Friday, DevOps platform CircleCI revealed that unidentified threat actors compromised an employee’s laptop and stole their two-factor authentication credentials to compromise the company’s systems and data. CI/CD service CircleCI said the “sophisticated attack” occurred on December 16, 2022, and…
TikTok Fined $5.4 Million By French Authorities Over Cookie Opt-Out Feature
TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland have been fined €5,000,000 by France’s Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) for making it impossible for platform users to reject cookies and for failing to adequately explain their function. Article 82 of…
Warning! Credit Card Skimmer Injected on Canada’s Largest Alcohol Retailer’s Site
Threat actors injected malware that steals customers` private data on Canada`s largest alcohol retailer online store. On January 10th, 2023, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), a Canadian government enterprise, announced that unknown hackers had breached their website. Cyber…
NortonLifeLock says some Norton Password Manager accounts were compromised
A month ago, LastPass suffered one of the biggest security breaches we have seen in the world of password managers. And now, NortonLifeLock has revealed that some of its user accounts have […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader.…
This is How to Start Your Own Cybersecurity Business
By Owais Sultan There is really no better time to start a cybersecurity business. Cybercrime is a bigger problem than ever.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: This is How to Start Your Own Cybersecurity Business…
US Court Orders $17m Be Given to BitConnect Victims
Firm essentially operated as a Ponzi scheme This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: US Court Orders $17m Be Given to BitConnect Victims
Hackers Hijack NortonLifeLock Customer Accounts
Thousands reportedly suffer compromise after possible credential stuffing campaign This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Hackers Hijack NortonLifeLock Customer Accounts
Threats of Quantum: The solution lies in quantum cryptography
The race in quantum cryptography is on and people from all walks of life whether academics, business or industrialists, are going to be affected by it. The centuries old approach of encryption still holds importance while communication channels has advanced…
Bulk Cacti Servers Exploited In Unpatched Vulnerabilities
The bulk of Cacti servers that are accessible via the internet has not been updated to address a severe security flaw that was just patched and is currently being actively exploited. Censys, a platform for managing attack surfaces, reports that…
Tim Cook Agrees To Huge Pay Cut
Apple acts on Tim Cook’s recommendation and severely reduces his salary, but the CEO will still take home nearly $50 million This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Tim Cook Agrees To Huge Pay Cut