Passwords: The Unlikely but Mighty Trojans in Cyber Threat Warfare Main Points: Despite advancements in cyber security, adversaries predominantly use stolen or weak usernames and passwords to breach defenses. Compromised credentials pose serious dangers since they often circumvent conventional security measures. Challenges exist in preventing such breaches due to the widespread usage of weak or
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Russian State-Sponsored Malware Targets Ukrainian Military’s Android Devices Here’s the byte-size of this tech news: – Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. reveal details of a mobile malware strain that’s been playing mischief with Android devices in the Ukrainian military. – The malware, which goes by the
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New Phishing Attack Discovers SuperBear A new phishing attack in South Korea has led to the discovery of a new remote access Trojan called SuperBear. The attack was targeted at civil society groups, particularly an activist whose name was not disclosed. The file associated with the attack was a malicious LNK file, sent from an
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A Gem Not to Steal: Open-source .NET-Based SapphireStealer Ups the Ante Main Points The new open-source .NET-based information steal malware, SapphireStealer, is being utilized by different entities to improve its capacities and generate custom-made variants. This kind of information-stealing malware can siphon sensitive info, including business credentials, which are later sold to other threat actors
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Python Packages Gone Rogue: A Tale of Malicious Software Supply – The discovery of three more malicious Python packages as part of the ongoing VMConnect campaign. – Signs pointing to the involvement of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors. – The investigative findings gathered by ReversingLabs, which identified the rogue packages named tablediter, request-plus, and requestspro.
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A Quick Look at Cyberattack Frequencies Main Points The BlackBerry® Threat Research and Intelligence Team analyzed 90 days of data to assess the frequency of cyberattacks. Businesses and governments are frequently targeted by threat actors. Cyber attack statistics are available in the latest BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report. Drilling Down the Data Ever wondered how
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Main Highlights A hacking group called Earth Estries is targeting government and technology sectors in countries including the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, South Africa, Germany, and the U.S. Earth Estries is highly skilled, using advanced tools and techniques. The campaign is an example of cyber espionage. Earth Estries: Not Your Typical Earthlings Like Men in Black
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Windows Malware Evasion Techniques Cause Major Concern – Malicious actors could use a malware detection evasion technique to bypass endpoint security solutions. – Security researcher Daniel Avinoam revealed the findings at the DEF CON security conference. – The issue arises in Microsoft’s container architecture. To begin with, let’s take a deep dive into these alarming
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MMRat Android Banking Trojan Unleashed: Shocking Mobile Users in Southeast Asia Principal Points: MMRat, an undocumented Android banking trojan, targets mobile users in Southeast Asia. Active since late June 2023, the malware is designed to remotely control devices and to facilitate financial fraud. MMRat has a unique package name, com.mm.user, giving it its curious rodent-themed
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Malicious Android Apps Injecting BadBazaar Spyware Found on Google Play Store Main points Cybersecurity researchers found malicious Android apps for Signal and Telegram on Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store. The apps are crafted to deliver the BadBazaar spyware onto the infected devices. The campaign is attributed to China-associated actor, GREF, by Slovakian company,
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