Defusing a Digital Bomb: Ukraine’s Cybersecurity Clutch Main Points: The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) successfully thwarted a cyber attack targeted towards an unnamed energy infrastructure facility. The attack had been initiated via a phishing email which contained a link to a malicious ZIP archive, responsible for beginning the infection chain. The seemingly
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Reloaded: BLISTER Malware Loader Facilitates Precise Targeting The updated version of a malware loader known as BLISTER is now being used in the SocGholish infection chains to disseminate an open-source command-and-control (C2) framework called Mythic. The latest BLISTER update features a crucial keying functionality that enables precise target focusing on specific victim networks, thereby reducing
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North Korean Actor ‘Andariel’ Turns to Go Lang Malware for Corporate Assaults Main Points North Korean threat actor, Andariel, has changed its cyber-battle strategy by utilizing an arsenal of malicious software written in the Go language. The attacks are targeting corporate and organizational networks in South Korea. According to the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center
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Breaking Down IBM’s “Cost of a Breach” Report Here’s a list of the main points from IBM’s 2023 “Cost of a Breach” report: – The average cost of a data breach is on the rise. – Organizations are responding differently to cybersecurity threats. – Certain technologies are helping reduce costs in case of breaches. A
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Main points: The importance of online security in every organization, irrespective of its size or industry. Adoption of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) as a critical tool for maintaining digital security. Online security: a non-negotiable golden buzzer in the digital enterprise These days, it’s not just the physical world where business thrives. The digital realm is all
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Crafty ‘Chaes’ Ups the Ante: The Malware Banking and Logistics Industries Should Watch Out For Main points: – The industry of banking and logistics is under attack by a reworked variant of the Chaes malware. – The malware has been rewritten in Python leading to decreased detectability. – Maintenance of its communication protocol has significantly
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Meta’s Mega-Move Against Covert Influence Ops Main Points Meta breaks up two behemoth covert influence operations originating from China and Russia. More than 50 apps targeted, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, and many more. Thousands of accounts and pages blocked across Meta’s platform. Masterstroke by Meta Meta played a game of whack-a-mole and bashed two
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# Main Points: – An unknown threat actor is exploiting high-severity security flaws in the MinIO high-performance object storage system. – Cybersecurity firm Security Joes noticed the intrusion, which employed a publicly available exploit chain to backdoor the MinIO instance. – The weakness comprised CVE-2023-28432 (CVSS score: 7.5) and another unspecified vulnerability. ## Don’t MinIO
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X’s New Privacy Policy: Biometric Data to Improve Safety – The popular social media platform X, once known as Twitter, has made major updates to its privacy policy. – The company has announced plans to start collecting biometric data from users in order to counter fraud and fake accounts. – The new policy is intended
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Smishing Scam Targets US, iMessages are the Medium of Mischief Overview: Large-scale smishing campaign is reaching into the U.S., utilizing compromised Apple iCloud accounts to send iMessages. This campaign aims to commit identity theft and financial fraud. The threat operators, mainly Chinese-speaking, are running a package-tracking text scam on iMessage. The intention is to collect
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