Threatpost: Recent Episodes
None
2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line.
Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool.
Over 130 companies tangled in sprawling phishing campaign that spoofed a multi-factor authentication system.
Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group.
Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed.
Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media giant’s actions amount to a national security risk.
CISA is warning that Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS is under active attack and needs to be patched ASAP.
Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels.
Apple is urging macOS, iPhone and iPad users immediately to install respective updates this week that includes fixes for two zero-days under active attack. The patches are for vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and ultimately take over devices. iOS 15.6.1 and macOS Monterey 12.5.1 both patch the two flaws, which basically impact […]
Google has patched the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability discovered in Chrome this year as one in a series of fixes included in a stable channel update released Wednesday. The bug, tracked as CVE-2022-2856 and rated as high on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), is associated with “insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents,” […]
The North Korean APT is using a fake job posting for Coinbase in a cyberespionage campaign targeting users of both Apple and Intel-based systems.
The incident disrupted corporate IT systems at one company while attackers misidentified the victim in a post on its website that leaked stolen data.
‘Summer Camp’ for hackers features a compromised satellite, a homecoming for hackers and cyberwarfare warnings.
The CISA has seen a resurgence of the malware targeting a range of verticals and critical infrastructure organizations by exploiting RDP, firewall vulnerabilities.
Researcher shows how Instagram and Facebook’s use of an in-app browser within both its iOS apps can track interactions with external websites.
Belgian researcher Lennert Wouters revealed at Black Hat how he mounted a successful fault injection attack on a user terminal for SpaceX’s satellite-based internet system
A uniquely politically motivated site called DUMPS focuses solely on threat activity directed against Russia and Belarus
Networking giant says attackers gained initial access to an employee’s VPN client via a compromised Google account.
August Patch Tuesday tackles 121 CVEs, 17 critical bugs and one zero-day bug exploited in the wild.
U.S. Treasury blocked the business of the virtual currency mixer for laundering more than $7 billion for hackers, including $455 million to help fund North Korea’s missile program.
Attackers are spoofing the widely used cryptocurrency exchange to trick users into logging in so they can steal their credentials and eventually their funds.
Separate phishing campaigns targeting thousands of victims impersonate FedEx and Microsoft, among others, to trick victims.
Vulnerability—for which a proof-of-concept is forthcoming—is one of a string of flaws the company fixed that could lead to an attack chain.
DMARC analysis by Proofpoint shows that institutions in the U.S. have among some of the poorest protections to prevent domain spoofing and lack protections to block fraudulent emails.
Infosec expert Rani Osnat lays out security challenges and offers hope for organizations migrating their IT stack to the private and public cloud environments.
Recent LofyLife campaign steals tokens and infects client files to monitor various user actions, such as log-ins, password changes and payment methods.
Cybercriminals turn to container files and other tactics to get around the company’s attempt to thwart a popular way to deliver malicious phishing payloads.
Built-in Telegram and Discord services are fertile ground for storing stolen data, hosting malware and using bots for nefarious purposes.
Newly discovered malware linked to Vietnamese threat actors targets users through a LinkedIn phishing campaign to steal data and admin privileges for financial gain.
Instances of phishing attacks leveraging the Microsoft brand increased 266 percent in Q1 compared to the year prior.
The increased proliferation of IoT devices paved the way for the rise of IoT botnets that amplifies DDoS attacks today. This is a dangerous warning that the possibility of a sophisticated DDoS attack and a prolonged service outage will prevent businesses from growing.
SecuriThings' CEO Roy Dagan tackles the sometimes overlooked security step of physical security maintenance and breaks down why it is important.
Also known as the Atlantis Cyber-Army, the emerging organization has an enigmatic leader and a core set of admins that offer a range of services, including exclusive data leaks, DDoS and RDP.
Aamir Lakhani, with FortiGuard Labs, answers the question; Why is the Conti ransomware gang targeting people and businesses in Costa Rica?
300 restaurants and at least 50,000 payment cards compromised by two separate campaigns against MenuDrive, Harbortouch and InTouchPOS services.
Four newly discovered attack paths could lead to PII exposure, account takeover, even organizational data destruction.
Threat actors offer victims what appear to be investment services from legitimate companies to lure them into downloading malicious apps aimed at defrauding them.
Google removed eight Android apps, with 3M cumulative downloads, from its marketplace for being infected with a Joker spyware variant.
Feds urge U.S. agencies to patch a Microsoft July Patch Tuesday 2022 bug that is being exploited in the wild by August 2.
Microsoft has linked a threat that emerged in June 2021 and targets small-to-mid-sized businesses to state-sponsored actors tracked as DEV-0530.
Since 2021, various state-aligned threat groups have turned up their targeting of journalists to siphon data and credentials and also track them.
Attackers used adversary-in-the-middle attacks to steal passwords, hijack sign-in sessions and skip authentication and then use victim mailboxes to launch BEC attacks against other targets.
Chris Hallenbeck, CISO for the Americas at Tanium, discusses the impact of geopolitical conflict on the cybersecurity insurance market.
Victims instructed to make a phone call that will direct them to a link for downloading malware.
Find out why a vital component of vulnerability management needs to be the capacity to prioritize from Mariano Nunez, CEO of Onapsis and Threatpost Infosec Insiders columnist.
In March, a North Korean APT siphoned blockchain gaming platform Axie Infinity of $540M.
The novel threat steals data and can affect all processes running on the OS, stealing information from different commands and utilities and then storing it on the affected machine.
State-sponsored actors are deploying the unique malware--which targets specific files and leaves no ransomware note--in ongoing attacks.
A radio control system for drones is vulnerable to remote takeover, thanks to a weakness in the mechanism that binds transmitter and receiver.
A developer appears to have divulged credentials to a police database on a popular developer forum, leading to a breach and subsequent bid to sell 23 terabytes of personal data on the dark web.
Iran's steel manufacturing industry is victim to ongoing cyberattacks that previously impacted the country's rail system.
The heap buffer overflow issue in the browser’s WebRTC engine could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Devices from Cisco, Netgear and others at risk from the multi-stage malware, which has been active since April 2020 and shows the work of a sophisticated threat actor.
Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra AI, gives us hope that surviving a ransomware attack is possible, so long as we apply preparation and intentionality to our defense posture.
Hackers with Amazon users’ authentication tokens could’ve stolen or encrypted personal photos and documents.
Attacks against U.S. companies spike in Q1 2022 with patchable and preventable external vulnerabilities responsible for bulk of attacks.
Shrav Mehta, CEO, Secureframe, outlines the top six bad habits security teams need to break to prevent costly breaches, ransomware attacks and prevent phishing-based endpoint attacks.
Researchers warn threat actors are using a novel remote code execution exploit to gain initial access to victim’s environments.
Cyber collective Killnet claims it won’t let up until the Baltic country opens trade routes to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
CISA warns that threat actors are ramping up attacks against unpatched Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware servers.
The company is warning victims in Italy and Kazakhstan that they have been targeted by the malware from Italian firm RCS Labs.
The APT is pairing a known Microsoft flaw with a malicious document to load malware that nabs credentials from Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers.
Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea, explores why gamified platforms and hacking esports are the future.
Culture of ‘insecure-by-design’ security is cited in discovery of bug-riddled operational technology devices.
Traditional vulnerability management programs are outdated, with little to no innovation in the last two decades. Today's dynamic IT environment demands an advanced vulnerability management program to deal with the complex attack surface and curb security risks.
Researchers have discovered that a Kazakhstan government entity deployed sophisticated Italian spyware within its borders.
A reported a "potentially dangerous piece of functionality" allows an attacker to launch an attack on cloud infrastructure and ransom files stored in SharePoint and OneDrive.
Attackers are targeting a number of key vertical markets in the U.S. with the active campaign, which impersonates the organization and Microsoft to lift Office365 and Outlook log-in details.
Analysts have uncovered an Iran-linked APT sending malicious emails to top Israeli government officials.
Ryan Witt, Proofpoint's Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader, examines the impact of ransomware on patient care.
One well crafted phishing message sent via Facebook Messenger ensnared 10 million Facebook users and counting.
In response to a comment about the Prophet Mohammed, a hacktivist group in Malaysia has unleashed a wave of cyber attacks in India.
Upsurge in the tourism industry after the COVID-19 pandemic grabs the attention of cybercriminals to scam the tourists.
The dangers to SMBs and businesses of all sizes from cyberattacks are well known. But what’s driving these attacks, and what do cybersecurity stakeholders need to do that they’re not already doing?
Attackers gained access to private account details through an email compromise incident that occurred in April.
Symbiote, discovered in November, parasitically infects running processes so it can steal credentials, gain rootlkit functionality and install a backdoor for remote access.
The dangerous malware appears to be well and truly back in action, sporting new variants and security-dodging behaviors in a wave of recent phishing campaigns.
Sabre and Travelport had to report the weekly activities of former “Cardplanet” cybercriminal Aleksei Burkov for two years, info that eventually led to his arrest and prosecution.
Rob Gurzeev, CEO and Co-Founder at CyCognito, explores external attack surface soft spots tied to an ever-expanding number of digital assets companies too often struggle to keep track of and manage effectively.
Ransomware attackers often strike targets twice, regardless of whether the ransom was paid.
The novel cybercriminal group tapped the ever-evolving info-stealing trojan to move laterally on a network in a recent attack, researchers have found.
The costs associated with a cyberattack can be significant, especially if a company does not have an Incident Response plan that addresses risk.
Insider Risk Management requires a different approach than to those from external threats. IRM is unique from other domains of security in that the data sources which serve as inputs are as often people as they are tools. Shifting the analyst‘s mindset when handling risks presented by insiders requires us to move through the stages of inquiry, investigation, and determining outcomes.
A government-aligned attacker tried using a Microsoft vulnerability to attack U.S. and E.U. government targets.
The vulnerability remains unpatched on many versions of the collaboration tool and has potential to create a SolarWinds-type scenario.
Deja-Vu data from this year's DBIR report feels like we are stuck in the movie 'Groundhog Day.'
The cybercriminal group is distancing itself from its previous branding by shifting tactics and tools once again in an aim to continue to profit from its nefarious activity.
Melissa Bischoping, security researcher with Tanium and Infosec Insiders columnist, urges firms to consider the upstream and downstream impact of "triple extortion" ransomware attacks.
Hackers escalate phishing and scamming attacks to exploit popular Discord bot and persuade users to click on the malicious links.
The info-stealing trojan used SMS messages and lifted contact credentials to spread with unprecedented speed across Android devices globally since December 2020.
There is no question that the level of threats facing today’s businesses continues to change on a daily basis. So what are the trends that CISOs need to be on the lookout for? For this episode of the Threatpost podcast, I am joined by Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist & VP Global Threat Intelligence, Fortinet’s […]
Threat actors already are exploiting vulnerability, dubbed ‘Follina’ and originally identified back in April, to target organizations in Russia and Tibet, researchers said.
Malware borrows generously from code used by other botnets such as Mirai, Qbot and Zbot.
The malvertiser’s use of PowerShell could push it beyond its basic capabilities to spread ransomware, spyware or steal data from browser sessions, researchers warn.
Malware loads itself from remote servers and bypasses Microsoft's Defender AV scanner, according to reports.
Cisco Talos discovered eight vulnerabilities in the Open Automation Software, two of them critical, that pose risk for critical infrastructure networks.
Actors claiming to be the defunct ransomware group are targeting one of Akami’s customers with a Layer 7 attack, demanding an extortion payment in Bitcoin.
A slip-up by a malware author has allowed researchers to taxonomize three ransomware variations going by different names.
The Google Project Zero researcher found a bug in XML parsing on the Zoom client and server.
2022’s DBIR also highlighted the far-reaching impact of supply-chain breaches and how organizations and their employees are the reasons why incidents occur.
Fronton botnet has far more ability than launching DDOS attack, can track social media trends and launch suitable propaganda.
An account promoting the project—which offers a range of threat activity from info-stealing to crypto-mining to ransomware as individual modules—has more than 500 subscribers.
Researchers discovered a simple malware builder designed to steal credentials, then pinging them to Discord webhooks.
Tony Lauro, director of security technology and strategy at Akamai, discusses reducing your company's attack surface and the "blast radius" of a potential attack.
The stealthy, feature-rich malware has multistage evasion tactics to fly under the radar of security analysis, researchers at Proofpoint have found.
A novel form of phishing takes advantage of a disparity between how browsers and email inboxes read web domains.
Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday roundup also included critical fixes for a number of flaws found in infrastructure present in many enterprise and cloud environments.
Why a private college that stayed in business for 157 years had to close after the combo of COVID-19 and ransomware proved too much.
The threat group has leaked data that it claims was stolen in the breach and is promising more government-targeted attacks.
A state-sponsored threat actor designed a house-of-cards style infection chain to exfiltrate massive troves of highly sensitive data.
A flaw in all versions of the popular C standard libraries uClibe and uClibe-ng can allow for DNS poisoning attacks against target devices.
Popular apps to support people’s psychological and spiritual well-being can harm them by sharing their personal and sensitive data with third parties, among other privacy offenses.
Aamir Lakhani, global security strategist and researcher at FortiGuard Labs, zeroes in on how adversaries are targeting 'remote everything'.
A deep dive into securing containerized environments and understanding how they present unique security challenges.
Exclusive Threatpost research examines organizations’ top cloud security concerns, attitudes towards zero-trust and DevSecOps.
The threat group known as TA410 that wields the sophisticated FlowCloud RAT actually has three subgroups operating globally, each with their own toolsets and targets.
GitHub shared the timeline of breaches in April 2022, this timeline encompasses the information related to when a threat actor gained access and stole private repositories belonging to dozens of organizations.
At least five APTs are believed involved with attacks tied ground campaigns and designed to damage Ukraine's digital infrastructure.
In the latest software supply-chain attack, the code maintainer added malicious code to the hugely popular node-ipc library to replace files with a heart emoji and a peacenotwar module.
Five percent of the databases are vulnerable to threat actors: It's a gold mine of exploit opportunity in thousands of mobile apps, researchers say.
It’s about time, AttackIQ’s Jonathan Reiber said about 24H/72H report deadlines mandated in the new spending bill. As it is, visibility into adversary behavior has been muck.
Scammers are bypassing Apple's App Store security, stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency from the unwitting, using the TestFlight and WebClips programs.
CaddyWiper is one in a barrage of data-wiping cyber-attacks to hit the country since January as the war on the ground with Russia marches on.
The phishing scam tried to steal login credentials by threatening account shutdown, due to users having purportedly shared “fake content.”
DDoS attacks against Israel telecom companies took down government sites, sparking a temporary state of emergency.
There are currently no mitigations for the severe Linux kernel bug, QNAP warned on Monday.
Denso confirmed that cybercriminals leaked stolen, classified information from the Japan-based car-components manufacturer after an attack on one of its offices in Germany.
The ransomware group’s benefits – bonuses, employee of the month, performance reviews & top-notch training – might be better than yours, says BreachQuest’s Marco Figueroa.
The infamous trojan is likely making some major operational changes, researchers believe.
The ransomware gang known as Cuba is increasingly shifting to exploiting Exchange bugs – including crooks' favorites, ProxyShell and ProxyLogon – as initial infection vectors.
Ransomware is getting worse, but Daniel Spicer, chief security officer at Ivanti, offers a checklist for choosing defense solutions to meet the challenge.
The options reportedly included tampering with trains, electric service and internet connectivity, hampering Russia's military operations in Ukraine.
Sonya Duffin, ransomware and data-protection expert at Veritas Technologies, shares three steps organizations can take today to reduce cyberattack fallout.
A pair of bugs in the Snap-owned tracking app reveal phone numbers and allow account hijacking.
The SEO poisoning bot, capable of full system takeover, is actively taking over social media accounts, masquerading as popular games like Temple Run.
Demand for public Wi-Fi is on the rise. Usually free of charge, but there is a risk of expensive losses. Learn ways to protect yourself from cyber-threats.
With human error being the common factor in most cyberattacks, employee training has got to get better. To that end, Trustwave cybersec training expert Darren Van Booven explains the importance of fish stress balls and management buy-in.