An attack on critical infrastructure firms using Facebook ads is known as SYS01stealer
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a new information stealer called SYS01stealer, which targets critical government infrastructure employees, manufacturing companies, and other sectors. Israeli cybersecurity firm Morphisec reports that the attack campaign aims to steal sensitive information, such as login data, cookies, and Facebook ad and business account information. The attackers lure victims into clicking on a
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Southeast Asian governments are being targeted by Sharp Panda’s new Soul Framework version
Chinese threat actor Sharp Panda has been targeting high-profile government entities in Southeast Asia since late last year in a cyber espionage campaign. Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point has identified the use of a new version of the Soul modular framework as characterizing the intrusions, marking a departure from the group’s attack chains observed in
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Mexican banks are being targeted by FiXS ATM malware
A new ATM malware strain called FiXS has been detected attacking Mexican banks since the beginning of February 2023. Latin American cybersecurity firm Metabase Q reported that the ATM malware is concealed within another program that appears to be non-malicious. FiXS is not dependent on any specific vendor, is vendor-agnostic, and can infect any teller
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A new variant of the SysUpdate malware attacks Linux and employs evasion tactics
The threat group known as Lucky Mouse has released a Linux version of its SysUpdate malware toolkit, enabling it to target Linux devices. The updated artifact, which dates back to July 2022, has new features aimed at avoiding security software and resisting reverse engineering. Lucky Mouse, also known as APT27, Bronze Union, Emissary Panda, and
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Users are vulnerable to command injection attacks due to a critical flaw in Cisco IP Phone Series
On March 1, 2023, Cisco released security updates for its IP Phone series 6800, 7800, 7900, and 8800 to address a critical command injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-20078) rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system. The flaw is caused by a web-based management interface, which lacks proper user-supplied input validation, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject
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Trojanized macOS apps are used by hackers to distribute cryptocurrency mining malware
Jamf Threat Labs has discovered that Trojanized versions of legitimate applications are being used to deploy evasive cryptocurrency mining malware on macOS systems. The malware, called XMRig coin miner, is executed by an unauthorized modification in Final Cut Pro, an Apple video editing software. The malware makes use of the Invisible Internet Project (i2p) to
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Norway confiscates $5.84 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by Lazarus hackers
The Norwegian police agency Økokrim has announced the seizure of $5.84 million worth of cryptocurrency, which was stolen by the Lazarus Group in March 2022 after the Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack. The Oslo-based crime-fighting unit stated that this case highlights its capacity to trace the money trail on the blockchain, even when criminals use
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Open Source Antivirus Software ClamAV Detected with Critical RCE Vulnerability
Cisco has recently released security updates to address a severe vulnerability in the ClamAV open-source antivirus engine, which could result in remote code execution on susceptible devices. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-20032, with a CVSS score of 9.8, and it pertains to remote code execution in the HFS+ file parser component. Versions 1.0.0 and
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Massive HTTP DDoS Attack Hits Record High of 71 Million Requests Per Second
Cloudflare, the web infrastructure company, stopped an unprecedented DDoS attack on Monday with a record-breaking peak of over 71 million requests per second. This historic “hyper-volumetric” attack was the largest HTTP DDoS attack on record, surpassing the previous 46 million RPS attack that was mitigated by Google Cloud in June 2022. These massive attacks targeted
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A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Apple’s iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari
Apple has taken swift action to safeguard its users by releasing security updates for its various operating systems, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari, to fix a critical zero-day vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-23529, is a type of confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine that could allow malicious actors to execute arbitrary code
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