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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A security breach at Reddit exposed internal documents and source code
Reddit, the well-known social news aggregation platform, has fallen victim to a vicious and calculated phishing attack. On February 5th, 2023, the attackers targeted Reddit’s employees with plausible-sounding prompts that redirected them to a fake website that appeared to be Reddit’s intranet portal. The sole purpose of this deceitful act was to steal credentials and
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New OpenSSL updates fix multiple security flaws
The OpenSSL Project has taken immediate action to safeguard its users by releasing critical fixes to address several severe security vulnerabilities in its open-source encryption toolkit. One such vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-0286, is a high-severity bug that could potentially put users at risk of malicious attacks. According to the advisory issued by the maintainers, the
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The vulnerability of multiple document management systems has been exposed in an unprecedented manner
Eight unpatched security vulnerabilities have been found in open-source and freemium document management systems (DMS) offered by four vendors, LogicalDOC, Mayan, ONLYOFFICE, and OpenKM.These flaws were revealed by cybersecurity firm Rapid7 and allow for a malicious actor to trick a user into saving a harmful document on the platform, and once indexed, the attacker can
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Hackers in Russia use Graphiron malware to steal Ukrainian data
A Russia-affiliated adversary has been caught utilizing new information-stealing malware in cyberattacks aimed at Ukraine. Named Graphiron by Symantec, a subsidiary of Broadcom, the malware is the work of an espionage group known as Nodaria, which is monitored by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) under the label UAC-0056. According to the Symantec
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Russian hacker pleads guilty to money laundering using Ryuk Ransomware attacks
On February 7, 2023, a Russian national, Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, admitted to money laundering and concealing the source of funds obtained through Ryuk ransomware attacks in a U.S. court. Dubnikov, who was arrested in Amsterdam in November 2021 and later extradited from the Netherlands in August 2022, will be sentenced on April 11, 2023. According
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