A large-scale cryptocurrency scam has been uncovered, involving over 1,000 fraudulent websites that have deceived users since January 2021. Trend Micro researchers have linked this scam to a Russian-speaking threat actor called “Impulse Team.” The scam operates through an advanced fee fraud scheme, where victims are tricked into believing they have won cryptocurrency rewards but

A sophisticated and stealthy information-stealing malware called Bandit Stealer has recently emerged, posing a significant threat to web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets. Trend Micro, a leading cybersecurity company, highlighted the malware’s capability to potentially expand to other platforms due to its development using the Go programming language. Currently, Bandit Stealer primarily focuses on Windows systems,

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) medical advisory warning of a critical flaw that affects Illumina medical devices. The Universal Copy Service (UCS) software in several DNA sequencing instruments, including the iSeq 100, MiSeq, NextSeq 550, and NovaSeq 6000, is impacted by the issues. CVE-2023-1968, a severe bug with a CVSS score of 10.0, can enable remote

On Friday, Microsoft provided insights to assist users in identifying indicators of compromise (IoCs) linked to a recently patched Outlook vulnerability. Known as CVE-2023-23397 (CVSS score: 9.8), this critical vulnerability involves a privilege escalation issue that could be exploited to steal NT Lan Manager (NTLM) hashes and execute a relay attack without any user interaction. According to Microsoft’s advisory,

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

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

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

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