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Although ransomware is still a hot topic on which Kaspersky will keep on publishing, they also investigate and publish about other threats. Recently we explored the topic of infection methods, including malvertising and malicious downloads. In this blog post, Kaspersky Read More …
High profile open source vulnerabilities have made it clear that securing the supply chains underpinning modern software is an urgent, yet enormous, undertaking. As supply chains get more complicated, enterprise developers need to manage the tidal wave of vulnerabilities that Read More …
Threat actors (TAs) using built-in data exfiltration methods like LOLBAS negate the need to bring in external tools that might be flagged by security software and/or human-based security detection mechanisms. These methods can also hide within the general operating environment, Read More …
A new Python-based credential harvester and SMTP hijacking tool named ‘Legion’ is being sold on Telegram that targets online email services for phishing and spam attacks. Legion is sold by cybercriminals who use the “Forza Tools” moniker and operate a Read More …
The Lazarus group is a high-profile Korean-speaking threat actor with multiple sub-campaigns. Kaspersky researchers have previously published information about the connections of each cluster of this group. In this blog, Kaspersky focus on an active cluster that they dubbed DeathNote Read More …
Hyper-volumetric DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks in the first quarter of 2023 have shifted from relying on compromised IoT devices to leveraging breached Virtual Private Servers (VPS). According to internet security company Cloudflare, the newer generation of botnets gradually Read More …
This guide provides steps that organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2022-21894 via a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackLotus. UEFI bootkits are particularly dangerous as they run Read More …
Finance company Latitude Financial says it will not give in to ransom demands by cyber criminals behind one of Australia’s largest cyber-attacks. Almost 8 million driver’s licenses of Australian and New Zealand customers have been stolen including more than 6 Read More …
Microsoft and Fortra are taking legal and technical actions to thwart cyber-criminals from using the latter company’s Cobalt Strike software to distribute malware. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DUC), Fortra, and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) filed a 223-page Read More …
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-28206 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS IOSurfaceAccelerator Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Related story: CISA Read More …