- Hellhounds: Operation Lahat
November 30, 2023
In 2023, Positive Technologies Computer Security Incident Response Team (PT CSIRT) discovered that a certain power company was compromised by the Decoy Dog trojan. According to the PT CSIRT investigation, Decoy Dog has been actively used in cyberattacks on Russian companies and government organizations since at least September 2022. This trojan was previously discussed by NCIRCC, Infoblox, ...
- Booking.com hackers increase attacks on customers
November 30, 2023
Hackers are increasing their attacks on Booking.com customers by posting adverts on dark web forums asking for help finding victims. Cyber-criminals are offering up to $2,000 (£1,600) for login details of hotels as they continue to target the people who are staying with them. Since at least March, customers have been tricked into sending money to ...
- Japan space agency server likely hit by unauthorized access attack
November 29, 2023
Japan’s space agency was likely hit by an unauthorized access attack to a network server, the government said Wednesday, adding the incident did not involve sensitive information pertaining to rockets or satellites. Sources close to the matter said the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency was not aware that the breach may have occurred sometime during the summer ...
- GoTitan Botnet – Ongoing Exploitation on Apache ActiveMQ
November 28, 2023
This past October, Apache issued a critical advisory addressing CVE-2023-46604, a vulnerability involving the deserialization of untrusted data in Apache. On November 2, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CVE-2023-46604 to its known exploited list, KEV Catalog, indicating this vulnerability’s high risk and impact. Fortiguard Labs also released an outbreak alert and a threat ...
- Hacker claims to have hit General Electric and stolen company data
November 27, 2023
A hacker with the alias IntelBroker claims to have breached General Electric and stolen plenty of sensitive data from the company’s systems. The company operates in different fields, including aerospace, renewable energy, power, venture capital, and more. The hacker posted a new thread on an underground forum, selling access to the company’s “development and software pipelines” ...
- The Unseen Layers: Exploring The Tactics Of Multistage .NET Malware Packers
November 27, 2023
Recently, the SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research team has identified a new .NET Packer that is currently being widely used by the various stealers such as Lokibot, AgentTesla etc. In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, malicious actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques to compromise systems and exploit vulnerabilities. One such method gaining prominence is the ...
- Ransomware ‘catastrophe’ at Fidelity National Financial causes panic with homeowners and buyers
November 27, 2023
Last Tuesday, Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, a real estate services company that bills itself as the “leading provider of title insurance and escrow services, and North America’s largest title insurance company,” announced that it had experienced a cyberattack. Since then, homeowners who have mortgages and prospective buyers who are purchasing properties with FNF or one ...
- Gulf Air hit with data breach, customer data possibly affected
November 27, 2023
Gulf Air, the national air carrier for the Kingdom of Bahrain, has confirmed suffering a data breach which most likely resulted in hackers stealing sensitive customer information. The company confirmed the news via a press release shared with local media highlighting a “data breach incident” on November 24, possibly resulting in the compromise of “some information ...
- New Jersey: Montclair, Westwood Hospitals Divert Ambulances After Cyber Attack
November 27, 2023
Two hospitals in North Jersey are diverting ambulances from their emergency rooms after a cyber attack, authorities confirmed Monday. The attack impacted the computer systems at Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, and Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood. Read more… Source: MSN News
- The Dark Side of AI: Large-Scale Scam Campaigns Made Possible by Generative AI
November 27, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence technologies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and DALL-E have created a great deal of disruption across much of our digital lives. Creating credible text, images and even audio, these AI tools can be used for both good and ill. That includes their application in the cybersecurity space. Read more… Source: Sophos