- Cloud Werewolf spearphishes Russian and Belarus government employees with fake spa vouchers and federal decrees
March 29, 2024
The BI.ZONE Threat Intelligence team has revealed another campaign by Cloud Werewolf aiming at Russian and Belarusian government organizations. According to the researchers, the group ran at least five attacks in February and March. The adversaries continue to rely on phishing emails with Microsoft Office attachments. Placing malicious content on a remote server and limiting the ...
- Phishing Attack Targets Apple Users With Password Resets
March 27, 2024
If you suddenly receive dozens of password-reset notifications on your iPhone, watch out: You’re probably facing a devious phishing attack targeting Apple users. The malicious tactic is intended to to trick iPhone users into handing over access to their Apple accounts, according to security journalist Brian Krebs. One of the targeted users, tech entrepreneur Parth Patel, documented ...
- Hackers threaten to release ‘huge volume’ of stolen NHS Scotland data
March 27, 2024
A cybercrime group has claimed it will release a large volume of NHS Scotland data stolen during a sustained hacking attack. INC Ransom, an extortion operation, has posted a message on its dark web blog, threatening to release three terabytes – which equates to 3,000 gigabytes – of stolen health service patient and staff data. NHS ...
- Cambodia: Police target growing gambling, cybercrime
March 27, 2024
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has called on the National Police forces to intensify efforts in preventing and suppressing local crimes, including human trafficking, cybercrime and gambling. The appeal comes after authorities clamped down on over 500 illegal gambling sites and detained more than 1,000 people in the past six months. Sokha ...
- New Gmail & M365 Warning As 2FA Security Bypass Hack Confirmed
March 26, 2024
The developers of a notorious 2FA account security bypass tool have launched an updated version of their ‘as-a-service’ kit that is targeting Microsoft 365 and Gmail account holders. Researchers from the Sekoia Threat Detection and Research team have published an in-depth analysis of Tycoon 2FA, a notorious adversary-in-the-middle kit, that is being distributed via cybercrime forums ...
- Illinois Tollway warns I-PASS customers of text message phishing scam
March 26, 2024
The Illinois Tollway is warning customers of an ongoing phishing scam that is targeting drivers by saying that they have outstanding tolls owed to the agency. According to a press release, the Tollway says that some customers have been receiving text messages from the “Illinois toll way,” detailing outstanding toll amounts that the customers owed. Those ...
- YouTube ordered to reveal the identities of video viewers
March 26, 2024
Federal US authorities have asked Google for the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and user activity of accounts that watched certain YouTube videos, according to unsealed court documents Forbes has seen. Of those users that weren’t logged in when they watched those videos between January 1 and 8, 2023, the authorities asked for the IP addresses. The ...
- Agenda Ransomware Propagates to vCenters and ESXi via Custom PowerShell Script
March 26, 2024
Since its discovery in 2022, the Agenda Ransomware group (also known as Qilin) has been active and in development. Agenda, which Trend Micro tracks as Water Galura, continues infecting victims globally with the US, Argentina, and Australia, and Thailand being among its top targets (based on the threat actor’s leak site data). Meanwhile the Agenda ransomware ...
- Patch now: Mozilla patches two critical vulnerabilities in Firefox
March 26, 2024
Mozilla released version 124.0.1 of the Firefox browser to Release channel users (the default channel that most non-developers run) on March 22, 2024. The new version fixes two critical security vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities affects Firefox on desktop only, and doesn’t affect mobile versions of Firefox. Windows users that have automatic updates enabled should have ...
- Pakistan: Government establishes National CERT to counter cyber attacks
March 26, 2024
The federal government announced on Tuesday the formation of a National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). This initiative aims to fortify the country’s defenses against the growing threat of cyber attacks, providing essential awareness and protection measures to safeguard digital assets and critical infrastructure. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has issued a notification regarding ...