- Cybercriminals target graphic designers with GPU miners
September 7, 2023
Cybercriminals are abusing Advanced Installer, a legitimate Windows tool used for creating software packages, to drop cryptocurrency-mining malware on infected machines. This activity has been ongoing since at least November 2021. The attacker uses Advanced Installer to package other legitimate software installers, such as Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk 3ds Max and SketchUp Pro, with malicious scripts and ...
- Your car wants to know about your sex life
September 7, 2023
Car manufacturers are collecting troves of data on drivers and passengers — some even tracking drivers’ sexual activity — according to a new report. In a review of 25 car brands and 15 car companies published by Mozilla Foundation on Wednesday, researchers found that Japanese car manufacturer Nissan said it could sell information about drivers ...
- CISA Releases Update to Threat Actors Exploiting Citrix CVE-2023-3519 to Implant Webshells
September 6, 2023
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an update to a previously published Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Threat Actors Exploiting Citrix CVE-2023-3519 to Implant Webshells. The CSA—originally released to warn network defenders of critical infrastructure organizations about threat actors exploiting CVE-2023-3519, an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting NetScaler (formerly Citrix) Application Delivery ...
- Ukraine war: Cyber-teams fight a high-tech war on front lines
September 6, 2023
Ukraine cyber-operators are being deployed on the front lines of the war, duelling close-up with their Russian counterparts in a new kind of high-tech battle. “We have people who are directly involved in combat,” says Illia Vitiuk, the head of the Ukrainian Security Service’s (SBU) cyber department. Speaking inside the heavily protected SBU headquarters, he explains ...
- CISA Releases Capacity Enhancement Guide to Strengthen Agency Resilience to DDoS Attack
September 6, 2023
CISA has released actionable guidance for Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to help them evaluate and mitigate the risk of volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their websites and related web services. The Capacity Enhancement Guide: Volumetric DDoS Against Web Services Technical Guidance: Helps agencies prioritize DDoS mitigations based on mission and reputational impact. Describes DDoS ...
- X wants your biometric data
September 6, 2023
Users of X (formerly Twitter) paying for a checkmark under what used to be called Twitter Blue (now X Premium) have some biometric related decisions to make. The BBC reports that Elon Musk, having dismantled the old checkmark system to replace it with the all new Premium, is (re)introducing identity verification. The old verification system typically ...
- Analyzing a Facebook Profile Stealer Written in Node.js
September 5, 2023
During previous analysis of a campaign involving a Facebook stealer, Trend Micro researchers discovered another interesting stealer. It was written in Node.js, packaged into an executable, exfiltrated stolen data via both Telegram bot API and a command-and-control (C&C) server, and employed GraphQL as a channel for C&C communication. This blog entry investigates this new stealer ...
- New Agent Tesla Variant Being Spread by Crafted Excel Document
September 5, 2023
FortiGuard Labs captured a phishing campaign that spreads a new Agent Tesla variant. This well-known malware family uses a .Net-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and data stealer to gain initial access. It is often used for Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS). FortiGuard Labs researcher Xiaopeng Zhang performed an in-depth analysis of this campaign, from the initial phishing email to ...
- CISA Releases Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories
September 5, 2023
CISA released two Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 5, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-248-01 Fujitsu Limited Real-time Video Transmission Gear IP series Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- South Africa: Unprecedented cyber attacks target government entities
September 5, 2023
The incidence of spyware attacks has shown a significant surge of over 20% within South Africa with regard to 2023. The majority of these reported attacks have been concentrated on governmental websites and systems, thereby potentially engendering substantial instability to the national security framework of South Africa. The foundational principle of national security mandates that a ...