- Israeli-linked hacker group behind major cyber-attack on Iran’s petrol stations
December 18, 2023
An Israeli-linked hacker group claims to have carried out a major cyber-attack on Iranian petrol stations, knocking 70 per cent of them offline on Monday. Predatory Sparrow, or “Gonjeshke Darande” in Persian, said it launched the “controlled” attack in response to “aggression” by the Islamic Republic and its proxies in the region. “This cyber attack was ...
- Europol: Online Jihadist Propaganda – 2022 in review
December 18, 2023
This report is the fifth edition of the annual review of online jihadist propaganda. It analyses the major trends and developments in the propaganda of the most prominent Sunni jihadist organisations – the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda (AQ) – as well as their branches and offshoots. The review addresses the trajectories of these groups, ...
- Defense Contractor Austal USA Confirms a Cyber Attack by Hunters International Ransomware Group
December 15, 2023
Australian-based American defense contractor Austal USA has confirmed a cyber attack after the Hunters International ransomware group listed the company and shared samples of the stolen data as proof. Austal USA is a Contractor for the US Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), undertaking major U.S. Navy shipbuilding programs. With five ...
- Snatch ransomware attack claims probed by Kraft Heinz
December 15, 2023
U.S. multinational food and beverage company Kraft Heinz has launched an investigation into the Snatch ransomware gang’s recently emerged claims of an August attack even though there has been no indication of any systems compromise. Despite admitting responsibility for the attack, the Snatch ransomware operation has not posted any proof of data that it exfiltrated from ...
- Critical RCE vulnerability discovered in Perforce Helix Core Server
December 15, 2023
Microsoft discovered, responsibly disclosed, and helped remediate four vulnerabilities that could be remotely exploited by unauthenticated attackers in Perforce Helix Core Server (“Perforce Server”), a source code management platform largely used in the videogame industry and by multiple organizations spanning government, military, technology, retail, and more. Perforce Server customers are strongly urged to update to version ...
- Supply chain attack targeting Ledger crypto wallet leaves users hacked
December 14, 2023
Hackers compromised the code behind a crypto protocol used by multiple web3 applications and services, the software maker Ledger said on Thursday. Ledger, a company that makes a widely used and popular crypto hardware and software wallet, among other products, announced on X that someone had pushed out a “malicious version” of its Ledger Connect Kit, ...
- ALPHV ransomware gang returns, sorta
December 14, 2023
The ALPHV ransomware gang, arguably the second most dangerous “big game” ransomware operator, appears to be back in business after its infrastructure went down for five days. But all does not appear to be going well for group. ALPHV’s dark web leak site may be back but it is only showing a single victim with no ...
- Rhadamanthys v0.5.0 – A Deep Dive Into The Stealer’s Components
December 14, 2023
Rhadamanthys is an information stealer with a diverse set of modules and an interesting multilayered design. In their last article on Rhadamanthys, Check Point researchers focused on the custom executable formats used by this malware and their similarity to a different family, Hidden Bee, which is most likely its predecessor. In this article they do a ...
- Exploring Encrypted Attacks Amidst the AI Revolution
December 14, 2023
Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers analyzed 29.8 billion blocked threats embedded in encrypted traffic from October 2022 to September 2023 in the Zscaler cloud, presenting their findings in the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2023 State of Encrypted Attacks Report. According to the Google Transparency Report, encrypted traffic saw a significant rise in the last decade, reaching 95% of global traffic ...
- NCI Agency partners with industry to strengthen NATO’s cyber security posture
December 13, 2023
On 13 December 2023, the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) signed a contract with IBM to help strengthen the Alliance’s cybersecurity posture with improved security visibility and asset management across all NATO enterprise networks. Following NATO’s new dynamic and competitive procurement process, featuring regular workshops, sprints and continuous communication with industry, the NCI Agency ...
- Microsoft patches 34 vulnerabilities, including one zero-day
December 13, 2023
December’s Patch Tuesday is a relatively quiet one on the Microsoft front. Redmond has patched 34 vulnerabilities with only four rated as critical. One vulnerability, a previously disclosed unpatched vulnerability in AMD central processing units (CPUs), was shifted by AMD to software developers. Read more… Source: Malwarebytes labs