- Okta customers report dramatic increase in cyber-attacks
February 3, 2023
A marketing survey from digital identity firm Okta fielded in the first quarter of last year highlights dangers that, while hardly unknown, are sobering. The survey and report examined the state of secure identity, and came up with three facts the market needs to come to grips with. Read more… Source: Biometric Update
- TgToxic Malware’s Automated Framework Targets Southeast Asia Android Users
February 3, 2023
Trend Micro researchers analyzed an ongoing campaign that has been targeting Android users in Southeast Asia since July 2022. Its goal is to steal victims’ assets from finance and banking applications (such as cryptocurrency wallets, credentials for official bank apps on mobile, and money in deposit), via a banking trojan they named TgToxic (detected by Trend ...
- Tallahassee Memorial hospital victim of suspected ransomware attack
February 3, 2023
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is postponing all non-emergency patient procedures as officials manage an Information Technology security issue that occurred late Thursday night, according to a memo from the hospital. The IT security breach is a suspected ransomware attack, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Read more… Source: Florida Politics
- GoAnywhere MFT zero-day vulnerability lets hackers breach servers
February 3, 2023
The developers of the GoAnywhere MFT file transfer solution are warning customers of zero-day remote code execution vulnerability on exposed administrator consoles. GoAnywhere is a secure web file transfer solution that allows companies to securely transfer encrypted files with their partners while keeping detailed audit logs of who accessed the files. Read more… Source: Bleeping Computer
- New APT34 Malware Targets The Middle East
February 2, 2023
On December 2022, Trend Micro researchers identified a suspicious executable (detected by Trend Micro as Trojan.MSIL.REDCAP.AD) that was dropped and executed on multiple machines. The investigation led them to link this attack to advanced persistent threat (APT) group APT34, and the main goal is to steal users’ credentials. Even in case of a password reset ...
- CISA Releases Six Industrial Control Systems Advisories
February 2, 2023
CISA released six Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on February 2, 2023.These advisories provides timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations: ICSA-23-033-01 Delta Electronics DIAScreen ICSA-23-033-02 Mitsubishi Electric GOT2000 Series and GT SoftGOT2000 ICSA-23-033-03 Baicells Nova Read more… Source: U.S. ...
- North Korean hackers stole research data in two-month-long breach
February 2, 2023
A new cyber espionage campaign dubbed ‘No Pineapple!’ has been attributed to the North Korean Lazarus hacking group, allowing the threat actors to stealthily steal 100GB of data from the victim without causing any destruction. The campaign lasted between August and November 2022, targeting organizations in medical research, healthcare, chemical engineering, energy, defense, and a leading ...
- What SOCs Need to Know About Water Dybbuk, A BEC Actor Using Open-Source Toolkits
February 2, 2023
In September 2022, Trend Micro researchers observed a new potential BEC campaign that was targeting large companies around the world which we believe has been running since April 2022. By carefully selecting their target victims and leveraging open-source tools, the group behind this campaign stayed under the radar for quite some time. This attack leveraged an ...
- ION Markets suffers cyber attack on derivatives platform
February 1, 2023
ION Markets was hit with a cyber attack last night that impacted some of its derivatives services and resulted in concerns around trade processing for its clients. The news first came to light with a Twitter post from user PriapusIQ at 10.24pm last night claiming “trade processing carnage” following a cyber attack Read more… Source: The Trade Related story: ...
- University of Iowa Hospitals website possibly hit by cyberattack
February 1, 2023
A Russian hacking group has claimed to have taken down the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics website, along with the websites of dozens of other hospitals nationwide. UIHC has acknowledged its website is down Tuesday afternoon and its IT staff is investigating the cause but could not confirm whether it was the result of a ...
- New Sh1mmer ChromeBook exploit unenrolls managed devices
January 31, 2023
A new exploit called ‘Sh1mmer’ allows users to unenroll an enterprise-managed Chromebook, enabling them to install any apps they wish and bypass device restrictions. When Chromebooks are enrolled with a school or an enterprise, they are managed by policies established by the organization’s administrators. This allows admins to force-install browser extensions, apps, and to restrict how ...