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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) assess that cyber actors affiliated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 161st Specialist Training Center (Unit 29155) are responsible for Read More …
Zyxel has released 3 security advisories to address vulnerabilities in Zyxel firewalls, Access Points (APs), extenders, and security router devices. In the first security advisory, Zyxel describes seven vulnerabilities found in their ATP and USG FLEX firewall product lines. Two Read More …
Mallox is a sophisticated and dangerous family of malicious software that has been causing significant damage to organizations worldwide. In 2023, this ransomware strain demonstrated an uptick in attacks, the overall number of discovered Mallox samples exceeding 700. In the Read More …
Planned Parenthood of Montana’s chief exec says the org is responding to a cyber-attack on its systems, and has drafted in federal law enforcement and infosec professionals to help investigate and rebuild its IT environment. This comes as ransomware crew Read More …
Insider threats continue to increase and make headlines. So, it is no surprise that many CISOs consider it a high priority to proactively identify and prevent these types of threats. In fact, research for the 2024 Voice of the CISO Read More …
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK” aka North Korea) is conducting highly tailored, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns against employees of decentralized finance (“DeFi”), cryptocurrency, and similar businesses to deploy malware and steal company cryptocurrency. North Korean social engineering schemes Read More …
Cicada3301 ransomware, written in Rust, was first reported less than two months ago. Despite its recent emergence, Morphisec threat researchers have already identified striking similarities between Cicada3301 and the infamous BlackCat ransomware. Like its namesake, the Cicada puzzle, which has Read More …
Head Mare is a hacktivist group that first made itself known in 2023 on the social network X (formerly Twitter). In their public posts, the attackers reveal information about some of their victims, including organization names, internal documents stolen during Read More …
An investigation has been launched after a data breach led to the details of current and former Police Ombudsman staff members being accidently released. The Police Ombudsman (PONI) has apologised for the data leak incident involving 160 current and former Read More …
A new report from the Acronis Threat Research Unit has uncovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Online settings that could enable email spoofing attacks. This issue primarily affects users with a hybrid configuration of on-premises Exchange and Exchange Online, and Read More …
