A Chinese-aligned cyberespionage group has been observed striking the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with versions of malware such as ShadowPad and PlugX. Cybersecurity firm …
Unpatched DNS Related Vulnerability Affects a Wide Range of IoT Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed an unpatched security vulnerability that could pose a serious risk to IoT products. The issue, which was originally reported in September …
New Hacker Group Pursuing Corporate Employees Focused on Mergers and Acquisitions
A newly discovered suspected espionage threat actor has been targeting employees focusing on mergers and acquisitions as well as large corporate transactions to facilitate bulk …
GitHub Says Recent Attack Involving Stolen OAuth Tokens Was “Highly Targeted”
Cloud-based code hosting platform GitHub described the recent attack campaign[1] involving the abuse of OAuth access tokens issued to Heroku and Travis-CI as “highly targeted” …
Which Hole to Plug First? Solving Chronic Vulnerability Patching Overload
According to folklore, witches were able to sail in a sieve, a strainer with holes in the bottom. Unfortunately, witches don’t work in cybersecurity – …
Chinese “Override Panda” Hackers Resurface With New Espionage Attacks
A Chinese state-sponsored espionage group known as Override Panda has resurfaced in recent weeks with a new phishing attack with the goal of stealing sensitive …
Russian Hackers Targeting Diplomatic Entities in Europe, Americas, and Asia
A Russian state-sponsored threat actor has been observed targeting diplomatic and government entities as part of a series of phishing campaigns commencing on January 17, …
Google Releases First Developer Preview of Privacy Sandbox on Android 13
Google has officially released[1] the first developer preview for the Privacy Sandbox on Android 13, offering an “early look” at the SDK Runtime and Topics …
Here’s a New Tool That Scans Open-Source Repositories for Malicious Packages
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has announced the initial prototype release of a new tool that’s capable of carrying out dynamic analysis of all …
Microsoft Documents Over 200 Cyberattacks by Russia Against Ukraine
At least six different Russia-aligned actors launched no less than 237 cyberattacks against Ukraine from February 23 to April 8, including 38 discrete destructive attacks …