A threat actor of likely Pakistani origin has been attributed to yet another campaign designed to backdoor targets of interest with a Windows-based remote access …
Privid: A Privacy-Preserving Surveillance Video Analytics System
A group of academics has designed a new system known as “Privid” that enables video analytics in a privacy-preserving manner to combat concerns with invasive …
Critical Sophos Firewall RCE Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
Cybersecurity firm Sophos on Monday warned that a recently patched critical security vulnerability in its firewall product is being actively exploited in real-world attacks. The …
New Malware Loader ‘Verblecon’ Infects Hacked PCs with Cryptocurrency Miners
An unidentified threat actor has been observed employing a “complex and powerful” malware loader with the ultimate objective of deploying cryptocurrency miners on compromised systems …
Experts Detail Virtual Machine Used by Wslink Malware Loader for Obfuscation
Cybersecurity researchers have shed more light on a malicious loader that runs as a server and executes received modules in memory, laying bare the structure …
A Large-Scale Supply Chain Attack Distributed Over 800 Malicious NPM Packages
A threat actor dubbed “RED-LILI” has been linked to an ongoing large-scale supply chain attack campaign targeting the NPM package repository by publishing nearly 800 …
New Report on Okta Hack Reveals the Entire Episode LAPSUS$ Attack
An independent security researcher has shared what’s a detailed timeline of events that transpired as the notorious LAPSUS$ extortion gang broke into a third-party provider …
Hackers Hijack Email Reply Chains on Unpatched Exchange Servers to Spread Malware
A new email phishing campaign has been spotted leveraging the tactic of conversation hijacking to deliver the IceID info-stealing malware[1] onto infected machines by making …
Of Cybercriminals and IP Addresses
You don’t like having the FBI knocking on your door at 6 am in the morning. Surprisingly, nor does your usual cybercriminal. That is why …
‘Purple Fox’ Hackers Spotted Using New Variant of FatalRAT in Recent Malware Attacks
The operators of the Purple Fox malware[1] have retooled their malware arsenal with a new variant of a remote access trojan called FatalRAT, while also …
