Security News > 2022 > June
A week after it emerged that sophisticated mobile spyware dubbed Hermit was used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders, Google said it has notified Android users of infected devices. Necessary changes have been implemented in Google Play Protect - Android's built-in malware defense service - to protect all users, Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne of Google Threat Analysis Group said in a Thursday report.
A suspected ransomware intrusion against an unnamed target leveraged a Mitel VoIP appliance as an entry point to achieve remote code execution and gain initial access to the environment.The findings come from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which traced the source of the attack to a Linux-based Mitel VoIP device sitting on the network perimeter, while also identifying a previously unknown exploit as well as a couple of anti-forensic measures adopted by the actor on the device to erase traces of their actions.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has warned this week of extortion scammers targeting the LGBTQ+ community by abusing online dating apps like Grindr and Feeld. The FTC advises LGBTQ+ dating app users not to share explicit photos with people they've just met online or if they're not 100% sure who is on the other end of the chat.
LockBit ransomware affiliates are using an interesting trick to get people into infecting their devices by disguising their malware as copyright claims. The recipients of these emails are warned about a copyright violation, allegedly having used media files without the creator's license.
A clever, new phishing technique uses Microsoft Edge WebView2 applications to steal victim's authentication cookies, allowing threat actors to bypass multi-factor authentication when logging into stolen accounts. D0x has created a new phishing method that uses Microsoft Edge WebView2 applications to easily steal a user's authentication cookies and log into stolen accounts, even if they are secured with MFA. Microsoft Edge WebView2 to the rescue.
A new Brave Search Goggle modifies Brave Search results to only show reputable cybersecurity sites, making it easier to search for and find security information. After the new feature was publicly released, cybersecurity firm Forces Unseen released a new 'Netsec Goggle' on GitHub that filters Brave Search results to only display content from known and trusted cybersecurity sites and some programming/technology sites.
Attackers still exploit Log4Shell on VMware Horizon servers, CISA warnsIf your organization is running VMware Horizon and Unified Access Gateway servers and you haven't implemented the patches or workarounds to fix/mitigate the Log4Shell vulnerability in December 2021, you should threat all those systems as compromised, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has advised on Thursday. 7 DevSecOps myths and how to overcome themBy including security and compliance processes in end-to-end automation, businesses can secure software throughout the whole software supply chain, significantly improve the developer experience, and accelerate safer delivery.
Multiple malicious Python packages available on the PyPI repository were caught stealing sensitive information like AWS credentials and transmitting it to publicly exposed endpoints accessible by anyone. PyPI is a repository of open-source packages that software developers use to pick the building blocks of their Python-based projects or share their work with the community.
Multiple malicious Python packages available on the PyPI repository were caught stealing sensitive information like AWS credentials and transmitting it to publicly exposed endpoints accessible by anyone. PyPI is a repository of open-source packages that software developers use to pick the building blocks of their Python-based projects or share their work with the community.
Microsoft has reminded customers that the Exchange Server 2013 mail and calendaring platform will reach its extended end-of-support date roughly nine months from now, on April 11, 2021.Released in January 2013, Exchange Server 2013 entered its ninth year of service and has already reached the mainstream end date more than four years ago, on April 10, 2018.