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Acronis warned customers to patch a critical Cyber Infrastructure security flaw that lets attackers bypass authentication on vulnerable servers using default credentials. Acronis Cyber Protect is a unified multi-tenant platform that combines remote endpoint management, backup, and virtualization capabilities and helps run disaster recovery workloads and store enterprise backup data securely.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed an indictment against a North Korean military intelligence operative for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks against healthcare facilities in the country and funneling the payments to orchestrate additional intrusions into defense, technology, and government entities across the world. "Rim Jong Hyok and his co-conspirators deployed ransomware to extort U.S. hospitals and health care companies, then laundered the proceeds to help fund North Korea's illicit activities," said Paul Abbate, deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
As AI-generated deepfake attacks and identity fraud become more prevalent, companies are developing response plans to address these threats, according to GetApp. Much like phishing attack preparation, it appears that companies are looking to run simulations of attacks to increase preparedness as a majority of respondents work in companies where this is already implemented.
The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged a North Korean national over a series of ransomware attacks on stateside hospitals and healthcare providers, US defense companies, NASA, and even a Chinese target. An indictment [PDF] named Rim Jong Hyok as a participant in "a conspiracy to hack and extort US hospitals and other health care providers, launder the ransom proceeds, and then use these proceeds to fund additional computer intrusions into defense, technology, and government entities worldwide."
The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of a North Korean military hacker identified as Rim Jong Hyok. Part of the Andariel North Korean hacking group, Hyok and other Andariel operatives were linked to Maui ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure and healthcare organizations across the United States.
A North Korea-linked threat actor known for its cyber espionage operations has gradually expanded into financially-motivated attacks that involve the deployment of ransomware, setting it apart from other nation-state hacking groups linked to the country. "APT45 is a long-running, moderately sophisticated North Korean cyber operator that has carried out espionage campaigns as early as 2009," researchers Taylor Long, Jeff Johnson, Alice Revelli, Fred Plan, and Michael Barnhart said.
American cybersecurity company KnowBe4 says a person it recently hired as a Principal Software Engineer turned out to be a North Korean state actor who attempted to install information-stealing on its devices. Before hiring the threat actor, KnowBe4 performed background checks, verified the provided references, and conducted four video interviews to ensure they were a real person and that his face matched the one on his CV. However, it was later determined that the person had submitted a U.S. person's stolen identity to dodge the preliminary checks, and also used AI tools to create a profile picture and match that face during the video conference calls.
Threat actors are taking advantage of the massive popularity of the Hamster Kombat game, targeting players with fake Android and Windows software that install spyware and information-stealing...
Decentralized finance crypto exchange dYdX announced on Tuesday that the website for its older v3 trading platform has been compromised. dYdX also warned users not to visit or interact with the hacked dydx[.
Russian-linked malware was used in a January 2024 cyberattack to cut off the heating of over 600 apartment buildings in Lviv, Ukraine, for two days during sub-zero temperatures. [...]